Henry Oliver Papers at the National Maritime Museum

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A list of the papers of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver in the possession of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

OLV/1

Officer's Certificates of Service ('flimsies'), 1897-1903.

OLV/2

Appointments, certificates, n.d.

OLV/3

Eighteen papers, 1914 including letter to his successor in command of the Navigation School, 1907; memorandum on writing books 1912.

OLV/4

Papers relating to visit to Antwerp, Oct 1914, including an order from Churchill.

OLV/5

Papers concerning the Dardanelles operation, 1915-17 including a letter by Churchill. Some of the papers concern Oliver's evidence to the Dardanelles Commission.

OLV/6

Photographs of the bombardment of batteries on the Belgian Coast, with a letter from Sir Reginald Bacon, 12 Jul 1916.

OLV/7

Other papers, 1914-18, including letter to his brother and one from Sir W. Graham Greene.

OLV/8

Papers, 1914-65, including letters from Sir Arthur Wilson; one from Oliver concerning the services of Sir Alfred Ewing; papers concerning the visit of the Dominican Prime Ministers to the Atlantic Fleet, 30 Oct 1926; Admiral Roll of greetings received by Oliver on his 100th birthday.

OLV/9

Report of Grand Fleet Committee on Officer's pay and prospects, 1919.

OLV/10

Report of Admiralty Committee on the same subject, 1919.

OLV/11

Notes on the Life and Times of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F. Oliver, Nov 1953 by Lt Cdr Dyer.

OLV/12

Typescript of Vols I and II of Memoirs. n.d.

OLV/13

Correspondence with Capts of DRYAD, together with manuscript of parts of memoirs. n.d.

OLV/14

Manuscript and typescript of parts of memoirs. n.d.

OLV/15

Diary, 2 Dec 1925-27 Apr 1927, when C-in-C, Home Fleet.

OLV/16

Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Henry Oliver, notes on his life. n.d.

OLV/17

Correspondence concerning Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Henry Oliver's starglobe, 1948.

OLV/18

Correspondence between Lord Teignmouth and others about Capt Tyrrell's workbook, 1922.

OLV/19

The stranding of HMS HOWE, 1893.

OLV/20

Visit of the French Fleet, 1905.

OLV/21

Royal Naval College Nautical Astronomy exam paper, 1869.

OLV/22

Deviation table of the INFLEXIBLE, 1914.

OLV/23

Odograph drawings. n.d.

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