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