National Maritime Museum

Currey, Admiral Bernard (1862-1936)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 CRY

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Currey, Admiral Bernard (1862-1936)

Date(s): 1885-1914

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 30 vols

Name of creator(s): Currey | Bernard | 1862-1936 | Admiral

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Joined RN 1876; R Adm, Home Fleet, Portsmouth and President of Submarine Committee 1913; served World War One, 1914-1918; Commanding 5 Battle Sqn, Channel Fleet 1914-1915; Senior Naval Officer in charge of Gibraltar 1915; retired 1919.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Personal diaries of Adm Bernard Currey, 1885-1914.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Diaries | Nonfiction
Naval operations | Military operations | Military engineering
Primary documents

Personal names
Currey | Bernard E | 1862-1936 | Admiral

Corporate names
Royal Navy

Places