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Dick, Rear-Admiral Royer Mylius (1897-1991)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 DCK

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Dick, Rear-Admiral Royer Mylius (1897-1991)

Date(s): [1912-1991]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 13 boxes

Name of creator(s): Dick | Royer Mylius | 1897-1991 | Rear-Admiral

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Dick entered the Royal Navy in 1914, following an education at both Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges. As a Midshipman, Dick saw action at the Battle of the Falklands, Jutland and at Archangel in North Russia. Dick was promoted to Lieutenant in 1918, Commander in 1933 and Captain in 1940, serving as Deputy Chief of Staff, Mediterranean Station (Matapan), 1940-42. Then as Commodore, was Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Mediterranean Station, 1942-44. After the war, Dick served as the Captain of HMS Belfast, 1944-46, before taking several land-based positions, including Director, Tactical and Staff duties, Admiralty, 1947-48 and Chief of Staff to Flag Officer, Western Europe, 1948-50, before his promotion to Rear-Admiral. Dick was then Naval ADC to the King for one year, after which he served as Flag Officer, Training Squadron, 1951-52, before being offered the NATO post of Standing Group Liason Officer to North Atlantic Council, which he held for three years, before retiring in 1955.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Royer Mylius Dick, containing information on practically every aspect of Dick's career, from Royal Naval College to retirement and beyond. This is illustrated with letters, orders, reports, photographs, ephemera, etc, relating to different aspects of a varied career. Present in the collection are letters to Dick from Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Earl Mountbatten of Burma and President Eisenhower. There is also material relating to the preservation of HMS Belfast through the work of the HMS Belfast Trust and transcripts of a series of interviews with Dick, recorded at the National Maritime Museum in 1986.

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:

The papers were presented by Rear-Admiral Dick to the National Maritime Museum in 1991.

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
Military education | Higher science education
Naval operations | Military operations | Military engineering
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names
Cunningham | Andrew Browne | 1883-1963 | 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope | Admiral of the Fleet
Dick | Royer Mylius | 1897-1991 | Rear-Admiral
Eisenhower | Dwight David "Ike" | 1890-1969 | General | President of the United States
Mountbatten | Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas | 1900-1979 | 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma | Admiral of the Fleet

Corporate names
HMS Belfast Trust
National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
Royal Navy

Places