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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

MARSDEN SMEDLEY, Cdr John Bertram Aubrey ([1893]-1959)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Marsden Smedley J B A

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: MARSDEN SMEDLEY, Cdr John Bertram Aubrey ([1893]-1959)

Date(s): [1913-1920]

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Smedley | John Bertram Aubrey Marsden | [1893]-1959 | Commander RN

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in [1893]; served in China on HMS MINOTAUR, 1913, on HMS LYDIARD, 1914-1915, HMS HARDY, 1917, and in Baltic on HMS VEGA, 1920; died in 1959.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Cdr John Bertram Aubrey Marsden Smedley, comprising photocopies of correspondence, 1913-1920, principally comprising letters to his parents, 1913-1920, including letter written from HMS MINOTAUR, China Station describing naval manoeuvres during a rebellion in Shanghai, 1913, and letter written from HMS VEGA describing tour of duty in the Baltic, 1920. Two copy photographs, one of HMS LYDIARD, [1914-1915], and one of Marsden Smedley, [1913-1920].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 file

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Copies made by the Centre in 1986 from originals loaned by the family.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON holds the papers of his wife, Agatha H Marsden Smedley (Ref: GB0099 KCLMA Marsden Smedley A H)

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names
Smedley | John Bertram Aubrey Marsden | [1893]-1959 | Commander RN x Marsden Smedley | John Bertram Aubrey

Corporate names
HMS Lydiard
HMS Minotaur
HMS Vega
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy

Places
Shanghai | Shanghai Shi | China | East Asia