Blackburn, Jack F
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 MS 380628 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full title | : Blackburn, Jack F |
Date(s) | : 1927-1941 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file containing 38 letters |
Name of creator(s) | : Blackburn | Jack F | fl 1927-1941 | RN Commander |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy until 1933; joined the Marine Department of the Chinese Maritime Customs, 1934; initially stationed at Shanghai, visiting different Chinese ports while supplying stores to lighthouses along the coast; transferred to the Yangtze River staff, where he was responsible for keeping the river clear for shipping, 1935; transferred to Hankow, 1936; left the Chinese Maritime Customs, 1937; rejoined the navy; Commander of the gunboat HMS LADYBIRD, which bombarded the port of Bardia (Libya), 1941.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters, 1927-1941, of and relating to Jack F Blackburn, mainly comprising his letters to his mother Margaret Blackburn in Guildford, 1927-1941, concerning his activities and discussing family affairs, describing visits as a naval officer to the ports of Singapore, Malaya, Cairo, and Aden, and including information on his work with the Chinese Maritime Customs; also including two letters from well-wishers to his mother congratulating her on Blackburn's behaviour on HMS LADYBIRD in 1941.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Database.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased in 1994.
Allied Materials
Related material:
The School of Oriental and African Studies holds papers of Edward Charles Mackintosh Bowra and Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra (Ref: MS 201813), Sir Robert Hart (Ref: PP MS 67, MS 211081 and MS 211351), and Sir Frederick Maze (Ref: PP MS 2) relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs.
The bombardment of Bardia by HMS LADYBIRD featured in the press, including The Times, 13 Jun 1941.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
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:
Jun 2002
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