IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0064 FUL
Held at: National Maritime Museum
Title: Fuller, Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden (1874-1942)
Date(s): [1902-1915]
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4 1/2ft; 137cm
Name of creator(s): Fuller | Sir | Cyril Thomas Moulden | 1874-1942 | Knight | Admiral
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Fuller entered the Navy in 1887 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1893. He specialized in gunnery and served on the staff of the EXCELLENT in 1902. Two years later he was promoted to commander and became a captain in 1910. After service in China, Fuller took command of the CUMBERLAND, 1914, and in the latter part of that year was Senior Naval Officer in the campaign against the German territories in Togoland and the Cameroons. He continued on this service in the CHALLENGER and the ASTREA and saw the successful termination of the operation in 1915. Fuller subsequently had a distinguished career, becoming Director of the Plans Division of the Naval Staff, 1917, Head of the British Naval Section at the Peace Conference in Paris, 1919 to 1920, and Second Sea Lord in 1932. He retired in the same year.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller consisting of volumes of letters, orders and signals relating to the campaign in Togoland and the Cameroons. There are also maps and surveys of the Cameroons, some printed material in German and some chapters on the campaign, in proof, for the Official History of the War [Naval Operations]. In addition there are Loose memoranda and technical notes on gunnery, 1902 to 1904.
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 Captain D. Fuller, R.N. in 1948.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Aug 2011.
Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26