IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380628
Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies
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 AND 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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Database.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased in 1994.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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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.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2002