Catalogue description Folio 1: Title page. Folio 2: Explanatory note During the period of the War, papers of a...

Folio 1: Title page.

Folio 2: Explanatory note During the period of the War, papers of a confidential nature in the office of the C-in-C Home Fleet were filed in Packs (numbered separately from the non-confidential records) in a Series 001 to 0042 inclusive. Copies of germane telegrams were filed in these packs, but a complete set of all telegrams was also maintained. The secret packs were re-arranged by the GF Secretarial staff in February 1919, when papers considered unimportant were removed and destroyed, and the remainder re-indexed. They were received in this form by the Historical Section in April 1920, and bound as received, in a series of Volumes. The 1919 index will be found in the first volume and extracts therefrom have been inserted in each succeeding volume. This volume is the 63rd of the series.

Folio 3: Index for this volume.

Folios 4-5: blank.

Folio 6: Contents.

Folios 7-175: No 1. Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 (includes the following reports):

Vice Admiral David Beatty, First Battle Cruiser Squadron, HMS Lion, dated 30 August 1914, folios 12-15 and for 1 September 1914, folios 20-23.

HMS Liverpool dated 30 August 1914 by Captain Edward Reeves, folios 25-28.

Despatch dated 31 August 1914 by Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, Commander in Chief, Home Fleet, HMS Iron Duke at Scapa Flow, folios 29-31.

Rear Admiral Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, Second Battle Cruiser Squadron (also known as Cruiser Force K), HMS Invincible at Rosyth dated 30 August 1914, folios 33-35 and folios 36-40.

Report of engagement of the First and Third Flotillas off Heligoland on Friday 28 August 1914, dated 30 August 1914, by Commodore (T) Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, HMS Arethusa, folios 47-51, a list of casualties in HMS Arethusa on 28 August 1914 can be found in folio 51.

Report of damage to HMS Arethusa dated 29 August 1914 by Engineer Lieutenant Commander Cecil Harvy Johnson, folios 52-53.

Report of damage to HMS Arethusa, dated 29 August 1914, by HMS Arethusa’s Carpenter, Alfred Thorne, folio 54.

Report of damaged sustained by HMS Arethusa dated 5 September 1914 by Rear Admiral Arthur Henry Christian, HMS Euryalus, folios 56-59.

Reports of proceedings of submarines in the Heligoland Bight dated 29 August 1914 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, folios 61-65 and folios 66-68 and copies of at folios 87-89 and folios 90-94.

Report of operations of HM submarine D2 at Harwich dated 29 August 1914 by Lieutenant Commander Arthur George Jameson, folios 69-70.

Report of proceedings of HM Submarine D8 at Harwich dated 29 August 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Theodore Stuart Brodie, folio 71.

Report of proceedings of HM Submarine E4 at Harwich dated 29 August 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Ernest William Leir, folios 72-73.

Proceedings of Submarine E5 dated 29 August 1914 by Lieutenant-Commmander Charles Stuart Benning, folio 74.

Proceedings of Submarine E6 at Harwich dated 29 August 1914 by Lieutenant-Commmander Cecil Ponsonby Talbot, folios 75-76.

Proceedings of Submarine E7 at Yarmouth Haven dated 29 August 1914 by Lieutenant-Commmander Ferdinand Eric Bertram Feilmann, folios 77-79.

Proceedings of Submarine E8 at Harwich dated 29 August 1914 by Lieutenant-Commmander Francis Herbert Heveningham Goodhart, folio 80.

Proceedings of Submarine E9 at Harwich dated 29 August 1914 by Lieutenant-Commmander Max Kennedy Horton, folio 81.

Report in regards to the reconnaissance in force into Heligpoland dated 1 September 1914 by Rear Admiral Arthur Henry Christian, HMS Euryalus, folios 83-86.

Reports dated 29 August 1914 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, HMS Maidstone at Harwich, folios 87-94.

Copy of the track chart showing dispositions of the various units during the reconnaissance in force in Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914, folio 97.

Reports from destroyers of 3rd Flotilla on the action off Heligoland on 28 August 1914, folios 99-105. Report dated 3 September 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Claude Finlinson Allsup, HMS Legion at Chatham, folios, 100-101.

Report dated 2 September 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Reginald Watkins Grubb, HMS Leonidas, folio 102.

Report dated 3 September 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Cecil Rupert Hemans, HMS Lydiard, folios 103-104.

HMS Lookout report of proceedings dated 28 August 1914 by Coammander Arthur Brandreth Scott Dutton, folios 105-108.

HMS Lysander at Harwich report of proceedings dated 5 September 1914 by Commander Henry Francis Howard Wakefield, folio 109.

HMS Lennox at Harwich report of proceedings dated 3 September 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander A.R Dane, folios 110-113.

HMS Laertes at Chatham report of proceedings dated 3 September 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm Lemnon Goldsmith, folios 114-117.

Recommendation for gallantry in regards to Sub-Lieutenant George Haines Faulkner on HMS Laertes, dated 31 August 1914, by Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm Lemnon Goldsmith, folio 118.

HMS Lance at Harwich report of proceedings dated 3 September 1914 by Commander Wion De Malpas Egerton, folio 119.

HMS Lucifer at Harwich report of proceedings dated 2 September 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Michael Mack, folios 120-121.

HMS Lawford report of proceedings dated 4 September 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Avison Scott, folios 122-124.

HMS Landrail report of proceedings dated 28 July 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Bruce Lloyd Owen, folios 125-127.

HMS Laurel report of proceedings dated 30 August 1914 by Lieutenant Charles Reid Peploe, folios 128-131.

HMS Laurel report of proceedings of the Engine Room Department, dated 31 August 1914 by Engineer Lieutenant-Commander Edward Hickman Tucker Messon, folios 132-134.

HMS Liberty report of proceedings dated 31 August 1914 by Lieutenant Henry Edward Horan, folios 135-137.

HMS Llewellyn report of proceedings dated 5 September 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Frederick Boyd Coppin, folios 138-140.

HMS Lark at Harwich report of proceedings, dated 3 September 1914 by Commander Rafe G Rowley-Conway, folio 141.

HMS Louis at Harwich report of proceedings dated 3 September 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Richard William Uniacke Bayly, folios 142-143.

HMS Linnet at Harwich report of proceedings dated 3 September 1914 by Commander Loftus William Jones,folios 144-145.

Report with hand drawn sketches of actions off Heligoland and subsequently on Friday 28 August 1914 by Commander Graham Richard Leicester Edwards, HM Laforey, 3rd Destoyer Flotilla, folios 146-151.

(Paper M 02014/14) Lordships appreciation of the actions of Sir David Beatty off Heligoland dated 22 October 1914 countersigned by Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe on 29 October 1914, folio 152.

Remarks on cruiser action of 28 August 1914 by Captain Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, HMS Lion, folios 153-155, and a copy at folio 158.

Correspondence regarding the breakdown of the Argo training gear on board HMS Lion, folios 159-160.

A paper dated 27 November 1914 written by Paymaster Hugh Miller of HMS Arethusa with information about the action at Heligoland from a wounded German Lieutenant, prisoner of war at Shotley, folios 165-168 and copy at folios 169-170.

Copy of the London Gazette dated Tuesday 20 October 1914, folio 171-175.