Catalogue description Remarks on action of the 24 January 1915, folios 509-626 (including the following):...

Remarks on action of the 24 January 1915, folios 509-626 (including the following):

Includes signal notes, folios 510-515.

Remarks on lessons learned, dated 29 January 1915, by Rear Admiral Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, HMS New Zealand, folios 516-522, and a track chart showing the movements of HMS New Zealand and the Blucher on 24 January 1915, folio 522.

Remarks on action dated 2 February 1915 by Captain Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, HMS Lion, folios 523-531.

Remarks by Lieutenant Charles Maxwell Richard Schwerdt, folios 532-537.

Remarks by Engineer Lieutenant Ralph Penderel Janion, folio 538. Remarks by Acting Sub-Lieutenant Harold Edward Spragge, folio 538.

Remarks by Commander Charles Andrew Fountaine, folio 539. Remarks by Lieutenant Commander Gerald Fortescue Longhurst, folios 539-543.

Remarks by Engineer Lieutenant Commander George Preece, folio 543. Remarks by Major Francis J W Harvey, Royal Marine Light Infantry, folio 544.

Remarks by Lieutenant Arthur Leyland Harrison, x-turret, folios 544-546. Remarks by Lieutenant Guy Percival Bowles, a-turret, folios 546-548.

Remarks by Acting Lieutenant Ernest H Thorncot, RNR, b-turret, folios 548-550. Remarks by Acting Sub-Lieutenant Charles Cecil Flemming, folio 550.

HMS Princess Royal report of proceedings dated 26 January 1915 by Captain Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, folios 551-553.

Remarks by Captain Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, folios 554-557.

Remarks by Captain Henry Bertram Pelly, HMS Tiger, which also mention the death of Engineer Captain Taylor, folios 558-568, and a list of casualties, (folio 568).

Remarks by Captain Lionel Halsey, HMS New Zealand, dated 25 January 1915, folios 569-573.

Remarks by Captain Francis William Kennedy, HMS Indomitable, dated 25 January 1915, folios 574-577.

Remarks by Commodore William Edmund Goodenough, HMS Southampton, dated 29 January 1915, folios 578-579.

Remarks by Captain Charles Blois Miller, HMS Nottingham, dated 28 January 1915, folios 580-582.

Remarks by Captain Arthur Alan Morison Duff, HMS Birmingham, dated 28 January 1915, folios 583-585.

Remarks by Captain Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy, HMS Lowestoffe, dated 28 January 1915, folios 586-588.

Remarks on gunnery matters by Commodore William Edmund Goodenough, HMS Southampton, dated 25 January 1915, folios 589-592.

Memorandum based on information obtained from survivors of the Blucher by Officers and Men of HMS King Edward VII dated 3 February 1915 by Charles Edward Madden, HMS Iron Duke, folios 594-609.

Copy of the London Gazette dated 2 March 1915 including the despatch by Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty, commanding the First Battle Cruiser Squadron reporting the action in the North Sea on Sunday 24 January 1915, folios 617-618.

Copy of the signal log of HMS Lion from midnight 24 January to 11.30am, 25 January 1915, folios 620-626.

A translation of the German official account of the Battle Cruiser action on 24 January 1915 by Captain Von Kuhlwetter forwarded by the Director of the Intelligence Division, (Paper NID 8436), folios 628-639.

Secret printed memorandum containing remarks on the action of 24 January 1915, folios 640-648.

Correspondence concerning the prize money claim by Sir David Beatty with regards to the Blucher, including an affidavit to be brought before the High Court of Justice, folios 649-652.

(Paper M 01014/15) - Printed report of Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty regarding the action in the North Sea on 24 January 1915 together with enclosures and reports by Commodore Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, folios 653-689.