Collection: A Midshipman's Journal: Alderson, B alderson-diaries-1935-00318-47665
Description
Diary entries of Surgeon Lt Basil Roxby Alderson on the HMS GLORIOUS, 13-19 Aug 1935. Full power trials of the ship, lunch and a cocktail party.
Collection
A Midshipman's Journal: Alderson, B
Description
This is the first extract of a journal compiled by Basil Alderson, a Surgeon Lieutenant and midshipman on board the aircraft carrier, HMS GLORIOUS, 1935-1936. The journal comprises manuscript entries, photographs, drawings and sketch maps detailing daily life on board ship, exercises and training involving…
