Collection: A Midshipman's Journal: Alderson, B alderson-diaries-1935-00324-47671
Description
Two sketch maps of HMS GLORIOUS' voyage from Gibraltar to Malta, 26-28 Aug 1935 and Malta to Alexandria, 3-5 Sep 1935, in the diary of Surgeon Lt Basil Roxby Alderson.
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…
