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  Item Reference: Caunter album/3

Description

Poem by Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols entitled 'The souls of the righteous', 1931, with related correspondence from John Masefield, Poet Laureate, Cdr Hon (Edward) Barry (Stewart) Bingham, RN and Lt Dudley Rowe, RN, 1931. The poem relates to the loss of HMS NESTOR on which was killed Lt Maurice John Bethell, RN (1894-1916).

Collection

Heroism And Gallantry

Description

This gallery provides an insight into the role of heroism and gallantry in war and peace, including newspaper descriptions of the escape of prisoners of war; the heroic death of a naval officer during the Battle of Jutland in 1916 as seen through the eyes of a poet; the role of war memorial as a means…

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