MANSON, ROBERT

Description

Photocopied typescript recollections: 'Joining the RNR (1915-1919)'.; 'Da Sheep Teeves of Yell' [The sheep thieves of Yell] (1915-c 1917); 'I go to sea in the Merchant Navy (1920)'; 'Germany after the First World War (1920)'; photocopied typescript account of the naval blockade from Swaarbacks Minn, c 1914-1917; photocopied manuscript account of 'Busta House', 1915-1919; photocopied photographs, HMS Alsatian ([1919]); 4 copied photographs, with captions; letter from RA Manson (son) to Matthew Richardson, Mar 1997.

Biography or history

Manson, Robert (c 1899-). Of Scotland. Served as an Ordinary Seaman and later Able Seaman in the RNR (Royal Naval Reserves), 1915-1919.

Provenance

The papers were placed in the Collection by Robert A Manson (son) in Mar 1997.

Access and usage

Reproduction

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