Evan macgregor secretary (2 risultati)

Original Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Stapled binding. 11 pages, with four illustrations. Rare.

From around 1913 the recipient of these two documents elected to go by the name of Ralph Tindal. On the outbreak of the Great War he was appointed captain of the destroyer Electra, and in 1917 was made captain of the torpedo gunboat Circe. Thereafter he worked with paddle minesweepers, retiring with the rank of Commander in 1921. He was the father of RAF Group Captain Nicholas Tindal-Carill-Worsley (1911-2006), one of the planners of the celebrated Great Escape from Stalag Luft III. The National Maritime Museum contains a collection of 'Documents relating to the Naval Cadetship of Charles N, and Ralph Tindal Carill-Worsley. / Examinations, correspondence and printed documents' (MSS/76/080). Two documents, in Admiralty 'On Her Majesty's Service' envelope, with frank dated 24 December 1895 and Admiralty anchor stamp, addressed to 'Mr. R. Tindal-Carill-Worsley - / Platt Hall / Rusholme / Manchester'. The documents are in good condition, on lightly aged paper, in discoloured and torn envelope. ONE: Printed standard commission, completed in manuscript, with cyclostyled facsimile of signature of 'Evan MacGregor.' Dated: Admiralty, 24 December 1895. 1p, folio. 'SIR, / I AM commanded by My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you that, having passed successfully at the recent examination for Naval Cadetships, you are hereby appointed to H.M.S. "Britannia," from the 15th [January, 1896], and I am to direct you to join the Ship at Dartmouth, on the [25th. January] next. / You are to forward to the Captain of H.M.S. "Britannia," within a fortnight from this date, a Medical Certificate to the effect that you have been re-vaccinated since infancy. [the result of the operation being stated.] / A copy of the Regulations respecting Cadets while under training is enclosed, as is also a list of the various articles with which you must be provided previously to joining.' TWO: Printed document headed 'NAVAL CADETS. / REGULATIONS respecting Cadets while under Training. / (For the information of Parents and Guardians.)' With facsimile signature of 'Evan MacGregor.' 6pp, folio. Bifolium, with third leaf (paginated 5-6) attached at end. Pp.1-3 with fifteen numbered sections, beginning: '1. The Naval Cadets who join the "Britannia" are allowed Four Terms - two in each year - to complete their course of study; - at the expiration of which they go up for final examination.' P.4 headed: 'List of Articles required for a Naval Cadet on joining Her Majesty's Ship "Britannia." P.5 headed: 'List of Books required for a Naval Cadet on board H.M.S. "Britannia." The lower half of the page concerns the cadet's sextant. P.6 headed: 'The following Articles may be supplied to Cadets on board H.M.S. "Britannia.".…