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- 1914 Jan 1 - Aug 4 (Creation)
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Diary with daily entries relating to Aston's appointment Special Service, Admiralty War Staff including his work as Chairman of the Committee on Defence of Admiralty Oil Reserves; work on an article on coastal defences. With letters from Aston enquiring about a command at the Royal Marine Barracks, Eastney, Portsmouth and the possibility of retiring; Aston's impressions of his first year at the Admiralty including his summaries of Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty and Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty. 1 file
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The originals are held at the Royal Marines Museum, Eastney. The balance of the collection at Eastney consists of further newspaper cuttings relating to army training reports by Aston, 1921-1925 and 1933, and reviews of his books; further writings, 'Four