Scrimgeour's small scribbling diary, 1914-1916 : the truly astonishing wartime diary and letters of an Edwardian gentleman, naval officer, boy and son / compiled by Richard Hallam and Mark Benyon.
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TextPublication details: London, Eng. : Conway, 2008Description: 304 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports ; 24 cmISBN: 9781844860753 (hbk)Other title: Small scribbling diary, 1914-1916Subject(s): Scrimgeour, Alexander, 1897-1916 -- Biography | Scrimgeour, Alexander, 1897-1916 -- Diaries | Scrimgeour, Alexander, 1897-1916 -- Correspondence | Sailors -- Great Britain -- Biography | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British | World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval operations, BritishDDC classification: 940.45941 Summary: WORLD HISTORY: FIRST WORLD WAR. When nineteen year old Alexander Scrimgeour lost his life at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, he had already left a legacy - complete diaries spanning the previous six years, chronicling first his life as the son of a wealthy stock broker, then his time as a young sea cadet and finally as a Sub-Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy. Like all good midshipmen were required to do, Scrimgeour took great pride in writing his journals and was careful to recount every event with marked sincerity. Appalled by some of the actions of the British Admiralty and the Germans alike, Scrimgeour risked court-martial to record some of the more notorious incidents during World War I, and what really happened...His candid way of writing coupled with an articulate and imaginative turn of phrase has left us with first hand evidence shedding light on some extraordinary moments of the Great War.
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Includes index.
WORLD HISTORY: FIRST WORLD WAR. When nineteen year old Alexander Scrimgeour lost his life at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, he had already left a legacy - complete diaries spanning the previous six years, chronicling first his life as the son of a wealthy stock broker, then his time as a young sea cadet and finally as a Sub-Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy. Like all good midshipmen were required to do, Scrimgeour took great pride in writing his journals and was careful to recount every event with marked sincerity. Appalled by some of the actions of the British Admiralty and the Germans alike, Scrimgeour risked court-martial to record some of the more notorious incidents during World War I, and what really happened...His candid way of writing coupled with an articulate and imaginative turn of phrase has left us with first hand evidence shedding light on some extraordinary moments of the Great War.
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