Contains 15 items of removable facsimile memorabilia, including: • a map showing ship movements during the Battle of the Falklands, 1914 • hand-drawn map of the Dardanelles campaign • Memorial card for Jack Cornwell, the 16-year-old at the Battle of Jutland, who became a national hero after he remained at his post to the end of the battle after the rest of his gun crew were killed • illustrated diary entries for the Battle of Jutland • the positions of ships in the German fleet as they sailed into internment • letter detailing the writer's eyewitness account of the sinking of the Bismarck • map showing positions of X-craft during the attack on the Tirpitz.
Produced in association with The National Museum of the Royal Navy, based in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard, which is one of Britain's oldest maritime museums in the world and houses an unparalleled collection of naval hardware, photographs, artworks and documents. Contains images and memorabilia from the archives of the Museum whose wider collections include items relating to the Royal Marines, Fleet Air Arm and Submarine Service.
Julian Thompson RMC served in the Royal Marines for 34 years, during which time he commanded operations at all levels from platoon to brigade. His period of command included the Falklands War of 1982, in which he commanded the 3rd Commando Brigade of three Royal Marines Commandos and the two battalions of the Parachute Regiment. He is now a visiting professor at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London and Chairman of a company which advises the shipping industry on combatting piracy. He regularly appears on television as an authority on military history and has written 16 books on the subject including The Somme & Verdun: 1916 Remembered, and co-authored The Gallipoli Experience.
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