Howard Kelly Papers at the National Maritime Museum
A list of the papers of Admiral Sir W. A. Howard Kelly in the possession of the National Maritime Museum.
KEL/1
Draft extracts from journals etc for memoirs, 1873-1906.
KEL/2
Draft extracts from journals etc for memoirs, 1906-1911.
KEL/3
Draft extracts from journals etc for memoirs, 1911-1914.
KEL/4
Draft extracts from journals etc for memoirs, 1917-1918.
KEL/5
Draft extracts from journals etc for memoirs, 1919-1921.
KEL/6
Draft extracts from journals etc for memoirs, 1926-1930.
KEL/7
Draft extracts from journals etc for memoirs, 1932, part 1.
KEL/8
Draft extracts from journals etc for memoirs, 1932, part 2.
KEL/9
Watch Bill HMS RUBY, 1892.
KEL/10
Logbook of HMS CRUISER, TEMERAIRE, HIBERNIA, TAMAR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON, RUBY, 1889-1892.
KEL/11
Report of HMS GLOUCESTER, 1914; letters from Beatty and Tyrwhitt; a French account of the GLOUCESTER.
KEL/12
Night Order book, HMS GLOUCESTER, 1914.
KEL/13
Papers including logbook and report of service of HMS GLOUCESTER Aug-Nov 1914; monthly intelligence report; German account of the GOEBEN and BRESLAU.
KEL/14
Tenedos Times, 1914.
KEL/15
War diary in full, 1914-1916.
KEL/16
Naval Liason Officer Paris, loose papers, 1915.
KEL/17
KEL/17/1
Adriatic, letters of proceedings, Oct 1917 - May 1918.
KEL/17/2
Adriatic, letters of proceedings, June - July 1918.
KEL/18
Adriatic, letters of proceedings, Aug-Sept 1918.
KEL/19
Adriatic, letters of proceedings, Oct-Dec 1918.
KEL/20
KEL/20/1
Adriatic, letters of proceedings, January 1919.
KEL/20/2
Adriatic, letters of proceedings, February 1919.
KEL/20/3
Adriatic, letters of proceedings, March 1919.
KEL/20/4
Part of a Spanish government chart, Port of Barcelona, 1922. Chart used as a 'contents' page to the 'letters of proceedings' January to March, 1919.
KEL/21
Cdre's Journal Sep 1917-1918.
KEL/22
Cdre's Journal, 1918-1919.
KEL/23
Proposed plan of the barrage of the straits of Otranto, drawn up by the Allied Naval Council, Rome Jan 1918- Chart.
KEL/24
Report of Inter Allied Conference in Rome 1918.
KEL/25
Despatches and charts 1918-1919 (Adriatic).
KEL/26
Adriatic, personal letters including letters from Lord Jellicoe. n.d.
KEL/27
Diary of the Kelly mission to Greece Jun 1919-Oct 1921 with typewritten report inserted.
KEL/28
Misc. papers including letters from Lord Graville and Adm Wemys, also offer of Greek appointment, 1919.
KEL/29
Rear-Adm 1st Battle Squadron diary, 1923.
KEL/30
Rear-Adm 1st Battle Squadron diary, 1924.
KEL/31
Rear-Adm commanding 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 1925.
KEL/32
Rear-Adm commanding 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 1927.
KEL/33
Vice-Adm Commanding 1st Battle Squadron, 1929.
KEL/34
Vice-Adm Commanding 1st Battle Squadron, 1930.
KEL/35
Vice-Adm Commanding 1st Battle Squadron letters of proceedings, 1929-1930.
KEL/36
Journal as C-in-C, China with photographs kept by the Flag Lt Feb-Nov 1931.
KEL/37
Journal as C-in-C, China Nov 1931-Oct 1932.
KEL/38
Journal as C-in-C, China Oct 1932-Mar 1933.
KEL/39
Letters of proceedings 1931-1932.
KEL/40
Letters of proceedings 1932-1933.
KEL/41
Misc. loose papers, China Station, 1930-1933. Including a private account of the loss of HMS PETERSFIELD, 12 November 1931.
KEL/42
Out letters, May 1940-Jul 1944 (Turkey).
KEL/43
In letters 1940-1944 (Turkey).
KEL/44
Notebook: notes on Turkey. n.d.
KEL/45
Papers including Adm Kelly's appointment from Mr Winston Churchill. n.d.
KEL/46
Naval diary and handbook, 1899.
KEL/47
Naval diary and handbook, 1901.
KEL/48
Naval diary and handbook, 1903.
KEL/49
Naval diary and handbook, 1905-1907.
KEL/50
Naval diary and handbook, 1910.
KEL/51
Newspaper articles, 1935-1939.
KEL/52
Newspaper articles, Turkey and Second World War, 1939-48.
KEL/53
Various papers written by Adm Kelly, 1915-50.
KEL/54
Papers on naval subjects, 1939-40.
KEL/55
Press cuttings Canadian tour, 1940.
KEL/56
Various papers, including official statement of service etc, 1915-1931.
KEL/57
Various papers, including personal experience of the Coronation of George V, 1915-1945.
KEL/58
KEL/58/1
Trafalgar Committee Report. Reproduction of the Times, 7 Nov 1805, printed for the exhibition of photographs from the Times Nov-Dec 1933.
KEL/58/2
Trafalgar, by Edward Desbriere. Printed 1907, Paris.
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