Meeting Summary
28th February 2001 at Reading

Berks FHS Contents 

given by Michael Naxton on Wed, 28th February 2001 at Reading

The following list of references was provided

 

USEFUL REFERENCE BOOKS FOR SHIPS AND MEN

 

For Naval Ships

"Ships of the Royal Navy", J.J. Colledge, 2 vols.

 

For Merchant Ships (sail or steam)

1. "Lloyd's Registers of Shipping" ftom 1760

2. "Lloyd's Yacht Registers" from c. 1870

3. "Lloyd's War Losses", 1^st & 2^nd World Wars

 

For People

1. "Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815", Navy Records Society

2. Marshall's "Naval Biography", 1823

3. O'Byrne's "Naval Biography", 1849

4. Lean's Navy Lists (from c.18770-1916)

5. "Register of Names on Naval (War) Memorials", Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1924

6. Hart's Army Lists (from 1840-1914)

7. "Services of Military Officers" (1920 & 1946)

8. "Medical Officers in the British Army, 1660-1960", Peterkin & Johnston

9. "Who's Who" + "Who Was Who" (from 1897)

10. "Modern English Biography", Frederic Boase, 1892 + 1908

11. Haydn's "Book of Dignities", 1890

12. Dictionary of National Biography + Webster's International equivalent

 

Other Works

Haydn's "Dictionary of Dates", various editions, from c.1890-1910

Kelly's Handbooks, Debrett's, Burke's Peerage etc

updated 28th April 2001