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. Blue jasper plate with applied white relief decoration depicting Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) in naval uniform and his ship 'HMS Investigator' within an olive wreath border. Inscribed in relief above the figure is 'CAPT. MATTHEW F
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Cardboard label inscribed: 'THE INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE CABLE CO. has great pleasure in presenting to Mr H.P. Bird the TELPAL MEDAL commemorating the inaugeration of the Israel -Italy Submarine Telephone Cable System, Jerusalem 1975.' Accompa
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Model of Dyson's 36" Yapp reflector telescope. Instrument is painted grey, on imitation parquet floor. With model figure.
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Model of Herschel's 40ft telescope, structure in unpainted wood. Telescope painted bottle green. In model, there are two small contemporary figures. Ground represents gravel and grass.
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Nocturnal. Folding diptych with nocturnal on upper leaf inside and instructions for use on inside of lower leaf. Corners of leaves protected by metal corner-pieces. Yellow paper with blue printing used inside. Nocturnal: Fixed disc with floral motifs
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Second Officer's uniform skirt.
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Senior Nursing Sister's jacket
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Tally stick. Replica of original 17th century gunner's tallystick from Dutch East Indiaman 'Batavia' wrecked in 1629. Four sides, tapering towards one end, with a carving of an acorn at the opposite end. Each face has a numbered scale
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Wooden stand for Telpal medal. Holds the item vertically.
1974
National Maritime Museum

Facsimile nocturnal. Cardboard facsimile of a sixteenth century nocturnal by the Italian maker, Girolamo della Volparia which is in the Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence. The instrument comes within a booklet which describes the nocturnal and its
1974
National Maritime Museum

Greenwich. View across the river from the North showing the Royal Naval College and other buildings, with barges in the foreground. Titled 'Greenwich', lower left, and signed 'Charles Madden '74', lower right. A view from the nort
1974
National Maritime Museum

How to convert the nocturnal reading to standard time. Instructions for nocturnal.
1974
National Maritime Museum

L' Orologio Notturno. Facsimile nocturnal instruction booklet
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), bicentenary, 1974. Medal commemorating Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), bicentenary, 1974. Map of Australia, two sailing vessels below. Legend: 'Captain Matthew Flinders RN Chartmaker Exp
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Case for the medal commemorating the city of Bordighera.
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Case for the medal commemorating the city of Bordighera.
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Obverse: Arms of the city within a laurel wreath. Legend: 'BORDIGHERA'. Reverse: A Roman galley under sail and oars. Legend: 'MOSTRA STORICA NAVALE 1-31
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Obverse: Arms of the city within a laurel wreath. Legend: 'BORDIGHERA'. Reverse: A Roman galley under sail and oars. Legend: 'MOSTRA STORICA NAVALE 1-31
1974
National Maritime Museum

Rain, rainbow and stormy seas: North Cliff, Whitby. (Updated January 2014)This artist is most readily known for his association with the British 'kitchen-sink group' of painters of the 1950s. As well as works of social realism, he has also produ
1974
National Maritime Museum

Remuera Bay(1974); Cargo vessel; Container ship; Refrigerated cargo. Scale: 1:200. When the Remuera was delivered from the Walker shipyard of Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), it was the world
Circa 1984
National Maritime Museum

Royal National Lifeboat Institution silver commemoration bowl. Royal National Lifeboat institution silver bowl commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the R.N.L.I. 1824-1974 and the 'St George' rescue of 1830. The outer silver border, polished t
1975
National Maritime Museum

Seascape, Gorleston, Norfolk. Painting.
1978
National Maritime Museum

Stair Hole. Oil painting (framed). Starehole Cove (as it is usually spelt) is a small rock and sand beach in Starehole Bay close to the mouth of the Salcombe and Kingsbridge Estuary in south Devon. It is a well-known beauty spot with a rugged and visually
1974
National Maritime Museum

First Lieutenant Monroe Behrens. Radar (H2X) Navigator, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 January 1974
American Air Museum

Lieutenant Edward Stanley Goodland , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 12 January 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Lester Edgar Ince 458117, Canadian Infantry
Died 15 January 1974
Lives of the First World War

Temporary Lieutenant Edmund Charles Blunden, M.C. , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 20 January 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Denis Alvyn Stables 27429, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 23 January 1974
Lives of the First World War

Captain Frank Walter Messervy , Hodson's Horse
Died 2 February 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Ernest Sidney Catling WR/11247, Royal Engineers
Died 2 February 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private George Stobie Harris 14079, Army Cyclist Corps
Died 6 February 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Hugh Dempsie 39619, Highland Light Infantry
Died 10 February 1974
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Rudolph Honsch. , 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Formerly a Bell Hop at the Hotel Pierre, New York, he enlisted in 1942. He was photographed aged 37 by Current Affairs Photographers.
Died 17 February 1974
American Air Museum

Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade) Leland Fuller. Flight Engineer, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 22 February 1974
American Air Museum

Lieutenant /Acting Captain Martin D Armstrong , Middlesex Regiment Territorial Force
Died 24 February 1974
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Walter Honcharik. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 March 1974
American Air Museum

Lieutenant George Rowland Patrick Roupell VC , East Surrey Regiment
Died 4 March 1974
Lives of the First World War

Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Joseph Kluska. Ground Crew Aircraft Mechanic, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 11 March 1974
American Air Museum

Acting Corporal George Wilby Batty 12996, 38 Divisional Ammunition Column
Died 13 March 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Fakahoa Motu 16/1035, Rarotongans, Attached B Company
Died 20 March 1974
Lives of the First World War

Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) Verdun Price. Tail Gunner, 458th Bomb Group.
Died 25 March 1974
American Air Museum

Captain Alfred Henry Sayer , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 27 March 1974
Lives of the First World War

Cpl, A/Sjt Ernest William Macro , Motor Machine Guns
Died 5 May 1974
Lives of the First World War

William Ernest Goldspink 120360,
Died 6 May 1974
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Dudley Wrangel Clarke , Royal Field Artillery
Died 7 May 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Neil Shaw 12959, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 9 May 1974
Lives of the First World War

Donald Leslie Finnemore , British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem
Died 10 May 1974
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Colonel James Wells Ross , Army Medical Corps
Died 17 May 1974
Lives of the First World War

Sergeant Leonard Opie. MOS 611, Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 545th Bomb Squadron on AAF Station 106 Special Orders #148 dated 26 July 1944, James Joseph Brodie Crew. 3 combat missions.
Died 20 May 1974
American Air Museum

First Lieutenant Frank McGonagill. Co-Pilot, 466th Bomb Group.
Died 1 June 1974
American Air Museum

Private Frederick A Savill 52734, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Died 5 June 1974
Lives of the First World War

General Carl Spaatz. Commanding General, 8th Air Force, . A few weeks after Pearl Harbor, in January 1942, General Spaatz was assigned as chief of the Army Air Force Combat Command at Washington and promoted to the temporary rank of major general. In May
Died 14 June 1974
American Air Museum

Private William Harold Coltman, V.C., D.C.M., M.M. 241028, North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 29 June 1974
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett ,
Died 13 July 1974
Lives of the First World War

Flight Officer Lewis Wilder. Navigator, 491st Bomb Group.
Died 1 August 1974
American Air Museum

Private Froude Arthur James Bawden 28791, Grenadier Guards
Died 28 August 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Harry Christian VC 10210, Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 2 September 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Morris Eugene Heywood 295176, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 8 September 1974
Lives of the First World War

Major Donavon Smith. Commanding Officer, 56th Fighter Group. DSC/ DFC w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster 5.5
Died 10 September 1974
American Air Museum

Colonel John Wright. Intelligence Officer, 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers. 16 April 1942 he volunteered for war service. He went on active duty as a captain in the USAF and was ordered to Officers' Training School. In June 1942, he was sent to t
Died 22 October 1974
American Air Museum

Private Henry Whitehead Ashworth 266059, Royal Lancaster Regiment
Died 22 October 1974
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant William Francis Burman VC P/649, Rifle Brigade
Died 23 October 1974
Lives of the First World War

Staff Sergeant Harry McKnight. Waist Gunner, 384th Bomb Group. Assigned to the 384th Bomb Group on Gowen Field (Boise, Idaho) Special Orders #70 dated 11 March 1943, Elwood Kowalski Crew, 1 combat mission. Original Crew #13. Prisoner of War (POW). Shot do
Died 27 October 1974
American Air Museum

Sergeant Michael Camporese. Sorting Mail, 303rd Bomb Group "Hell's Angels". Photographed by Current Affairs photographers, sorting mail in a post room on 28 Jan 1943.
Died 31 October 1974
American Air Museum

Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Francis Layne, MC , Royal Garrison Artillery attached 1st ANZAC division
Died 5 November 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Harold Nathan Nicholson 14142, Army Cyclist Corps
Died 10 November 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Hii Mano, M.M. 16/1396, 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Btn
Died 11 November 1974
Lives of the First World War

Colonel Harold Rau. Fighter Pilot - Group Commander, 20th Fighter Group.
Died 17 November 1974
American Air Museum

Major George Davis. Fighter Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Captain George H Davis served on both the 336th and 335th fighter Squadrons. He was shot down on 3 March 1945 - he broke an ankle when he baled out of his P-51D Mustang 44-63599 and landed on a tree st
Died 20 November 1974
American Air Museum

Private Sidney Albert Gill 36125, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
Died 21 November 1974
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Joseph Vivian Merwood 330319, Hampshire Regiment
Died 23 November 1974
Lives of the First World War

Staff Nurse Mary Agnes Day , Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Died 1 December 1974
Lives of the First World War

Nursing Sister Beatrice Louise ARMITAGE , Canadian Army Medical Corps
Died 14 December 1974
Lives of the First World War

Rajani Palme Dutt ,
Died 20 December 1974
Lives of the First World War

Lance-Corporal William Charles Fuller VC 7753, 2nd Welsh Regiment
Died 29 December 1974
Lives of the First World War