HANNA, S J

Description

Commissions; Officers' record of service book; Passport containing Russian endorsements and stamps (1917); 2 Russian passes; Diaries; Address book (date 2.2.1920); Photograph album; Large photographs; Letters including one confirming the award of 2 Russian decorations; Paper folder entitled "Scenes in Mesopotamia" with 8 colour reproductions of watercolour sketches; Volume of "letters" from former comrades (dated 1935-1940); Newspaper cuttings; Naval white ensign flown by Locker Lampson's armoured car unit in Russia.

Biography or history

Hanna, S J. Lieutenant, RNVR (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve), later Captain, MGC (Machine Gun Corps) (Adjutant). Served on the Western Front in 1915 with RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) armoured cars and in Russia, 1915-1917, with Locker-Lampson's RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) armoured car squadron. He also served in Mesopotamia, 1918, with the MGC (Machine Gun Corps) armoured cars.

Provenance

The papers were placed in the Collection by MC Hanna (son).

Access and usage

Reproduction

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