A group of 3 naval scrapbooks compiled by Edward C. Carre, circa 1902-10, containing original photographs, postcards, magazine illustrations, news cuttings, sundry documents and ephemera, begun while Carre was a cadet on Britannia and midshipman of HMS King Edward VII, including information on training of naval cadets, movement of Russian ships, naval battle of Port Arthur, reorganisation of British naval forces, photographs of battleships, naval personalities, submarines, etc., pasted and neatly arranged to rectos and versos throughout, a total of approximately 120 stiff card leaves, non-matching quarter leather bindings, all somewhat worn, 4to, together with a partially completed unrelated photograph album containing approximately 100 gelatin silver print snapshots, circa 1910, including naval interest, various sizes, mounted as multiples to rectos of 12 stiff card leaves only, uncaptioned, some leaves detached, contemporary two-tone cloth, upper cover titled 'HMS Cornwall', heavily soiled and worn, oblong folio Lieutenant Edward Cambridge Carre was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 March 1910. He was appointed in command of the submarine C22 on 20 August 1913. He died on 20 August 1917, or some time shortly before when his command, E47 went missing. Provenance: from the family, by descent. (4)
A group of 3 naval scrapbooks compiled by Edward C. Carre, circa 1902-10, containing original photographs, postcards, magazine illustrations, news cuttings, sundry documents and ephemera, begun while Carre was a cadet on Britannia and midshipman of HMS King Edward VII, including information on training of naval cadets, movement of Russian ships, naval battle of Port Arthur, reorganisation of British naval forces, photographs of battleships, naval personalities, submarines, etc., pasted and neatly arranged to rectos and versos throughout, a total of approximately 120 stiff card leaves, non-matching quarter leather bindings, all somewhat worn, 4to, together with a partially completed unrelated photograph album containing approximately 100 gelatin silver print snapshots, circa 1910, including naval interest, various sizes, mounted as multiples to rectos of 12 stiff card leaves only, uncaptioned, some leaves detached, contemporary two-tone cloth, upper cover titled 'HMS Cornwall', heavily soiled and worn, oblong folio Lieutenant Edward Cambridge Carre was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 March 1910. He was appointed in command of the submarine C22 on 20 August 1913. He died on 20 August 1917, or some time shortly before when his command, E47 went missing. Provenance: from the family, by descent. (4)
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