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Baylis, Thomas Henry. The Times, October 4, 1804: The True Account of Nelson's Famous Signal. London: Allen, 1905, 32 pp. Noted correction to Laughton, Nelson Memorial, 1896.

Keywords:

communication, communicate, telegraph, radio, underwater cable , battles, Nelson, Horatio, Trafalgar, battle, campaign

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Bayliss, Gwyn M. Bibliographic Guide to the Two World Wars: An Annotated Survey of English-Lanuage Reference Materials. London: Bowker, 1977, xv, 578 pp. C. 2400 entries, up to 1976.

Keywords:

bibliography, list, listing , literature, culture, world war 1, first world war, world war 2, second world war

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Bayly, Christopher Alan & Harper, Tim. Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945. London: Allen Lane, 2004, 2005, 2007, xxxiii, 555 pp. Spectacular collapse.

Keywords:

Anglo-Japanese, Japan , Anglo-Chinese, China, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Singapore, campaign, battle, siege, naval base, commercial port, entrepot, disastrous surrender , world war 2, second world war

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Bayly, Christopher Alan. Imperial Meridian: The British Empire and the World, 1730-1830. London: Longman, 1989, xv, 295 pp.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire

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Bayly, Lewis. Pull Together!: The Memoirs of Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, KCB, KCMG, CVO. London: Harrap, 1939, 300 pp. Foreword: Franklin D. Roosevelt & Foger Backhouse; commander, Western Approaches, 1st World War.

Keywords:

Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, officer, quarterdeck, leader , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, world war 1, first world war

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Baynard, Henry. Navigating Officer: My Service in the Royal Navy, 1862-1918. Tiverton: ABS, 2005, 2006, 226 pp. Limited to 20 copies.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, 20th century, twentieth, age of steam, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , navigation, navigate, longitude, latitude, Royal Navy, Britain, England

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Bayne, R.C. "Merchant Ship Aircraft Carriers." JRUSI, 92 (November 1947): 548-53.

Keywords:

aircraft carrier, carrier, warfare, aviation, aircraft, airplane, plane, naval aviation, carrier aviation, merchant marine, anti-submarine warfare, submarine, ASW, sonar , world war 2, second world war

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Baynham, Henry W.F. "A Seaman in HMS Leander, 1863-1866." MM, 51 (1965): 343-52.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor , ship, boat, vessel

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Baynham, Henry W.F. Before the Mast: Naval Ratings of the Nineteenth Century. London: Hutchinson, 1971, 224 pp. One of noted trilogy.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor

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Baynham, Henry W.F. From the Lower Deck: The Old Navy, 1780-1840. London: Hutchinson; Barre: Barre, 1969, 1970, 200 pp. Anthology of memoirs, 9 impressed seamen.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, impressment, Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor

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Baynham, Henry W.F. Men from the Dreadnoughts. London: Hutchinson, 1976, 272 pp. Another significant contribution, third of trilogy.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, battleship, battlecruiser, dreadnought, capital ship , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor

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Baynham, Henry W.F. "Sound Recording Archive of the Imperrial War Museum." Collection of Henry W.F. Baynham.

Categories:

memoir; Royal Navy; seaman;

Keywords:

memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor

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Baynton-Williams, Ashley & Baynton-Williams, Miles. New Worlds: Maps from the Age of Discovery. London: Quercus, 2006, 224 pp. Large folio.

Keywords:

Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , age of sail

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Baynton-Williams, Ashley. "Los Britannicos estan Ilegando: British Interlopers in the 'Spanish Sea' and the Cartographic Record." Map Forum, 11 (2007): 42-48.

Keywords:

Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , cartography, map, mapping, chart, geography, geographical , Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area

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Bayon, Henry P. Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition: Brilliant Military Victories - and Ultimate Disaster through Disease. Shrewsbury: Wilding, 1943, 15 pp. Reprint from medical journal.

Keywords:

Anglo-Egyptian, Egypt , Anglo-French, France , Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , invasion, armada, landing , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , War of French Revolution and Napoleon, France

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Beach, Eugene Latimer, Sr. & Beach, Eugene Latimer, Jr. From Annapolis to Scapa Flow: The Autobiography of Edward Beach, Sr. Annapolis: NIP, 2003, xiii, 302 pp. Memoir, service, USN, 1880-1922.

Keywords:

memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , united states navy, US navy, officer, quarterdeck, leader , world war 1, first world war

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Beach, Eugene Latimer. Submarine. New York: Holt; Annapolis: NIP, 1946, 1959, 2003, 302 pp. Noted submarine commander, USN.

Keywords:

general history, general survey, survey, officer, quarterdeck, leader , submarine, underwater vessel, submerged operation, united states navy, US navy

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Beach, Hugh. British Defence Policy and the South Atlantic. South Atlantic Council Occasional Paper Series, # 2. London, 1986. Dispassionate survey.

Keywords:

20th century, twentieth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, Falkland, Malvenas, Malvinas, island, colony, campaign, war, battle of First World War , Imperial Defence, Committee of Imperial Defence, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , Latin America, South America, Spanish colonial area

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Beach, Hugh. The Murderous Responsibility: Gallipoli Memorial Lecture, Holy Trinity Church, Eltham, 24 April 1985. London: Brassey, 1985.

Keywords:

Gallipoli, Gallipoli campaign, Dardanelles, Dardanelles campaign , memorial, heritage, tradition, bicentennial , world war 1, first world war, invasion, armada, landing

Abbreviations
AHR American Historical Review
Alb Albion
alt alternate
Am Nep American Neptune
AQ & DJ Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
ASLIB Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses)
BIHR Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
Can His Rev Canadian Historical Review
Can J His Canadian Journal of History
comp Compiled by
DAI Dissertation Abstracts International
EcHR Economic History Review
ed editor or edited by
EnHR English Historical Review
HisAHR Hispanic American Historical Review
HJ Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal)
His Res Historical Research
His Tod History Today
Intell & Nat Sec Intelligence and National Security
IJ Mar His International Journal of Maritime History
IJ Nau Arch International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
IHR International History Review
intro introduction
J Am His Journal of American History
J Asian His Journal of Asian History
JBS Journal of British Studies
J Cont His Journal of Contemporary History
J Econ His Journal of Economic History
JI & CH Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
J Mar Res Journal for Maritime Research
J Mil His Journal of Military History
J Mod His Journal of Modern History
JRUSI Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute
J Soc His Journal of Social History
JSAHR Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
J Stra Stu Journal of Strategic Studies
J Trans His Journal of Transport History
J Wor His Journal of World History
MM Mariner's Mirror
Mil Aff Military Affairs
NHS Naval History Symposium (USNA)
NMM National Maritime Museum
Nav Rev Naval Review
NWCR Naval War College Review (US)
Nel Dis Nelson Dispatch
NIP Naval Institute Press
Nor Mar Northern Mariner
Pac His Rev Pacific Historical Review
P & P Past and Present
Traf Chron Trafalgar Chronicle
trans translated by
UP University Press
USNIP Proceedings of the Naval Institute
Vic Stu Victorian Studies
War & Soc War and Society
War in His War in History
W&MQ William and Mary Quarterly
WSS World Ship Society

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