LHCMA Catalogue: Beaufoy Brown

Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

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Papers of Capt John Frederick Beaufoy Brown, OBE, DSC, RN, (1910-1979)

BEAUFOYBROWN: 1 Papers relating to Beaufoy Brown's service as Cadet at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and as Midshipman in HMS REVENGE, HMS RODNEY and HMS WALKER, 1926-1930

BEAUFOYBROWN: 1/1 1926 Jan

Pamphlet containing list of Officers, Masters and Cadets of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, as of Jan 1926. 1 pamphlet.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 1/2 1927-1929

Scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings and photographs relating to service of Beaufoy Brown with HMS REVENGE, HMS RODNEY, and HMS WALKER, including newspaper cuttings from The Times of Beaufoy Brown's appointments to HMS REVENGE and to HMS RODNEY as a naval cadet, also photographs of Atlantic Fleet exercises, 1927, newspaper cuttings on the loss of HM Submarine H47, off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire, following collision with HM Submarine L12, 9 Jul 1929, and photographs of HMS REVENGE, HMS FORRES, HMS RODNEY, HMS HOOD, HMS NELSON and HMS ADVENTURE, 1927-1929. 1 vol.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 1/3 1927-1930

Journal entitled, 'Journal for use of Midshipmen', containing entries by Beaufoy Brown on his service with HMS REVENGE, Aug 1927-Jan 1928, HMS RODNEY, Jan 1928-Sep 1929 and Dec 1929-April 1930, and HMS WALKER, Sep-Dec 1929, including diagrams and photographs of HMS REVENGE and HMS RODNEY, diagrams of naval exercises, descriptions of the postions of ships in the Moray Firth, Scotland, and the Straits of Gibraltar. 1 vol.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 1/4 1928-1929

File containing postcards and photographs from Beaufoy Brown's service with HMS RODNEY. 1 file.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 1/5 1930

Journal entitled, 'Journal for use of Midshipmen', containing entries by Beaufoy Brown on his service with HMS RODNEY, Apr-Jun 1930, including diagrams of HMS RODNEY, drawing of route of summer cruise by HMS RODNEY around the British Isles and Iceland, and descriptions of naval exercises in the Moray Firth, Scotland. 1 vol.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 1/6 1930 May 8

Typescript orders and instructions for landing parties of Officers of HMS RODNEY, during Naval exercise May 1930. 2pp.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 1/7 1930 Oct

File containing newspaper cuttings from The Morning Post of HMS RODNEY with the Atlantic Fleet, preparing for naval exercises off Invergordon, the Moray Firth, Scotland, Oct 1930. 1 file.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 1/8 1934 Jul

Typescript report by Beaufoy Brown, as Liason Officer for Royal Navy, on visit to Malta of Yugoslav training ship JADRAN, 9-11 Jul 1934, including remarks on Yugoslav Navy. 8pp.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 2 Papers relating to service of Beaufoy Brown during World War Two as Commander of HM Submarine UNITY and HM Submarine TAKU, and as Training Officer for Midget Submarines, 1940-1950

BEAUFOYBROWN: 2/1 1940

File containing newspaper cuttings relating to Beaufoy Brown's service in World War Two, as Commander of HM Submarine UNITY and HM Submarine TAKU, including cutting from The News Chronicle, relating to the rescue by HM Submarine UNITY of eight Dutch sailors, Mar 1940, and cutting from The Yorkshire Post, describing the sinking by HM Submarine TAKU of a German tanker, Nov 1940. 1 file.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 2/2 1943-1945

Photographs relating to the development and deployment of X craft midget submarines and Chariot manned torpedoes, including sixty seven photographs relating to the training of crews for X-Craft midget submarine operations, 1943-1945, notably six aerial photographs, taken by 544 Sqn, RAF, of Bergen harbour, Norway, before and after Operation GUIDANCE, the sinking by X-Craft of German merchant ship BARENFELS, Apr 1944, and Operation HECKLE, the destruction of a floating dock, Laksvaag, Bergen, Norway, Sep 1944. 1 file.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 2/3 1943-[1950]

Papers and photographs relating to the development and deployment of X-Craft midget submarines and Chariot manned torpedoes, 1943-[1950], including photographs of interior of X-Craft; photographs of X-Craft in dock, prior to attack on German battleship TIRPITZ, Altenfjord, Norway, Apr 1943; photograph of X-Craft returning to Burra Sound, Shetland, after Operation GUIDANCE, the sinking by X-Craft of German merchant ship BARENFELS, Apr 1944; photographs of HMS BONAVENTURE, 14 Submarine Flotilla, used for operational training and preparation of X-Craft for operations in the Far East, 1943-1945. 1 file.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 2/4 1945

Rough manuscript diary, containing brief entries by Beaufoy Brown on his location whilst preparing X-Craft Midget Submarines for operations in the Far East, 1945. 1 vol.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 2/5 [Sep 1945]

Typescript narrative by Beaufoy Brown entitled, 'The Diary of a hectic fortnight', describing Beaufoy Brown's role as Naval Liason Officer to the Commander US 7 Fleet, US Adm Cooke, in particular in organising entertainments for US and Chinese officials during talks held on HMS SWIFTSURE, off Hong Kong. 6pp.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 2/6 1945 Dec 15

The Illustrated London News, Dec 15 1945, including an article with drawings, on the sinking of the Japanese ship TAKAO, off Singapore, by an X-Craft Midget Submarine, Jul 1945. 1 copy.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 3 Papers relating to Beaufoy Brown's service as British Naval Liason Officer to US 7 Fleet, Executive Officer HMS GAMBIA, and post-war recollections of Beaufoy Brown's service as Training Officer for Midget Submarines in World War Two, 1948-1979

BEAUFOYBROWN: 3/1 1948 Feb

The Dittybox: The Navy's Own Magazine, Feb 1948, No 44, including an article entitled, 'Life in a Midget Submarine', by G V Galwey. 1 copy.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 3/2 1948 Nov 17

Typescript press release from US Department of the Navy, Washington, USA, on Beaufoy Brown's award of the Legion of Merit, Degree of Officer, for his service as Operations Officer of the 14 Submarine Flotilla, Jun-Aug 1945, and as Liason Officer on the Staff of the Commander, US 7 Fleet, Aug-Sep 1945. 1p.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 3/3 [1950]

File containing papers relating to Beaufoy Brown's service as Training Officer for Midget Submarines, 1943-1945, including manuscript and typescript notes for lectures on Midget Submarine operations during World War Two, including descriptions of the design of X-Craft Midget Submarines, and attacks by X-Craft Midget Submarines on the German battleship TIRPITZ, Altenfjord, Norway, Apr 1943, and on the Japanese cruiser TAKAO, off Singapore, Jul1945. 1 file.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 3/4 1951-1952

Photograph album containing photographs relating to Beaufoy Brown's service as Executive Officer, HMS GAMBIA, Mediterranean and East Indies, 1951-1952, including peace keeping patrols, Port Said, Egypt, 1951, and inspection of ship by acting Adm Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean, Malta, 1952. 1 vol.

BEAUFOYBROWN: 3/5 1965, 1979

File containing typescript Curriculam Vitae for Beaufoy Brown [1965], and newspaper cutting of Beaufoy Brwon's obituary 1979. 1 file.

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