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Actions	Letter from Sir Charles Barrie, Chairman of the Steamship Committee (London) to Captain Mallory Remove from selection Add to selection TitleLetter from Sir Charles Barrie, Chairman of the Steamship Committee (London) to Captain Mallory ReferenceMAL/1/5 CreatorMallory, Captain George Gibson Captain George Gibson Mallory was a native of Scarborough, Yorkshire, and went to sea in 1915, later serving in the cable ships of the Eastern Telegraph Co. He joined the Harwich fleet in 1926 and served an all the services operated by the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) and British Railways (BR). He was the Captain of the London & North Eastern Railway Steamship Malines, between the 10th May and 14th June 1940. Date 31 May 1940 Scope and ContentOriginal handwritten letter of 31st May 1940 congratulating and praising Mallory and his crew for successfully escaping from Rotterdam. 2 sheets. Extent1 document LevelItem Repository nameNational Railway Museum, York Hierarchy browser MAL Papers of Captain George Gibson Mallory 29 August 1919 - 12 August 1954 fonds contains 4 parts MAL/1 Correspondence 12 May 1940 - 13 December 1940 series contains 16 parts MAL/1/5 Letter from Sir Charles Barrie, Chairman of the Steamship Committee (London) to Captain Mallory 31 May 1940 Item

TitleLetter from Sir Charles Barrie, Chairman of the Steamship Committee (London) to Captain Mallory

ReferenceMAL/1/5

Date

31 May 1940

Scope and ContentOriginal handwritten letter of 31st May 1940 congratulating and praising Mallory and his crew for successfully escaping from Rotterdam. 2 sheets.

Extent1 document

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Repository nameNational Railway Museum, York