Weekly Meeting - A Naval Officer's Diary - China Station (Peter Covey-Crump)

A Naval Officer's Diary - China Station

Peter is a retired civil servant, originally from Plymouth but who now lives in Cheltenham.  He inherited a considerable amount of family documentation and memorabilia and now spends his time putting together accounts of historic events by extracting information from this archive.

Peter presented to club what was basically a diary written by his Grandfather; who completed a tour of duty as a naval captain during the years 1929 - 1931 visiting China, Japan and Borneo during the course of it.

The lengthy presentation was full of facts and very detailed.  Not only were we told what day each event took place, but also to the exact minute.

There was so much detail that it is impossible for me to re-quote any of it.  But it was clear from the diaries that Peter's grandfather, who was about 40 years old at the time, very much enjoyed his two years in that part of the world.  And I think that many of us would have also enjoyed it given the opportunity.

The facts from the diary were backed up by a very impressive array of photographs which helped bring the presentation to life.

Clearly Peter has spent a considerable amount of time putting his talk together and he has many more of them.