This diary was cut short by the Battle of Jutland when its 19 year old author lost his life in HMS Invincible. The book covers the period 1910-1916. It is really a collection of documents compiled by the original author’s descendant Richard Hallan with screenwriter Mark Beynon. Books of this type provide an indispensable source of information about a period in history at a time when those who were there are now dead.
NAME: Scrimgeours’s Small Scribbling Diary 1914-1916 – paperback
CLASSIFICATION: Book Reviews
FILE: R1584
DATE: 201209
AUTHOR: Alexander Scrimgeour
PUBLISHER: Conway
BINDING: Soft back
PAGES: 352
PRICE: GB £8.99
GENRE: Non fiction
SUBJECT: Jutland, RN, 1897-1916, social, junior officer, journal, Edwardian
ISBN: 978-1-84486-098-2
IMAGE: B1584.jpg
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DESCRIPTION: This diary was cut short by the Battle of Jutland when its 19 year old author lost his life in HMS Invincible. The book covers the period 1910-1916. It is really a collection of documents compiled by the original author’s descendant Richard Hallan with screenwriter Mark Beynon. Books of this type provide an indispensable source of information about a period in history at a time when those who were there are now dead. History would be dry indeed if historians only had statistics and the brief official accounts written in battle, or later. Scrimgeour has written with warmth and humour, keen observation displaying his thoughts as an Edwardian gentleman going to war in what was then the greatest conflict in history. He shows the world of the young naval officer at war but also paints a picture of the times and society in which he had grown up. Two sections of b&w images complement the text and paint evocative images of the times.