150th Volume Celebration

The Navy Records Society, which has published one or two volumes of naval papers every year since its foundation in 1893, published its 150th volume in 2006. This was Part 2 of the Cunningham Papers, edited by Michael Simpson, lately Reader in History at the University of Wales, Swansea, and formerly the Society's General Editor.

The volume comprises selctions from the private and public correspondence of Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean during the Second World War and later First Sea Lord. The publication was marked by a reception in St. James's Palace on 29 March 2006 attended by the Society's Patron, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, who, as a midshipman in HMS Valiant in March 1941, served under Admiral Cunningham's command at the Battle of Matapan, and by former First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Jock Slater, a kinsman of Admiral Cunningham [MRU - Admiral of the Fleet Sir Ben Bathurst, President of the NRS]

Senior Vice-President, Dr. Roger Knight, Professor of History at the Greenwich Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich, presents specially-bound volumes of the Cunningham Papers to HRH Prince Philip for his library and for Her Majesty

HRH shares a humorous recollection with NRS Vice-Presidents, Dr. Michael Duffy and Lt-Cdr Lawrie Phillips.

L to R. Dr. Roger Knight, Senior Vice-President; HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and Vice-Presidents Dr. Michael Duffy, Lt-Cdr Lawrie Phillips and Captain Christopher Page.

Prince Philip meets NRS General Editor, Dr. Roger Morriss.

HRH; John Tyler, Hon.Treasuer; Dr. Roger Morriss, General Editor; Robin Brodhurst, Hon. Secretary; Michael Simson, editor of the 150th Volume.