£200
K.M. Fardell, photograph album, China Station, 1913-1914. Two hundred and thirteen coloured and black and white photographs and at the rear of the album an attached envelope inscribed 'AH Fong Photographer P, 369 Nanking Road, Shanghai and Wei-hai-wei' and also handwritten 'Lieut K. M. Fardell', with images including Weihaiwei, Nagasaki, Canton, hong Kong, Singapore, Penang, Ceylon, Aden, Port Said and Malta. Album size 29 x 38cm. Weihaiwei was a port in North East China and was leased to Britain as a Naval base between 1898 and 1930. Kenneth Mathieson Fardell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30th November,1913 and was awarded the Goodenough Medal for 1913-1914, being the Sub-Lieutenant who achieved the highest gunnery examination for the year and who also achieved a first-class certificate in seamanship. Fardell was commended for his handling of enciphered messages at Tsingtao in 1914.
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