- Object name(s):
- b/w print; photograph
- Brief description:
- Black and white photograph taken of Lieut Commander Alfred Athelstan Lennox Fenner who was lost on the 31st January 1918 aged 26 during World War One, in the memorial book held in Cromer Parish Church, compiled by Mrs Olive Burton in 1923 and containing photographs and brief description of the war dead of Cromer, Norfolk
- Collection:
- Norfolk Museums Service
- Acquisition date:
- 2008
- Acquisition method:
- copy
- Content - concept:
- event
- Content - concept:
- war
- Content - description:
- Alfred Athelstan Lennox Fenner in the memorial book honouring the dead of the First World War in Cromer, Norfolk
- Content - event name:
- World War One
- Content - person:
- Fenner, Alfred Athelstan Lennox
- Person's association:
- soldier
- Person's biographical note:
- Born at Cromer 1886 son of Dr Robert Fenner. He joined HMS Britannia in 1900 and served his first Commission as Midshipman in the flagship HMS Bulwark. Later he commanded the Submarine C37 in her voyage from Portsmouth to Hong Kong. At the commencement of the War, as Gunnery Lieutenant in HMS Warrior, he took part in the chase of the Goeben and Brelau. He subsequently commanded submarines in the North Sea and the Baltic and was lost while in command of K4 on 31st January 1918. He recieved from the Czar the Orders of Vladimir and Stanislaus. His brother Cyril died in 1916.
- Person's biographical note:
- Born at Cromer, son of Dr Robert Fenner and Edith Marion Fenner nee Carter of 38 Portland Place, London
- Person's biographical note:
- age 32
- Current location:
- Not on display - In store
- Object name:
- b/w print; photograph
- Object number:
- CRRMU : CP7386
- Object production date:
- 1923
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1923
- Date - latest:
- 1923
- Object production date:
- 2008
- Date - earliest / single:
- 2008
- Date - latest:
- 2008
- Object production person:
- Burton, Olive, Mrs
- Person's association:
- editor
- Object production person:
- Branford, Chris
- Person's association:
- photographer
- Other number:
- 1.846
- Other number type:
- SHIC
- Other number:
- community life
- Other number type:
- NMS
- Other number:
- warfare and defence
- Other number type:
- NMS
- Other number:
- campaigns
- Other number type:
- NMS
- Other number:
- First World War
- Other number type:
- NMS
- Other number:
- 3.14
- Other number type:
- SHIC
- Other number:
- personal life
- Other number type:
- NMS
- Other number:
- personal administration and records
- Other number type:
- NMS
- Other number:
- portraits
- Other number type:
- NMS
- Reproduction format:
- jpeg
- Reproduction type:
- image
- Responsible department/section:
- Cromer Museum
- Right note:
- still under copyright
- Right type:
- copyright
- Non confidential restriction level:
- level2
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d9423f43-a35f-340d-9173-e9ee93f03a66
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d9423f43-a35f-340d-9173-e9ee93f03a66, Norfolk Museums Service, CC BY-NC
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