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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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