Victorian/Edwardian grouping to Admiral Arthur Archibald Campbell Galloway RN (1855-1918), the grouping consists of the Admirals Midshipman’s Coatee worn around 1870, and a large quantity of papers, both official and personal, held in two tin trunks bearing his initials, Admiral Galloway was born on 30th June 1855, the son of Arthur Galloway of the Indian Civil Service who was Magistrate of Delhi and was killed on 11th May 1857 during the Indian Mutiny, he was the grandson of Major General Sir Archibald Galloway KCB (whose uniform and ephemera are also in this auction) and the Grandnephew of Sir Colin Campbell, who fought with the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsular and Waterloo, and Vice Admiral Sir Patrick Campbell a distinguished naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars, Arthur Galloway joined the Royal Navy in 1869 aged 14 as Naval Cadet at HMS Britannia the training ship at Dartmouth, in 1874 he was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for jumping overboard to save the life of a drowning stoker, in 1877 he was promoted Lieutenant and was Gunnery Lieutenant on HMS Invincible in 1882 during the Egyptian Campaign/bombardment of Alexandria, in 1885 he was again commended for his actions in jumping overboard to save a man who had fallen from aloft, in 1887 he was promoted First & Gunnery Lieutenant on HMS Cordelia and in 1890-91 on HMS Lapwing carried out operations in relation to the loss of HMS Serpent off the coast of Spain, with the rank of Commander as Captain of HMS Daphne 1896-98 on the China Station he carried out diplomatic missions in China, Kamchatka and the Philippine Islands during the rebellion of 1897, in 1901-02 he was Captain commanding HMS Tribune and carried out diplomatic work in Venezuela ( Ban Righ incident) and Columbia where he was involved in saving the city of Colon from destruction by arranging negotiations between the opposing forces during the Thousand Days War (Columbian Civil War), in Jamaica assisted in stopping rioting in April 1901, 1903-1906 Captain of HMS Revenge and HMS Swiftsure in Channel Fleet, 1906 he was appointed Aide de Camp to King Edward VII, he was Officer in Command of Sheerness Gunnery School July-Dec. 1906 and Commodore in Command of the Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth where he had to deal with the aftermath of a mutiny by Stokers under training, in December 1907 Galloway was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral and then to Vice Admiral in March 1913, in June of the same year he was placed on the Retired List at his own request and was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the same list in June 1916, in all, Arthur Galloway served on 29 ships, he passed away on the 12th February 1918,The Midshipman’s Coatee is in blue cloth, shortened to the front with tails to the rear, black silk frogging in horizontal lines to the front with gilt Queen Victoria Crown Royal Naval officers buttons to the front, rear and cuffs, the traditional badge of rank of a white patch of cloth with a gold button and a twist of white cord is on each side of the coat collar, the coatee is lined with white silk, it has suffered from mothing over the years but is still a scarce item.The tin trunks contain a remarkable archive of information for anyone with an interest in the Royal Navy of the Victorian and Edwardian era and includes the following,Galloway’s Royal Naval Officers CommissionsA large quantity of letters, many from well known figures of the day including Admiral Sir ‘Jackie’ Fisher, Robert Baden Powell, and Dame ‘Aggie’ Weston Many signed letters from Admirals of the period including Neville, Farquar, Boothby, Stokes, Custance, Holland, and othersOfficial Letters and Memos Service Records, including names of ships and time period served,Collection of Commanding Officers ReportsCertificate of Nomination as a Naval Cadet from Admiralty, dated 18/12/1868Progress Reports on Cadet Galloway Exam papersLetters of Appointment to various ships throughout his career from Midshipman to Captain There are more detailed collections of papers for various incidents and missions that occurred throughout Galloway’s career, these include:-Collection of papers re mission to repatriate the crew of a United States Schooner ‘Golden Fleece’ Documentation re the Philippines Revolution 1897Documentation regarding ‘Ban Righ’ incident in Venezuela 1901 Documentation relating to the Columbian Civil War in 1901 Papers regarding a riot/mutiny by stokers under training at the Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth in 1906 Confidential memo regarding ‘ operations against submarine boats, March 1904’Folder entitled ‘Tactical Exercises Sailing Orders marked ‘Secret’ for Strategic Exercises , August 1904Temporary Memorandum No.13 Combined Fleet Exercises dated 5/8/1904Temp. Memo No.3 Combined Fleet Exercises 1904-Battle ExercisesTemp Orders for Peace Manoeuvres 1904Folder entitled ‘Naval Manoeuvres 1910’ Naval Signal sheets form 1320c copies of messages from HMS Bachante to HMS King AlfredHMS Swiftsure Gunlayers test October 1905, Shifting TargetsTimes for Gunnery Drills, Gunnery School SheernessGunnery memos folder, Group B Naval Manoeuvres 1910 including Booklet entitled ‘The Fighting Power of the Capital Ship’ by Admiral Sir Reginald Custance 1910, marked ‘Private and Confidential’Proposed programme for Towing Trials/Coaling at Sea, HMS Swiftsure and MFA Torridge, April 1906Orders for ‘Wireless Experiment’, HMS Swiftsure dated 12/01/1906Sailing Orders for HMS Swiftsure dated 11/01/1906Sailing Orders for HMS Juno dated 11/01/1906Sailing Orders for HMS Albermarle dated 24/04/1906Sailing Orders for HMS Revenge dated 03/11/1904Programme for joint Exercise by Navy and Army on ‘Submarine Mining Operations-Portsmouth Friday 22nd August 1879’Exercise Programme for ‘Naval Attack on Coast Defence for 22nd August’Report on giving up Command of 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Home Fleet, dated 04/01/1911Essay entitled ‘Remarks on Modern Naval Tactics, dated 17/12/1910There are also many official letters from the Admiralty, foreign Consuls, and other organisations including one from the German Charge d’ Affairs re money raised by the crew of HMS Daphne for the families of sailors drowned when the Imperial German Gunboat Iltis was lost in a Typhoon in 1896A portrait photograph of Arthur Galloway with the rank of Captain in dress uniform on the bridge of HMS Revenge, dated 12th June 1904. 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