• Reference
    X299/5
  • Title
    Letter to Lieutenant Commander T A Pack-Beresford, on behalf of Lord Luke by his son (?), 2 Weymouth Street, London W1, regarding a fox mask being fowarded by the Oakley Hunt Secretary as soon as is ready.
  • Date free text
    18 February 1943
  • Production date
    From: 1942 To: 1951
  • Scope and Content
    Discussion regarding obtaining requested fox mask and brush, and "those who hunt with the Oakley now scattered over the earth when they return will be glad tht some little thing was done for HMS Oakley". Also about the photographs, originally sent to Sir Victor Warrender when the first HMS Oakley was about to be launched [launched 30 October 1940, transferred to the Polish Navy June 1941, sunk after hitting mine near Malta]. Heard from neighouring hunt they were collecting War Certificates towards paying for HMS Oakley
  • Level of description
    item