A Royal Air Force notebook filled with observations of birds Robert Blockey had seen on his travels. These places include: Egypt, Palestine, Greece, Cyrenaica, Sinai, Iraq, South Africa and England.
Dates
- Creation: 1941
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. 14911.
Shelfmark:
MS. 14911
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 14911
Abstract
Notebook of Robert Charles Blockey.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Charles Blockey (1909-1944) was educated at Dulwich College and worked as an assistant curator at the Haslemere Educational Museum. He enlisted on the outbreak of war (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve) and was reported missing, later presumed killed in action, while flying over Berlin in January 1944. He was married to Irene Mary Blockey.
See Dulwich College War Record, 1939-1945 for further details.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Alexander Library of Ornithology, 2018.
Topical
- Title
- Notebook of Robert Charles Blockey
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by EAD version by Jen Patterson
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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