{"id":248,"date":"2014-01-22T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T10:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2014\/01\/22\/selected-by-kate-obrien-archives-services-4\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T11:09:59","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T11:09:59","slug":"selected-by-kate-obrien-archives-services-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2014\/01\/22\/selected-by-kate-obrien-archives-services-4\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-248 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2014\/01\/22\/selected-by-kate-obrien-archives-services-4\/portrait-photograph-of-lieutenant-maurice-john-bethell\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/files\/2014\/01\/tumblr_mzr6yaipHj1t348s2o1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-249\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-249'>\n\t\t\t\tPortrait photograph of Lieutenant Maurice John Bethell \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2014\/01\/22\/selected-by-kate-obrien-archives-services-4\/typescript-copy-of-cdr-binghams-letter-to-lady-bethell-with-manuscript-addition-by-a-family-member-of-lt-bethell\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/files\/2014\/01\/tumblr_mzr6yaipHj1t348s2o2_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-250\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-250'>\n\t\t\t\tTypescript copy of Cdr Bingham\u2019s letter to Lady Bethell, with manuscript addition by a family member of Lt Bethell\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Selected by Kate O&#8217;Brien, Archives Services Manager<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>What <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lieutenant Maurice John Bethell drowned on 31 May 1916, aged 22, when HMS NESTOR was sunk at the Battle of Jutland.\u00a0His commanding officer, Commander Edward Bingham, who was taken prisoner (and subsequently awarded a VC), wrote this detailed account in a letter to Bethell\u2019s mother from Mainz prisoner of war camp, Germany.\u00a0As the handwritten note on this typed copy makes clear, the family felt bitter that Bingham had not made certain that Bethell left the ship before he jumped himself: they considered that Bingham, as commanding officer, should have been the last to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Why <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">That photo is even more haunting when you read his exultant last words, as reported by Commander Bingham.\u00a0In his death, Bethell exemplified the ideals of his age.\u00a0Bingham wrote in his 1919 memoir, <em>Falklands, Jutland and the Bight<\/em>, \u2018Maurice Bethell died, as he had lived, a hero\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ref: M J Bethell 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingscollections.org\/catalogues\/lhcma\/collection\/b\/be70-001\">www.kingscollections.org\/catalogues\/lhcma\/collection\/b\/be70-001<\/a><\/span><!--EndFragment-->\u00a0<span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected by Kate O&#8217;Brien, Archives Services Manager What Lieutenant Maurice John Bethell drowned on 31 May 1916, aged 22, when HMS NESTOR was sunk at the Battle of Jutland.\u00a0His commanding officer, Commander Edward Bingham, who was taken prisoner (and subsequently awarded a VC), wrote this detailed account in a letter to Bethell\u2019s mother from Mainz &hellip; 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