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Object description
698 ms and ts letters to his parents principally covering his military service, December 1927 - July 1963, with the 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers in the United Kingdom (April - September 1930), the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers in India (October 1930 - November 1938), at the Staff College, Camberley (January - April 1940), as Brigade Major of the 1st London Infantry Brigade, Home Forces in Kent (May - October 1940), as a GSO2 at the War Office (November - December 1940), as an instructor at the Senior Officers School, Erlestoke Park, Wiltshire (January - September 1941), as a GSO1 Military Training at the War Office, Cheltenham (October 1941 - June 1942), as Commanding Officer of the 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers under training in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (June 1942 - January 1944), with the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment, briefly as their Commanding Officer (February - April 1944), with the 12th Battalion Parachute Regiment, which he commanded from December 1944, during the D-Day landings, the Ardennes offensive, the Rhine crossings and the Allied advance across Germany, also postwar in England, India, Malaya, Singapore and Java (April 1944 - January 1946), as Commander, 1st Indian Infantry Brigade and 5th Parachute Brigade in Java and Malaya (January - September 1946), at the Joint Services Staff College, near Chesham (January - July 1947), as GSO1 Plans GHQ Middle East in Egypt (August 1947 - August 1948), as Commandant of the Airborne Forces Depot, Aldershot (September 1948 - August 1950), as Commander, 16th Independent Parachute Brigade Group, including service in the Suez Canal Zone (December 1950 - November 1952), at the Imperial Defence College (1953), as Brigadier A/Q, and later as Chief of Staff, 1st British Corps BAOR (January 1954 - July 1956), as Chief of Staff, 2nd British Corps during the Suez Crisis (September - November 1956), as Deputy Director of Staff Duties at the War Office (February 1957 - October 1958), as Director of Operations, Cyprus (October 1958 - August 1960), as Director of Infantry at the War Office (December 1960 - March 1962) and as GOC 1st British Corps (April 1962 - July 1963), together with 26 ms letters (some in photocopy form only) to his wife dated 1944 - 1945 and papers relating to his service with the 5th Parachute Brigade in Java (1946), the Suez Canal crisis (1956 - 1985) and Cyprus (1958 - 1981), as well as his lecture notes (1963 - 1967) and reminiscences (1973 - 1984).
Content description
698 ms and ts letters to his parents principally covering his military service, December 1927 - July 1963, with the 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers in the United Kingdom (April - September 1930), the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers in India (October 1930 - November 1938), at the Staff College, Camberley (January - April 1940), as Brigade Major of the 1st London Infantry Brigade, Home Forces in Kent (May - October 1940), as a GSO2 at the War Office (November - December 1940), as an instructor at the Senior Officers School, Erlestoke Park, Wiltshire (January - September 1941), as a GSO1 Military Training at the War Office, Cheltenham (October 1941 - June 1942), as Commanding Officer of the 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers under training in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (June 1942 - January 1944), with the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment, briefly as their Commanding Officer (February - April 1944), with the 12th Battalion Parachute Regiment, which he commanded from December 1944, during the D-Day landings, the Ardennes offensive, the Rhine crossings and the Allied advance across Germany, also postwar in England, India, Malaya, Singapore and Java (April 1944 - January 1946), as Commander, 1st Indian Infantry Brigade and 5th Parachute Brigade in Java and Malaya (January - September 1946), at the Joint Services Staff College, near Chesham (January - July 1947), as GSO1 Plans GHQ Middle East in Egypt (August 1947 - August 1948), as Commandant of the Airborne Forces Depot, Aldershot (September 1948 - August 1950), as Commander, 16th Independent Parachute Brigade Group, including service in the Suez Canal Zone (December 1950 - November 1952), at the Imperial Defence College (1953), as Brigadier A/Q, and later as Chief of Staff, 1st British Corps BAOR (January 1954 - July 1956), as Chief of Staff, 2nd British Corps during the Suez Crisis (September - November 1956), as Deputy Director of Staff Duties at the War Office (February 1957 - October 1958), as Director of Operations, Cyprus (October 1958 - August 1960), as Director of Infantry at the War Office (December 1960 - March 1962) and as GOC 1st British Corps (April 1962 - July 1963), together with 26 ms letters (some in photocopy form only) to his wife dated 1944 - 1945 and papers relating to his service with the 5th Parachute Brigade in Java (1946), the Suez Canal crisis (1956 - 1985) and Cyprus (1958 - 1981), as well as his lecture notes (1963 - 1967) and reminiscences (1973 - 1984).
History note
Cataloguer AC
History note
Catalogue date 2004-11