Description
Object description
Substantial collection of papers concerning his varied military career, encompassing: draft chapter (? for the Official History) on the situation of Fifth Army on the Western Front, 23 March 1918, and 15th Division billeting scheme in the Royston/Saffron Walden area, January 1917; a large quantity of official paperwork relating to his service as a Staff Officer at GHQ North Russia Expeditionary Force, Archangel, during 1918 - 1919; miscellaneous papers from the period of his service as Commandant of the British Legation Guard in Peking (China), 1934 - 1935; folder of lecture notes and coursework from his attendance at the Civil Affairs Staff Centre in Wimbledon (south London), 1943, with particular reference to Italy; folder of administrative papers concerning his service as a Civil Affairs Officer in occupied Italy (Pozzuoli District), 1943 - 1944, including also a short personal diary (4pp ms); folder of papers concerning battlefield tours/pilgrimages to Gallipoli in the 1950s, a copy of the 'Gallipoli Demonstration' held at the Senior Officers School, Belgaum (India) in 1939, and various other related papers.
Content description
Substantial collection of papers concerning his varied military career, encompassing: draft chapter (? for the Official History) on the situation of Fifth Army on the Western Front, 23 March 1918, and 15th Division billeting scheme in the Royston/Saffron Walden area, January 1917; a large quantity of official paperwork relating to his service as a Staff Officer at GHQ North Russia Expeditionary Force, Archangel, during 1918 - 1919; miscellaneous papers from the period of his service as Commandant of the British Legation Guard in Peking (China), 1934 - 1935; folder of lecture notes and coursework from his attendance at the Civil Affairs Staff Centre in Wimbledon (south London), 1943, with particular reference to Italy; folder of administrative papers concerning his service as a Civil Affairs Officer in occupied Italy (Pozzuoli District), 1943 - 1944, including also a short personal diary (4pp ms); folder of papers concerning battlefield tours/pilgrimages to Gallipoli in the 1950s, a copy of the 'Gallipoli Demonstration' held at the Senior Officers School, Belgaum (India) in 1939, and various other related papers.
History note
Cataloguer SWW
History note
Catalogue date 2001-07