Private Papers of Major General B A Coad CB CBE DSO*

A large collection of papers relating to his service in the Korean War, including: A photocopy of a report (56pp) on the operations of 27th British Infantry Brigade (later 27th British Commonwealth Brigade) in Korea, from 29 August 1950 - 31 March 1951; a file of ts and carbon copy drafts of the despatch (57pp) including two accounts of the action on Hill 282 and two sketch maps (September 1950 and October - December 1950); a file of correspondence with Lieutenant Colonel Joslen of the Cabinet Office Historical Section (1956) with a Schedule of Battles, Actions and Engagements (46pp, 1950 - 1953), including a copy of the War Office Directive to Brigadier Coad giving his orders for the campaign; photocopies of pages from the War Diary of the 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment covering 20 October 1950 (5pp) with correspondence with Lieutenant Colonel D Butler DSO, and a copy of an article by Lieutenant Colonel A Argent on the 3rd RAR in Korea (6pp); a scrapbook (1950 - 1956) including press cuttings from various newspapers about Coad and the war in Korea, his citation for the CBE for distinguished services in Korea from September to October 1950 and a citation for the Legion of Merit signed by US President Harry Truman; a copy of The Story of the 130th Brigade HQ (43rd Wessex Division) 1939 - 1946 edited by S G M Liddle (60pp, 1951); a file of press cuttings relating to 43rd (Wessex) Division in the Second World War; and a copy of the Journal of the Royal United Services Institution (February 1952) containing an article by Coad on the Land Campaign in Korea.

A large collection of papers relating to his service in the Korean War, including: A photocopy of a report (56pp) on the operations of 27th British Infantry Brigade (later 27th British Commonwealth Brigade) in Korea, from 29 August 1950 - 31 March 1951; a file of ts and carbon copy drafts of the despatch (57pp) including two accounts of the action on Hill 282 and two sketch maps (September 1950 and October - December 1950); a file of correspondence with Lieutenant Colonel Joslen of the Cabinet Office Historical Section (1956) with a Schedule of Battles, Actions and Engagements (46pp, 1950 - 1953), including a copy of the War Office Directive to Brigadier Coad giving his orders for the campaign; photocopies of pages from the War Diary of the 3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment covering 20 October 1950 (5pp) with correspondence with Lieutenant Colonel D Butler DSO, and a copy of an article by Lieutenant Colonel A Argent on the 3rd RAR in Korea (6pp); a scrapbook (1950 - 1956) including press cuttings from various newspapers about Coad and the war in Korea, his citation for the CBE for distinguished services in Korea from September to October 1950 and a citation for the Legion of Merit signed by US President Harry Truman; a copy of The Story of the 130th Brigade HQ (43rd Wessex Division) 1939 - 1946 edited by S G M Liddle (60pp, 1951); a file of press cuttings relating to 43rd (Wessex) Division in the Second World War; and a copy of the Journal of the Royal United Services Institution (February 1952) containing an article by Coad on the Land Campaign in Korea.

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