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A collection of papers relating to his service with the Royal Artillery, as a Liaison Officer with the BEF, work with SHAEF, as a Colonel on the General Staff G (Ops) British Military Mission to France, NATO, Allied Land Forces in Fontainebleau, and as Military Attaché to the British Embassy in Rome, including: a ts summary of his career, qualifications and experiences (1p); two records of his service in the Royal Artillery 1926 – 1941, and 1941 - 1958 (Army Form 199A); examination results for a course as a language interpreter (January 1939); a ms daily appointment diary, January – July 1940, with brief entries, chiefly of meetings and movements; a ms notebook with brief notes on the order of battle of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in 1939 – 1940; a letter from Bill (Barlow?), No 2 Military Mission, congratulating Fullerton on his escape from France and possible future Liaison posts (June 1940); a copy (No 855) of 'French Who's Who' (83pp, 1943); a ts report on Free French representation in America (2pp); a ts report on Free French Naval Forces (3pp, November 1942); ms notes on the Free French Movement made after conversation with a member of the Free French Forces (3pp, January 1943); ts notes on a conversation with a French Officer, Colonel Vautrin, recently escaped from France (4pp, February 1943); ts notes on the French 3rd Brigade (4pp, May – June 1943); a ts report on his visit to North Africa and the Middle East 1 May – 15 June 1943 (11pp); a ts report on his visit to liberated manpower units in Belgium, 28 November – 5 December 1944 (4pp); a ts report by Brigadier General E F Wood, Lieutenant Colonel C H Ott and CWO S M Dye (April 1945, 4pp) on an inspection of the German Concentration Camp for Political Prisoners at Buckenwald near Weimar; UK civilian casualty figures gleaned from newspaper cuttings (April 1945); a copy of the citation by General de Beauchesne to propose the Légion d'Honneur be awarded to Colonel Fullerton for his bravery and work as a liaison officer during May 1940 (2pp, May 1945); ts notes on French Airborne Troops 1939 – 1947 (8pp) including personalities of Airborne Forces (1947); 'A short history of the organization of the command of operations undertaken by the French Forces of the Interior' (FFI, des Forces Francais de l'Intérieur) covering the period April – December 1944, by Général de Corps d'Armée P Koenig (28pp); a file of ts covering letters for Monthly Reports from the British Military Mission to France, by Fullerton (for Major General A G Salisbury-Jones)(42pp, Nos 9 – 27, April 1946 – November 1947); a ts detailed list of functions of the BMMF (2pp, July 1945); a ts report (3pp) on the war establishment of the BMMF (August 1945); a ts report (4pp) on the French Army order of battle and command organisation (November 1945), with two organisational charts; a directory of Offices of HQ National Defence (Etat-Major Général de la Défence Nationale) (4pp, January 1946); a ts letter (1p, in French) thanking the staff of the BMMF on the closing of the Mission (November 1947); two ms letters from a colleague (Bill Barlow?) from the BMMF based at the instruction centre at Masion Carree informing Fullerton of the current situations and frustrations with BMMF (June and September 1947); NATO conference and course details (1950s), lecture notes, and papers from conferences; NATO Staff Officers Course Certificate USAREUR Intelligence and Military Police School Special Weapons Division (n.d.); a lecture on Soviet Foreign Policy given at the Military Attaches' Conference, 1951 by H T Morgan of the Foreign Office; Newspaper cuttings (1953 – 1959, many from the Times) about NATO, UK Defence and conflicts; lists of attendees at NATO Staff Officers Course No 10 (April 1954); ms and ts lecture notes (14pp, written in French) which he gave at a conference on the subject of organisation of armed forces in an atomic war; papers relating to his time as Military Attaché to the British Embassy at Rome (1955 – 1958), mainly details of his opposite numbers in other embassies; a reference paper on the British Contribution to NATO (5pp, April 1956); two NATO Public Information Division briefings on SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe) (9pp and 8pp, August 1958), with two organisational charts; ms notes (7pp) for a lecture on NATO given by Fullerton to a Rotary Club meeting (August 1959); two formal photographs of attendees at a course at the NATO Defence College Staff (February 1953); and three photographs of officers, including Fullerton.
Content description
A collection of papers relating to his service with the Royal Artillery, as a Liaison Officer with the BEF, work with SHAEF, as a Colonel on the General Staff G (Ops) British Military Mission to France, NATO, Allied Land Forces in Fontainebleau, and as Military Attaché to the British Embassy in Rome, including: a ts summary of his career, qualifications and experiences (1p); two records of his service in the Royal Artillery 1926 – 1941, and 1941 - 1958 (Army Form 199A); examination results for a course as a language interpreter (January 1939); a ms daily appointment diary, January – July 1940, with brief entries, chiefly of meetings and movements; a ms notebook with brief notes on the order of battle of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in 1939 – 1940; a letter from Bill (Barlow?), No 2 Military Mission, congratulating Fullerton on his escape from France and possible future Liaison posts (June 1940); a copy (No 855) of 'French Who's Who' (83pp, 1943); a ts report on Free French representation in America (2pp); a ts report on Free French Naval Forces (3pp, November 1942); ms notes on the Free French Movement made after conversation with a member of the Free French Forces (3pp, January 1943); ts notes on a conversation with a French Officer, Colonel Vautrin, recently escaped from France (4pp, February 1943); ts notes on the French 3rd Brigade (4pp, May – June 1943); a ts report on his visit to North Africa and the Middle East 1 May – 15 June 1943 (11pp); a ts report on his visit to liberated manpower units in Belgium, 28 November – 5 December 1944 (4pp); a ts report by Brigadier General E F Wood, Lieutenant Colonel C H Ott and CWO S M Dye (April 1945, 4pp) on an inspection of the German Concentration Camp for Political Prisoners at Buckenwald near Weimar; UK civilian casualty figures gleaned from newspaper cuttings (April 1945); a copy of the citation by General de Beauchesne to propose the Légion d'Honneur be awarded to Colonel Fullerton for his bravery and work as a liaison officer during May 1940 (2pp, May 1945); ts notes on French Airborne Troops 1939 – 1947 (8pp) including personalities of Airborne Forces (1947); 'A short history of the organization of the command of operations undertaken by the French Forces of the Interior' (FFI, des Forces Francais de l'Intérieur) covering the period April – December 1944, by Général de Corps d'Armée P Koenig (28pp); a file of ts covering letters for Monthly Reports from the British Military Mission to France, by Fullerton (for Major General A G Salisbury-Jones)(42pp, Nos 9 – 27, April 1946 – November 1947); a ts detailed list of functions of the BMMF (2pp, July 1945); a ts report (3pp) on the war establishment of the BMMF (August 1945); a ts report (4pp) on the French Army order of battle and command organisation (November 1945), with two organisational charts; a directory of Offices of HQ National Defence (Etat-Major Général de la Défence Nationale) (4pp, January 1946); a ts letter (1p, in French) thanking the staff of the BMMF on the closing of the Mission (November 1947); two ms letters from a colleague (Bill Barlow?) from the BMMF based at the instruction centre at Masion Carree informing Fullerton of the current situations and frustrations with BMMF (June and September 1947); NATO conference and course details (1950s), lecture notes, and papers from conferences; NATO Staff Officers Course Certificate USAREUR Intelligence and Military Police School Special Weapons Division (n.d.); a lecture on Soviet Foreign Policy given at the Military Attaches' Conference, 1951 by H T Morgan of the Foreign Office; Newspaper cuttings (1953 – 1959, many from the Times) about NATO, UK Defence and conflicts; lists of attendees at NATO Staff Officers Course No 10 (April 1954); ms and ts lecture notes (14pp, written in French) which he gave at a conference on the subject of organisation of armed forces in an atomic war; papers relating to his time as Military Attaché to the British Embassy at Rome (1955 – 1958), mainly details of his opposite numbers in other embassies; a reference paper on the British Contribution to NATO (5pp, April 1956); two NATO Public Information Division briefings on SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe) (9pp and 8pp, August 1958), with two organisational charts; ms notes (7pp) for a lecture on NATO given by Fullerton to a Rotary Club meeting (August 1959); two formal photographs of attendees at a course at the NATO Defence College Staff (February 1953); and three photographs of officers, including Fullerton.
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