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Object description
Papers relating to Major Alfred Adamson ('Aonghais') Fyffe's service in the ranks and as an officer with the Intelligence Corps (July 1940 – April 1941) and SOE (May 1941 – August 1941), notably his ts Soldier's Service and Pay Book (Army Book 64, 21pp) and ts Soldier's Pay Book (A.B.64 (Part II), 21pp) recording his Army Service (July 1940 – April 1941); three ts identification passes (5pp) as a Lance Corporal, Intelligence Corps serving with No 49 Field Security Section; a ms Special Permit to enter the Restricted Area of Thame Park (1p), a ts authorisation (1p) to drive a 15cwt truck and a ts Officers' Mess Bill (1p) paid in cash (No 42 STS, Thame Park, May 1941); ts details of his pay as a Second Lieutenant with No 21 STS from Special Training Schools Headquarters (May 1941 – August 1941, 6pp). Also included are official papers kept by Major P H Hanlon, Intelligence Corps as GII (I), including ts Army Training Publications: Army Air Training Instruction No 1: Army Air Operations (July 1943, 13pp), Army Training Instructions Nos 1-4, 6-7 (January 1941 - July 1943), Doctrine for the Tactical Handling of the Division and the Armoured Division issued by the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces (October 1942, 24pp), Popular Guide to the German Army Nos 1-5 (General Staff, War Office (MI14), February 1941 - November 1941), and Army Training Memorandum, Nos 38-45 (February 1941 – May 1943) and Staff College Papers: Camberley Course No 11 (July 1943 – October 1943), dealing with tactics, staff duties, administration, the RAC, artillery, Royal Engineers, infantry, the Recce Regiment, intelligence, signals, training, air warfare, movements, the Military Secretary Branch, combined operations, and Exercise "Mars" (a complete three-day indoor battle).
Content description
Papers relating to Major Alfred Adamson ('Aonghais') Fyffe's service in the ranks and as an officer with the Intelligence Corps (July 1940 – April 1941) and SOE (May 1941 – August 1941), notably his ts Soldier's Service and Pay Book (Army Book 64, 21pp) and ts Soldier's Pay Book (A.B.64 (Part II), 21pp) recording his Army Service (July 1940 – April 1941); three ts identification passes (5pp) as a Lance Corporal, Intelligence Corps serving with No 49 Field Security Section; a ms Special Permit to enter the Restricted Area of Thame Park (1p), a ts authorisation (1p) to drive a 15cwt truck and a ts Officers' Mess Bill (1p) paid in cash (No 42 STS, Thame Park, May 1941); ts details of his pay as a Second Lieutenant with No 21 STS from Special Training Schools Headquarters (May 1941 – August 1941, 6pp). Also included are official papers kept by Major P H Hanlon, Intelligence Corps as GII (I), including ts Army Training Publications: Army Air Training Instruction No 1: Army Air Operations (July 1943, 13pp), Army Training Instructions Nos 1-4, 6-7 (January 1941 - July 1943), Doctrine for the Tactical Handling of the Division and the Armoured Division issued by the Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces (October 1942, 24pp), Popular Guide to the German Army Nos 1-5 (General Staff, War Office (MI14), February 1941 - November 1941), and Army Training Memorandum, Nos 38-45 (February 1941 – May 1943) and Staff College Papers: Camberley Course No 11 (July 1943 – October 1943), dealing with tactics, staff duties, administration, the RAC, artillery, Royal Engineers, infantry, the Recce Regiment, intelligence, signals, training, air warfare, movements, the Military Secretary Branch, combined operations, and Exercise "Mars" (a complete three-day indoor battle).
