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Born in 1908; educated at Harrow School and Magdalene College, Cambridge; 2nd Lt, Royal Scots Greys, 1929; Lt, 1932; Adjutant, 1936-1939; served in Palestine 1936-1939; Capt, 1938; Staff Capt, 49 West Riding Div, York, 1939; served in Norway, 1940, and the Middle East, 1941-1942; Officer Commanding, Military Operations Section No 5, War Office, 1943-1944; Deputy Director of Military Operations, War Office, 1944-1947; Maj, 1946; honorary Brig, 1947; retired, 1947; died in 1985.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Created [1978] Collection (fonds) 1 file Calthorpe , Sir , Richard (Hamilton) Anstruther-Gough- , 2nd Baronet , Brigadier
Born in 1908; educated at Harrow School and Magdalene College, Cambridge; 2nd Lt, Royal Scots Greys, 1929; Lt, 1932; Adjutant, 1936-1939; served in Palestine 1936-1939; Capt, 1938; Staff Capt, 49 West Riding Div, York, 1939; served in Norway, 1940, and the Middle East, 1941-1942; Officer Commanding, Military Operations Section No 5, War Office, 1943-1944; Deputy Director of Military Operations, War Office, 1944-1947; Maj, 1946; honorary Brig, 1947; retired, 1947; died in 1985.
Presented to the Centre by the Family in 1985.
Brief account of his life and career, 1908-1947, written in [1978].
1 file
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Decorations: CBE
July 1996. British Army Calthorpe , Sir , Richard Hamilton , Anstruther-Gough- , 1908-1985 , 2nd Baronet , Brigadier x Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe , Sir , Richard Central government Documents Europe Government Government departments Information sources International conflicts Memoirs Middle East Northern Europe Norway Palestine Public administration War War Office Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events) Primary documents
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Presented to the Centre by the Family in 1985.
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Brief account of his life and career, 1908-1947, written in [1978].
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1 file
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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- English
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Summary Guide available on-line and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
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Decorations: CBE
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