GB 0099 KCLMA Armstrong - ARMSTRONG, Engineer Cdr Sidney John (fl 1921-1941)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Armstrong Created [1925-1945] Collection (fonds) 1 file Armstrong , Sidney John , fl 1921-1941 , Engineer Commander
Engineer, RN, 1921; Engineer Lt Cdr, 1931; Engineer Cdr, 1935; served in the Far East 1937, and in the Mediterranean, 1941.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1986.

Papers principally comprising text of lecture on the outbreak of hostilities between Japan and China in 1937, including a detailed account of the Battle of Shanghai as witnessed from HMS DANAE, 1937; draft of lecture recounting his experiences on board HMS DIDO during the evacuation of Crete, Apr-Jun 1941, [1945].

1 file.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided 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.
English

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk.lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Mar 1997. HMS Danae Armstrong , Sidney John , fl 1921-1941 , Engineer Commander International relations State security Armed forces Military engineering Warfare Maritime warfare Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Transport Vehicles Ships International conflicts War Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Organizations Military organizations Europe Western Europe Greece Crete East Asia China Shanghai Shi Shanghai RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy HMS Dido

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1986.

Papers principally comprising text of lecture on the outbreak of hostilities between Japan and China in 1937, including a detailed account of the Battle of Shanghai as witnessed from HMS DANAE, 1937; draft of lecture recounting his experiences on board HMS DIDO during the evacuation of Crete, Apr-Jun 1941, [1945].

1 file.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided 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

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk.lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Held at the Département Evangélique Français d'Action Apostolique (DEFAP), Paris, in the Maison des Missions, Boulevard Arago.

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