GB 0099 KCLMA Ashton - ASHTON, Brig William Proctor Bell (1897-1981)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Ashton

Titel

ASHTON, Brig William Proctor Bell (1897-1981)

Datum(s)

  • Created 1941-1946 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Omvang en medium

1 file

Context

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Biografie

Born in 1897; 2nd Lt, 1918; served in France and Belgium, Aug-Oct 1918; entered Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1923; Capt, 1929; Maj, 1935; Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, 1938-1940; Lt Col, 1940; Deputy Director of Ordnance Services (Engineering), Malaya Command, 1941-1942; Col, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1943; Assistant Director of Mechanical Engineering in the War Office, 1946-1947; Brig, 1948; died in 1981.

Geschiedenis van het archief

GB 0099 KCLMA Ashton Created 1941-1946 Collection (fonds) 1 file Ashton , William Proctor Bell , 1897-1981 , Brigadier
Born in 1897; 2nd Lt, 1918; served in France and Belgium, Aug-Oct 1918; entered Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1923; Capt, 1929; Maj, 1935; Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, 1938-1940; Lt Col, 1940; Deputy Director of Ordnance Services (Engineering), Malaya Command, 1941-1942; Col, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1943; Assistant Director of Mechanical Engineering in the War Office, 1946-1947; Brig, 1948; died in 1981.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1982.

Two reports on ordnance engineering services in Malaya during the period 1941-1942, written by Ashton following the destruction of all records at Malaya Command in 1942, [1946]; papers relating to the above reports, principally comprising Ashton's report to Air Cdre Modin on RAF Senior Training Corps mechanics attached to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Malaya, [1942-1943], an account of ordnance engineering services in Malaya during 1941-1942 by the Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (Engineering), 3 Indian Corps, [1942-1946], reports on ordnance services in Malaya during the period 1941-1942, written for Ashton by Capt E J Coulthard, H J Howland and Lt G A Neale, [1946].

1 file.

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

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.
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.

Decorations: MC
Jul 1996 Armed forces Ashton , William Proctor Bell , 1897-1981 , Brigadier British Army Coulthard , Eric Joseph , fl 1941-1946 , Captain Howland , Harry James , fl 1941-1946 , Major International relations Malaysia Military engineering Military logistics Military organizations Modin , Charles Oscar Frithiof , b 1889 , Air Commodore Neale , G A , fl 1941-1946 , Captain Organizations RAF , Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force Royal Army Ordnance Corps South East Asia State security Thailand Warfare

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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1982.

Inhoud en structuur

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Two reports on ordnance engineering services in Malaya during the period 1941-1942, written by Ashton following the destruction of all records at Malaya Command in 1942, [1946]; papers relating to the above reports, principally comprising Ashton's report to Air Cdre Modin on RAF Senior Training Corps mechanics attached to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Malaya, [1942-1943], an account of ordnance engineering services in Malaya during 1941-1942 by the Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (Engineering), 3 Indian Corps, [1942-1946], reports on ordnance services in Malaya during the period 1941-1942, written for Ashton by Capt E J Coulthard, H J Howland and Lt G A Neale, [1946].

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

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1 file.

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Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

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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  • Engels

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  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

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

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Decorations: MC

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Decorations: MC

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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  • Engels

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