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- Created 1943 (Creation)
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2 files
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 1921; served World War Two, 1939-1945; Lt and Intelligence Officer in 41 Royal Marines Commando during the invasion of Sicily and Salerno; Capt; died 1978.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Burton Created 1943 Collection (fonds) 2 files Burton , John George , 1921-1978 , Captain
Born 1921; served World War Two, 1939-1945; Lt and Intelligence Officer in 41 Royal Marines Commando during the invasion of Sicily and Salerno; Capt; died 1978.
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1987.
Papers, photographs and maps relating to the invasions of Sicily and Italy, including the war diary of 41 Royal Marines Commando, 1943.
Chronologically as above.
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
Detailed catalogue available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Mar 1998 Armed forces Burton , John George , 1921-1978 , Captain Diaries Documents Europe Information sources International conflicts International relations Italy Literary forms and genres Literature Maps Military organizations Nonfiction Organizations Photographs Primary documents Prose Salerno Sicily Special forces State security Visual materials War War diaries Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1987.
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Papers, photographs and maps relating to the invasions of Sicily and Italy, including the war diary of 41 Royal Marines Commando, 1943.
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Accruals
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Chronologically as above.
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Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction
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.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Detailed catalogue 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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- State security » Armed forces
- Documents
- Information sources
- International conflicts
- International relations
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- Visual materials » Maps
- Organizations
- Visual materials » Photographs
- Documents » Primary documents
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- State security
- Visual materials
- International conflicts » War
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- English