GB 0099 KCLMA Calvert - CALVERT Brig (James) Michael (1913-1998)

1 box (0.01 cubic metres)

GB 0099 KCLMA Calvert 1971 Collection (Fonds) 1 box (0.01 cubic metres) Calvert , James Michael , 1913-1998 , Brigadier

Born 1913; educated at Bradfield College, RMA Sandhurst and St John's College Cambridge; commissioned Royal Engineers, 1933; served with 14th Army, India and Burma, 1941-1945; commanded a column of the 77th Brigade on 1st Chindit Expedition, 1943; awarded DSO, 1943; acting Brig 1944; commanded 77th Brigade on 2nd Chindit Expedition, 1944; awarded Bar to DSO, 1944; commanded Special Air Service (SAS) Brigade, NW Europe, 1944-45; commanded Malayan Scouts (SAS Regiment), 1950-1951; court martialled and dismissed the Service, 1951. Writer and lecturer on guerrilla warfare and military history, 1952-1998; died 1998. Publications: Prisoners of Hope: The Campaign of the77th Infantry Brigade in Burma, 1944 (Jonathan Cape, London, 1952); Slim as a General (Pan Books, London, 1973).

Given by Dr J Cann, 1997.

Photographs taken by Brig (James) Michael Calvert on visits to Africa and South East Asia, 1971, comprising file of 56 photographs of visit to Rhodesia, 1971; file of 21 photographs of visit to South Vietnam, subjects include alarm posts, militia training, and the city of Dining; file of 29 photographs of visit to Guinea - Bissau, Nov 1971, mainly comprising photographs of captured Soviet weapons; file of 86 photographs of visit to Mozambique, Nov 1971, subjects include Portuguese troops in Porto Amelia and Nampula, street scenes in Nampula, press photographs of Samora Machel, President of the Frelimo guerrillas, and Jose Moyane, commander of the Frelimo forces in Tete Province; file of 21 photographs of visit to Angola, Nov 1971, subjects include Portuguese troops and street scenes in Luso.

5 files, arranged by country

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.
Captions in English

Summary guide available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Imperial War Museum, London, holds papers relating to Calvert's service with Royal Engineers, chindits and on terrorism, 1933-1953.

Mad Mike: A Biography Of Brigadier Michael Calvert by David Rooney (Pen & Sword, London, 1997)

Source Times Obituary. Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2001 Africa Angola Armed forces Calvert , James Michael , 1913-1998 , Brigadier Dining Guinea Bissau International relations Luso Machel , Samora , 1933-1986 , President of Mozambique Military organizations Moyane , Jose , fl 1971 , Mozambique guerrilla leader Mozambique Nampula Organizations Photographs Porto Amelia Rhodesia South East Asia Southern Africa State security Viet Nam Visual materials West Africa Zimbabwe

Given by Dr J Cann, 1997.

Photographs taken by Brig (James) Michael Calvert on visits to Africa and South East Asia, 1971, comprising file of 56 photographs of visit to Rhodesia, 1971; file of 21 photographs of visit to South Vietnam, subjects include alarm posts, militia training, and the city of Dining; file of 29 photographs of visit to Guinea - Bissau, Nov 1971, mainly comprising photographs of captured Soviet weapons; file of 86 photographs of visit to Mozambique, Nov 1971, subjects include Portuguese troops in Porto Amelia and Nampula, street scenes in Nampula, press photographs of Samora Machel, President of the Frelimo guerrillas, and Jose Moyane, commander of the Frelimo forces in Tete Province; file of 21 photographs of visit to Angola, Nov 1971, subjects include Portuguese troops and street scenes in Luso.

5 files, arranged by country

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

• Latin

Captions in English

Summary guide available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Imperial War Museum, London, holds papers relating to Calvert's service with Royal Engineers, chindits and on terrorism, 1933-1953.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English