GB 0099 KCLMA Chandler - CHANDLER, Sir Geoffrey (b 1922)

2 boxes or 0.02m3

GB 0099 KCLMA Chandler 1938-1952 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes or 0.02m3 Chandler , Sir , Geoffrey , b 1922 , Knight , businessman and public servant

Born 1922; educated Sherborne, Trinity College, Cambridge; Military Service 1942-1946; Captain, 60th Rifles; Political Welfare Executive, Cairo, 1942; Special Operations Executive (Force 133) Greece, [1943-1944]; Anglo-Greek Information Service, West Macedonia, 1945; Press Officer, Volos and Salonika, 1946; BBC Foreign News Service, 1949-1951; Financial Times, 1951-1956; Commonwealth Fund Fellow, Columbia University, New York, 1953-1954; Shell International Petroleum Company, 1957-1978.

Deposited in the Centre by Chandler, 2005.

Papers of Sir Geoffrey Chandler: reports, correspondence and publications relating to Greece 1944-1949, including reports by field personnel, Maj Ronald R Prentice and Maj T C Johnson, on the situation in the Macedonia and Pajko areas, Greece, 1945; reports to Force 133 Headquarters Greece and press reviews from AIS (later Anglo Greek Information Service), Salonika for the Macedonia region, 19 Nov 1944-28 Dec 1945; reports from Anglo Greek Information Service (AGIS), Corinth, Jan-Mar 1945; reports from AGIS, Florina, Apr-Nov 1945; 1944-1945; reports and press reviews from the Information Department, Salonika, Aug 1946-1947 Aug; Geoffrey Chandler's correspondence as press officer, British Embassy, Salonika, Aug-Nov 1946; typescript report on Greece, Oct-Nov 1949, by Chandler; Ministry of Information publications and pamphlets on Greece (Greek, English and French), 1938-1952, notably relating to the political situation in Greece and charitable appeals for relief of Greek people and map of Macedonia and surrounding area 'Grece du Nord: zones des groupes d'observation', scale 1:1,000,000, United Nations map number 134 (F), Aug 1948.

Arranged in sections as follows: reports by Maj Ronald R Prentice and Maj T C Johnson on the situation in Greece; reports from the Anglo Greek Information Service, Salonika, Corinth and Florina; reports and press reviews from the Information Department, Salonika; correspondence and report on Greece by Geoffrey Chandler; and published material on Greece.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a letter of introduction.

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. Some items in Greek and French.

Summary guide entry available on-line and detailed catalogue on-line and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Papers of Maj Ronald R Prentice (Ref: Prentice/Wickstead).

The Divided Land: an Anglo-Greek Tragedy, by Geoffrey Chandler, London, Macmillan; New York, St Martin's Press, (1959, second edition 1994).
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery. 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. Oct 2008 Anglo Greek Information Service Armed forces Chandler , Sir , Geoffrey , b 1922 , Knight , businessman and public servant Europe Greece History Military engineering Military history Military intelligence Military organizations Military personnel Organizations Prentice , Ronald R , 1913-1980 , Major Salonika Special forces SOE , Special Operations Executive x Special Operations Executive Warfare Western Europe West Macedonia World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events) Military science Social sciences

Deposited in the Centre by Chandler, 2005.

Papers of Sir Geoffrey Chandler: reports, correspondence and publications relating to Greece 1944-1949, including reports by field personnel, Maj Ronald R Prentice and Maj T C Johnson, on the situation in the Macedonia and Pajko areas, Greece, 1945; reports to Force 133 Headquarters Greece and press reviews from AIS (later Anglo Greek Information Service), Salonika for the Macedonia region, 19 Nov 1944-28 Dec 1945; reports from Anglo Greek Information Service (AGIS), Corinth, Jan-Mar 1945; reports from AGIS, Florina, Apr-Nov 1945; 1944-1945; reports and press reviews from the Information Department, Salonika, Aug 1946-1947 Aug; Geoffrey Chandler's correspondence as press officer, British Embassy, Salonika, Aug-Nov 1946; typescript report on Greece, Oct-Nov 1949, by Chandler; Ministry of Information publications and pamphlets on Greece (Greek, English and French), 1938-1952, notably relating to the political situation in Greece and charitable appeals for relief of Greek people and map of Macedonia and surrounding area 'Grece du Nord: zones des groupes d'observation', scale 1:1,000,000, United Nations map number 134 (F), Aug 1948.

Arranged in sections as follows: reports by Maj Ronald R Prentice and Maj T C Johnson on the situation in Greece; reports from the Anglo Greek Information Service, Salonika, Corinth and Florina; reports and press reviews from the Information Department, Salonika; correspondence and report on Greece by Geoffrey Chandler; and published material on Greece.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a letter of introduction.

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

English. Some items in Greek and French.

Papers of Maj Ronald R Prentice (Ref: Prentice/Wickstead).

Summary guide entry available on-line and detailed catalogue on-line and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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