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- 1940-1970 (Produção)
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1 box or 0.01 cubic metres
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História biográfica
Born 1892; educated at Wellington and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into 7 Queen's Own Hussars, 1911; Lt, 1913; served in World War One, 1914-1918; Aide de Camp to Div Commander, Home Forces, 1914-1915; Staff Capt, France, 1917-1918; Capt, 1918; Bde Maj, France, 1918-1919; General Staff Officer 3, British Army of the Rhine, 1919; Adjutant, 7 Queen's Own Hussars, 1919-1922; Maj, 15/19 The King's Royal Hussars, 1924; Bde Maj, Southern Command, 1927-1929; General Staff Officer 2, War Office, 1929-1931; Brevet Lt Col, 1931; Lt Col, 1934; Commanding Officer, 15/19 The King's Royal Hussars, 1934-1938; Col, 1938; General Staff Officer 1, Senior Officers' School, Sheerness, Kent, 1938-1939; Inspector, Royal Armoured Corps, War Office, 1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; acting Maj Gen, 1939-1940; General Officer Commanding 7 Armoured Div, Western Desert, 1939-1941; temporary Maj Gen, 1940-1941; Maj Gen, 1941; created KBE, 1941; commanded 3 Armoured Group, 1941-1942; commanded Hampshire and Dorset District, 1942; retired 1944; UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration), 1944-1946; Deputy Chief of Mission to Greece; Chief of Emergency Supply Unit, European Regional Office; Chief of European Regional Office Voluntary Society Liaison Unit.died 1970.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Creagh 1940-1970 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres Creagh , Sir , Michael O'Moore , 1892-1970 , Knight , Major General
Born 1892; educated at Wellington and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into 7 Queen's Own Hussars, 1911; Lt, 1913; served in World War One, 1914-1918; Aide de Camp to Div Commander, Home Forces, 1914-1915; Staff Capt, France, 1917-1918; Capt, 1918; Bde Maj, France, 1918-1919; General Staff Officer 3, British Army of the Rhine, 1919; Adjutant, 7 Queen's Own Hussars, 1919-1922; Maj, 15/19 The King's Royal Hussars, 1924; Bde Maj, Southern Command, 1927-1929; General Staff Officer 2, War Office, 1929-1931; Brevet Lt Col, 1931; Lt Col, 1934; Commanding Officer, 15/19 The King's Royal Hussars, 1934-1938; Col, 1938; General Staff Officer 1, Senior Officers' School, Sheerness, Kent, 1938-1939; Inspector, Royal Armoured Corps, War Office, 1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; acting Maj Gen, 1939-1940; General Officer Commanding 7 Armoured Div, Western Desert, 1939-1941; temporary Maj Gen, 1940-1941; Maj Gen, 1941; created KBE, 1941; commanded 3 Armoured Group, 1941-1942; commanded Hampshire and Dorset District, 1942; retired 1944; UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration), 1944-1946; Deputy Chief of Mission to Greece; Chief of Emergency Supply Unit, European Regional Office; Chief of European Regional Office Voluntary Society Liaison Unit.died 1970.
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1980.
Papers relating to operations in the Western Desert, 1940-1941, especially Battles of Sidi Saleh, Beda Fomm and Operation BATTLEAXE, the attempt to relieve Tobruk, including typescript report by Lt Gen Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor on operations of 7 Armoured Div, Mechili, Cyrenaica, Libya, Feb 1941; typescript text of lecture by Creagh entitled 'Operations of the 7th Armoured Division in the Western Desert from June 1940 to March 1941' [1942]; typescript reports by unit commanders and Staff Officers on operations during First Libyan campaign, 1940-1941, including Lt Gen Sir Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Pierse, General Officer Commanding Western Desert Force, Lt Gen Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, General Officer Commanding 13 Corps, Brig John Alan Lyde Caunter, commanding 4 Armoured Bde, Col George Edward Younghusband, 2 Armoured Div, Brig William Henry Ewart Gott, commanding Support Group, and Brig Hugh Edward Russell, commanding 7 Armoured Bde; typescript report by Creagh entitled 'The 7th Armoured Division', with five printed maps of North Africa, Nov 1943. Correspondence, 1942-1970, notably including letters from Lt Gen Giffard Le Quesne Martel, Commander Royal Armoured Corps, 1942, and Lt Gen Sir Richard (Alan) Fyffe, Col Commandant, 3 Bn, The Royal Green Jackets, 1970.
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
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.
The papers of Gen Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor include papers relating to Creagh, 1940-1941, and correspondence, dated 1940-1941 and 1944, mostly relating to the First Libyan Campaign, Western Desert, (Ref: O'Connor 4/1, 4/2 and 5); obituaries of Creagh from The Times and The Daily Telegraph, 1970 (Ref: O'Connor 11/19). The papers of Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart include typescript notes by Creagh entitled 'Operations of the 7th Armoured Division in the Western Desert from June 1940 to March 1941' (Ref: LH 9/28/80).
Decorations: KBE, MC
Jan 1999 Armoured warfare Beda Fomm Caunter , John Alan Lyde , 1889-1981 , Brigadier Creagh , Sir , Michael O'Moore , 1892-1970 , Knight , Major General Cyrenaica Egypt Fyffe , Sir , Richard Alan , 1912-1972 , Knight , Lieutenant General Gott , William Henry Ewart , 1897-1942 , Lieutenant General International conflicts Libya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Maps Martel , Sir , Giffard Le Quesne , 1889-1958 , Knight , Lieutenant General Mechili Military engineering Military operations North Africa O'Connor , Sir , Richard Nugent , 1889-1981 , Knight , General Operation Battleaxe (1941) Pierse , Sir , Noel Monson de la Poer , Beresford- , 1887-1953 , Knight , Lieutenant General x Beresford-Pierse , Sir , Noel Monson de la Poer Russell , Hugh Edward , fl 1940-1941 , Brigadier Sidi Saleh Tobruk Visual materials War Warfare Western Desert World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Younghusband , George Edward , fl 1940-1941 , Colonel Wars (events)
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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1980.
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Âmbito e conteúdo
Papers relating to operations in the Western Desert, 1940-1941, especially Battles of Sidi Saleh, Beda Fomm and Operation BATTLEAXE, the attempt to relieve Tobruk, including typescript report by Lt Gen Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor on operations of 7 Armoured Div, Mechili, Cyrenaica, Libya, Feb 1941; typescript text of lecture by Creagh entitled 'Operations of the 7th Armoured Division in the Western Desert from June 1940 to March 1941' [1942]; typescript reports by unit commanders and Staff Officers on operations during First Libyan campaign, 1940-1941, including Lt Gen Sir Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Pierse, General Officer Commanding Western Desert Force, Lt Gen Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, General Officer Commanding 13 Corps, Brig John Alan Lyde Caunter, commanding 4 Armoured Bde, Col George Edward Younghusband, 2 Armoured Div, Brig William Henry Ewart Gott, commanding Support Group, and Brig Hugh Edward Russell, commanding 7 Armoured Bde; typescript report by Creagh entitled 'The 7th Armoured Division', with five printed maps of North Africa, Nov 1943. Correspondence, 1942-1970, notably including letters from Lt Gen Giffard Le Quesne Martel, Commander Royal Armoured Corps, 1942, and Lt Gen Sir Richard (Alan) Fyffe, Col Commandant, 3 Bn, The Royal Green Jackets, 1970.
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Sistema de arranjo
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
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Condições de acesso
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Condiçoes de reprodução
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.
Idioma do material
- inglês
Sistema de escrita do material
- latim
Notas ao idioma e script
English
Características físicas e requisitos técnicos
The papers of Gen Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor include papers relating to Creagh, 1940-1941, and correspondence, dated 1940-1941 and 1944, mostly relating to the First Libyan Campaign, Western Desert, (Ref: O'Connor 4/1, 4/2 and 5); obituaries of Creagh from The Times and The Daily Telegraph, 1970 (Ref: O'Connor 11/19). The papers of Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart include typescript notes by Creagh entitled 'Operations of the 7th Armoured Division in the Western Desert from June 1940 to March 1941' (Ref: LH 9/28/80).
Instrumentos de descrição
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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