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Datum(s)
- Created 1939-1945 (Vervaardig)
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1 box or 0.01 cubic metres
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Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Born 1891; educated at Haileybury; commissioned into Corps of Royal Engineers, 1911; trained at Royal Engineers Depot, Chatham, Kent, 1911-1913; Lt, 1913; Assistant Garrison Engineer, Madras, India, 1914; served in World War One, 1914-1918; service with 2 Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners, Indian Army, Bangalore and Secunderabad, India, 1915; service in Mesopotamia and Persia, 1915-1919; awarded MC, 1915; Capt, 1917; awarded DSO, 1917; Brevet Maj, 1919; served in Iraq, 1919-1920; graduated from Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1924; Instructor in Tactics, School of Military Engineering, 1925-1927; Maj, 1926; General Staff Officer 2, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1927-1929; Commanding Officer, 54 Field Company, Royal Engineers, Bulford, Wiltshire, 1929-1931; Brevet Lt Col, 1930; General Staff Officer 2, Southern Command, 1931-1933; Lt Col, 1934; Imperial Defence College, 1934; service in Malta, in charge of improving the island's defences, 1935-1936; Col, 1936; General Staff Officer 1, War Office, 1936-1937; temporary Brig, 1937; Army Instructor, Imperial Defence College, 1937-1939; Maj Gen, 1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; Director of Military Operations, War Office, 1939-1940; Chief of Staff to ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief Far East, 1940-1941; awarded CB, 1941; Deputy to FM Sir John Greer Dill, British Joint Services Mission, Washington DC, USA, 1942; Head of Army and Air Liaison Staff, Australia, 1943-1944; Head of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) Mission to Denmark, 1944-1945; member of Allied Control Commission, Berlin, Germany, 1945-1946; retired 1946; died 1981. Publications: The Army (William Hodge, London, 1938)
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Geschiedenis van het archief
GB 0099 KCLMA Dewing Created 1939-1945 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres
Born 1891; educated at Haileybury; commissioned into Corps of Royal Engineers, 1911; trained at Royal Engineers Depot, Chatham, Kent, 1911-1913; Lt, 1913; Assistant Garrison Engineer, Madras, India, 1914; served in World War One, 1914-1918; service with 2 Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners, Indian Army, Bangalore and Secunderabad, India, 1915; service in Mesopotamia and Persia, 1915-1919; awarded MC, 1915; Capt, 1917; awarded DSO, 1917; Brevet Maj, 1919; served in Iraq, 1919-1920; graduated from Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1924; Instructor in Tactics, School of Military Engineering, 1925-1927; Maj, 1926; General Staff Officer 2, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1927-1929; Commanding Officer, 54 Field Company, Royal Engineers, Bulford, Wiltshire, 1929-1931; Brevet Lt Col, 1930; General Staff Officer 2, Southern Command, 1931-1933; Lt Col, 1934; Imperial Defence College, 1934; service in Malta, in charge of improving the island's defences, 1935-1936; Col, 1936; General Staff Officer 1, War Office, 1936-1937; temporary Brig, 1937; Army Instructor, Imperial Defence College, 1937-1939; Maj Gen, 1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; Director of Military Operations, War Office, 1939-1940; Chief of Staff to ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief Far East, 1940-1941; awarded CB, 1941; Deputy to FM Sir John Greer Dill, British Joint Services Mission, Washington DC, USA, 1942; Head of Army and Air Liaison Staff, Australia, 1943-1944; Head of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) Mission to Denmark, 1944-1945; member of Allied Control Commission, Berlin, Germany, 1945-1946; retired 1946; died 1981. Publications: The Army (William Hodge, London, 1938)
Copies made by the Centre from originals lent by the family in 1982.
Manuscript narrative diary relating to Dewing's service as Director of Military Operations, War Office, and as Chief of Staff to ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief Far East, 1939-1941; two typescript narrative diaries relating to Dewing's service as Head of Army and Air Liaison Staff, Australia, 1943-1944, and as Head of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) Mission to Denmark, 1944-1945, with typescript 'Notes on my relations with Swedish Services and Government' [1945]; typescript biographical account of Dewing's career by his son, William Dewing [1979].
3 volumes, 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: CB, DSO, MC
Sep 1998 Wars (events) Armed forces Asia and the Pacific Australia British Army China Denmark Dewing , William , fl 1979 , son of Major General Richard Henry Dewing Diaries Diplomacy Documents East Asia Europe Foreign relations Information sources International conflicts International relations Literary forms and genres Literature Military engineering Military liaison Military missions Military operations Military organizations Nonfiction Northern Europe Oceania Organizations Popham , Sir , Henry Robert Moore , Brooke- , 1878-1953 , Knight , Air Chief Marshal x Brooke-Popham , Sir , Henry Robert Moore Primary documents Prose RAF , Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force State security Sweden War Warfare Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)
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Copies made by the Centre from originals lent by the family in 1982.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Manuscript narrative diary relating to Dewing's service as Director of Military Operations, War Office, and as Chief of Staff to ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief Far East, 1939-1941; two typescript narrative diaries relating to Dewing's service as Head of Army and Air Liaison Staff, Australia, 1943-1944, and as Head of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) Mission to Denmark, 1944-1945, with typescript 'Notes on my relations with Swedish Services and Government' [1945]; typescript biographical account of Dewing's career by his son, William Dewing [1979].
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
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3 volumes, 1 file
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
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
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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: CB, DSO, MC
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Decorations: CB, DSO, MC
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- State security » Armed forces
- International relations » Foreign relations » Diplomacy
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- International relations » Foreign relations
- Information sources
- International conflicts
- International relations
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- Military engineering
- Military engineering » Military operations
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- Documents » Primary documents
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- State security
- International conflicts » War
- Military engineering » Warfare
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- Engels