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- Created [1944] (Creation)
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1 file
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Born in [1896]; Deputy Provost Marshal, 2 Army, UK and Normandy, 1943-1944; died in 1993.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Drake Created [1944] Collection (fonds) 1 file
Born in [1896]; Deputy Provost Marshal, 2 Army, UK and Normandy, 1943-1944; died in 1993.
Presented to the Centre in 1994.
Photocopy of account of the planning and execution of the invasion of Normandy in 1944 from the point of view of the Deputy Provost Marshal, 2 Army, covering the period 1943-1944, with particular reference to the role of the military police.
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided forresearch use only. Requests to publish original material should besubmitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for MilitaryArchives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English
Summary guide available on-line athttp://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre'sreading room.
Decorations: OBE, MC
Feb 1997 Armed forces British Army Europe France International conflicts International relations Military engineering Military operations Military organizations Military police Normandy Operation Overlord (1944) Organizations State security War Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)
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Presented to the Centre in 1994.
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Photocopy of account of the planning and execution of the invasion of Normandy in 1944 from the point of view of the Deputy Provost Marshal, 2 Army, covering the period 1943-1944, with particular reference to the role of the military police.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided forresearch use only. Requests to publish original material should besubmitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for MilitaryArchives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Summary guide available on-line athttp://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre'sreading room.
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Decorations: OBE, MC
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Decorations: OBE, MC
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- English