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- Created 1953-1977 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
2 boxes or 0.02 cubic metres
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Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Born 1919; educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; commissioned into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 1940; served with Maritime Royal Artillery, 1940-1943; service with 8 Bn The Parachute Regt, 1944-1946 in France, Belgium and Palestine; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General and Bde Maj, Parachute Bde, Palestine, 1946-1948; attended Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1949; Company commander with Highland Light Infantry, North Africa, Malta and Egypt, 1951-1953; Second in Command, Army Air Transport and Development Centre, Old Sarum, Wiltshire, 1953-1955; Bde Maj, 16 Independent Parachute Bde Group, Cyprus, and Suez, 1956; awarded MBE, 1957; Second in Command, 2 Bn Parachute Regt, Jordan, 1958; commanded Regimental Depot, Royal Highland Fusiliers, 1958-1959; commanded 1 Bn, Royal Highland Fusiliers in Aden, Malta and Libya, 1960-1962; commanded Infantry Bde Group, West Germany, 1962-1965; Imperial Defence College, 1966; Brig, General Staff, Headquarters, Middle East Land Forces, Aden, 1967; awarded CBE, 1968; General Officer Commanding North West District, 1968-1970; Col, Royal Highland Fusiliers, 1969-1978; Director of Infantry, Ministry of Defence, 1970-1973; retired 1973; Vice President, Army Cadet Force Association (Scotland), 1976-1978; Director, British Red Cross Society, Perth and Kinross, 1977-1981; Member, Royal Company of Archers (Queen's Body Guard for Scotland); died 1981.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Dunbar Created 1953-1977 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes or 0.02 cubic metres
Born 1919; educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; commissioned into the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 1940; served with Maritime Royal Artillery, 1940-1943; service with 8 Bn The Parachute Regt, 1944-1946 in France, Belgium and Palestine; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General and Bde Maj, Parachute Bde, Palestine, 1946-1948; attended Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1949; Company commander with Highland Light Infantry, North Africa, Malta and Egypt, 1951-1953; Second in Command, Army Air Transport and Development Centre, Old Sarum, Wiltshire, 1953-1955; Bde Maj, 16 Independent Parachute Bde Group, Cyprus, and Suez, 1956; awarded MBE, 1957; Second in Command, 2 Bn Parachute Regt, Jordan, 1958; commanded Regimental Depot, Royal Highland Fusiliers, 1958-1959; commanded 1 Bn, Royal Highland Fusiliers in Aden, Malta and Libya, 1960-1962; commanded Infantry Bde Group, West Germany, 1962-1965; Imperial Defence College, 1966; Brig, General Staff, Headquarters, Middle East Land Forces, Aden, 1967; awarded CBE, 1968; General Officer Commanding North West District, 1968-1970; Col, Royal Highland Fusiliers, 1969-1978; Director of Infantry, Ministry of Defence, 1970-1973; retired 1973; Vice President, Army Cadet Force Association (Scotland), 1976-1978; Director, British Red Cross Society, Perth and Kinross, 1977-1981; Member, Royal Company of Archers (Queen's Body Guard for Scotland); died 1981.
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1983.
Papers, 1953-1977, including draft of article relating to the role of air transport in army supply, published in the Army Journal; Imperial Defence College background study notes, 1966, on international relations, the UK economy, research and development; papers relating to Aden, 1967, including extracts of regimental journals relating to operations of British units in Aden, situation reports of 1 Bn the Lancashire Regt (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), translations of daily communiqués of FLOSY (Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen) and NLF (National Liberation Front), texts of speeches and official briefing papers of Headquarters MELF, notes and drafts for a book by Dunbar on Aden; articles by Dunbar, 1971-1973, relating to operations of 8 Bn (Midland Counties) the Parachute Regt in France, Belgium and Palestine, 1944-1948, and 16 Independent Parachute Bde Group in Cyprus and Suez, 1956.
Three discrete sections comprising various papers including Imperial Defence College notes; Aden, 1967; operations of 8 Bn Parachute Regt and 16 Independent Parachute Bde Group.
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
Detailed catalogue available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Decorations: CBE
Oct 1999 Aden Airborne warfare Air transport Armed forces Belgium British Army Civil war Cyprus Egypt Europe France Higher science education Humanitarian law International conflicts International relations International tensions Liberation movements Middle East Military education Military engineering Military logistics Military organizations North Africa Occupied territories Organizations Palestine Political movements South Yemen State security Suez Canal Suez Crisis (1956) Transport War Warfare Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Yemen Wars (events)
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1983.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Papers, 1953-1977, including draft of article relating to the role of air transport in army supply, published in the Army Journal; Imperial Defence College background study notes, 1966, on international relations, the UK economy, research and development; papers relating to Aden, 1967, including extracts of regimental journals relating to operations of British units in Aden, situation reports of 1 Bn the Lancashire Regt (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), translations of daily communiqués of FLOSY (Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen) and NLF (National Liberation Front), texts of speeches and official briefing papers of Headquarters MELF, notes and drafts for a book by Dunbar on Aden; articles by Dunbar, 1971-1973, relating to operations of 8 Bn (Midland Counties) the Parachute Regt in France, Belgium and Palestine, 1944-1948, and 16 Independent Parachute Bde Group in Cyprus and Suez, 1956.
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Three discrete sections comprising various papers including Imperial Defence College notes; Aden, 1967; operations of 8 Bn Parachute Regt and 16 Independent Parachute Bde Group.
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
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.
Taal van het materiaal
- Engels
Schrift van het materiaal
- Latijn
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
English
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
Toegangen
Detailed catalogue 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: CBE
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Decorations: CBE
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Onderwerp trefwoord
- Transport » Air transport
- State security » Armed forces
- Political movements » Civil war
- Higher science education
- Humanitarian law
- International conflicts
- International relations
- International conflicts » International tensions
- Political movements » Liberation movements
- Higher science education » Military education
- Military engineering
- Humanitarian law » Occupied territories
- Organizations
- Political movements
- State security
- Transport
- International conflicts » War
- Military engineering » Warfare
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- Engels