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- 1966-1980 (Creation)
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11 boxes (0.11 cubic metres)
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Born 1941; educated at Harrow.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Eadon 1966-1980 Collection (Fonds) 11 boxes (0.11 cubic metres) Eadon , Nicholas Piers , b.1941
Born 1941; educated at Harrow.
Acquired by the Centre from Eadon in 1990.
Correspondence between Nicholas Piers Eadon and US, British, French and German military and naval figures of the twentieth century, mainly relating to great moments of their lives, with many signed portrait photographs, [1968]-1980, including US Gen Omar Nelson Bradley; US Gen Mark Wayne Clark; US Gen Alfred Maximilian Gruenther; US Gen Anthony Clement McAuliffe; US Gen Carl A Spaatz; US Gen Maxwell Davenport Taylor; US Gen Albert Coady Wedemeyer. Correspondence with British military figures, including FM Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis; FM Sir Claude (John Eyre) Auchinleck; Gp Capt Sir Douglas (Robert Steuart) Bader; Maj Gen Sir Francis Wilfred De Guingand; Gen Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey; MRAF Sir (William) Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside; ACM Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory; FM Sir Francis Wogan Festing; Gen Sir Richard Nelson Gale; Maj Gen Sir Miles (William Arthur Peel) Graham; FM (Allan Francis) John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton; Lt Gen Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks; FM Sir Richard (Amyatt) Hull; Gen Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay of Wormington; Lt Gen Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese; Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart; FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Lt Gen (Charles) Willoughby (Moke) Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie of Wellington, New Zealand, and of Upton, Gloucestershire; MRAF Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford; FM William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim of Burma; Wg Cdr Robert Roland Stanford-Tuck; FM Sir Gerald (Walter Robert) Templer. Correspondence with French military figures, including Gen Pierre Billotte; Gen Jean Charbonneau; Adm Gensoul; Gen Gribius. Correspondence with German military figures, including Grand Adm Karl Doenitz; Gen Adolf Galland; Lt Gen Reinhard Gehlen; Col Gen Franz Halder; Gen Adolf Heusinger; Col Gen Karl Hollidt; R Adm Otto Kretschmer; FM (Fritz) Erich von Manstein; Gen Hasso von Manteuffel; Adm Wilhelm Marschall; FM Erhard Milch; Gen Enno von Rintelen; FM Ferdinand Schorner; Gen Joachim Schwatlo-Gesterding; Gen Baron Geyr von Schweppenburg; Gen Walther von Seydlitz; Albert Speer; Gen Dr Hans Spiedel; Lt Gen Helmut Staedke; Gen of Infantry Karl Strecker; V Adm August Thiele; Gen Walter Warlimont; Gen of Panzertruppe Walther Wenck, Luftwaffe Maj Gen Alwin Wolz; V Adm Karl Adolf Zenker.
The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by nationality.
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, German and French.
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON holds the papers of Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart containing correspondence with Eadon, 1967-1969 (Ref: Liddell Hart LH2E/1/1-21) and correspondence with Eadon relating to Thomas Edward (T E) Lawrence (Ref: Liddell Hart LH 9/13/69).
Three letters to Eadon from FM Sir Claude (John Eyre) Auchinleck, published in Auchinleck, the lonely soldier by Philip Warner (Buchan and Enright, London, 1981).
Dec 1999 Alexander , Harold Rupert Leofric George , 1891-1969 , 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis , Field Marshal x Alexander of Tunis , 1st Earl Auchinleck , Sir , Claude John Eyre , 1884-1981 , Knight , Field Marshal Clark , Mark Wayne , 1896-1984 , US General Dempsey , Sir , Miles Christopher , 1896-1969 , Knight , General Donitz , Karl , 1891-1980 , German Admiral Eadon , Nicholas Piers , b 1941 Gale , Sir , Richard Nelson , 1896-1982 , Knight , General Gruenther , Alfred Maximilian , 1899-1983 , US General Harding , Allan Francis John , 1896-1989 , 1st Baron Harding of Petherton , Field Marshal x Harding of Petherton , 1st Baron Hart , Sir , Basil Henry , Liddell , 1895-1970 , Knight , Captain , military historian x Liddell Hart , Sir , Basil Ismay , Hastings Lionel , 1887-1965 , 1st Baron Ismay of Wormington , General x Ismay of Wormington , 1st Baron Leese , Sir , Oliver William Hargreaves , 1894-1978 , 3rd Baronet , Lieutenant General Manstein , Erich , von , 1885-1973 , German Field Marshal Milch , Erhard , fl 1945 , German Field Marshal Montgomery , Bernard Law , 1887-1976 , 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and Hindhead , Field Marshal x Montgomery of Alamein and Hindhead , 1st Viscount Mountbatten , Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas , 1900-1979 , 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , Admiral of the Fleet x Mountbatten of Burma , 1st Earl x Battenburg , Prince von Portal , Charles Frederick Algernon , 1893-1971 , 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford , Marshal of the Royal Air Force x Portal of Hungerford , 1st Viscount Slim , William Joseph , 1891-1970 , 1st Viscount Slim , Field Marshal x Slim , 1st Viscount Spaatz , Carl , 1891-1974 , US General of the Air Force Taylor , Maxwell Davenport , 1901-1987 , US General Tuck , Robert Roland , Stanford- , 1916-1987 , Wing Commander x Stanford-Tuck , Robert Roland Wedermeyer , Albert C , fl 1944 , US Lieutenant General
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Acquired by the Centre from Eadon in 1990.
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Correspondence between Nicholas Piers Eadon and US, British, French and German military and naval figures of the twentieth century, mainly relating to great moments of their lives, with many signed portrait photographs, [1968]-1980, including US Gen Omar Nelson Bradley; US Gen Mark Wayne Clark; US Gen Alfred Maximilian Gruenther; US Gen Anthony Clement McAuliffe; US Gen Carl A Spaatz; US Gen Maxwell Davenport Taylor; US Gen Albert Coady Wedemeyer. Correspondence with British military figures, including FM Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis; FM Sir Claude (John Eyre) Auchinleck; Gp Capt Sir Douglas (Robert Steuart) Bader; Maj Gen Sir Francis Wilfred De Guingand; Gen Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey; MRAF Sir (William) Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside; ACM Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory; FM Sir Francis Wogan Festing; Gen Sir Richard Nelson Gale; Maj Gen Sir Miles (William Arthur Peel) Graham; FM (Allan Francis) John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton; Lt Gen Sir Brian Gwynne Horrocks; FM Sir Richard (Amyatt) Hull; Gen Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay of Wormington; Lt Gen Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese; Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart; FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma; Lt Gen (Charles) Willoughby (Moke) Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie of Wellington, New Zealand, and of Upton, Gloucestershire; MRAF Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford; FM William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim of Burma; Wg Cdr Robert Roland Stanford-Tuck; FM Sir Gerald (Walter Robert) Templer. Correspondence with French military figures, including Gen Pierre Billotte; Gen Jean Charbonneau; Adm Gensoul; Gen Gribius. Correspondence with German military figures, including Grand Adm Karl Doenitz; Gen Adolf Galland; Lt Gen Reinhard Gehlen; Col Gen Franz Halder; Gen Adolf Heusinger; Col Gen Karl Hollidt; R Adm Otto Kretschmer; FM (Fritz) Erich von Manstein; Gen Hasso von Manteuffel; Adm Wilhelm Marschall; FM Erhard Milch; Gen Enno von Rintelen; FM Ferdinand Schorner; Gen Joachim Schwatlo-Gesterding; Gen Baron Geyr von Schweppenburg; Gen Walther von Seydlitz; Albert Speer; Gen Dr Hans Spiedel; Lt Gen Helmut Staedke; Gen of Infantry Karl Strecker; V Adm August Thiele; Gen Walter Warlimont; Gen of Panzertruppe Walther Wenck, Luftwaffe Maj Gen Alwin Wolz; V Adm Karl Adolf Zenker.
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The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by nationality.
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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 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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- English
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- Latin
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English, German and French.
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LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON holds the papers of Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart containing correspondence with Eadon, 1967-1969 (Ref: Liddell Hart LH2E/1/1-21) and correspondence with Eadon relating to Thomas Edward (T E) Lawrence (Ref: Liddell Hart LH 9/13/69).
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