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- 1939-1945 (Creation)
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0.5 box (0.005 cubic metres)
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Biographical history
Born 1912; joined the Post Office as a sorting clerk and telegraphist, 1929; Assistant Postal Controller, North West Region, 1939; joined Royal Engineers Postal Service, Sep 1939; Lt 1939; served with British Expeditionary Force, France, Sep 1939 Jun 1940; temp Capt 1940; commanded No.1 Army Postal Distribution Office, London, Feb-Aug 1941, acting Maj 1941; commanded 4 Base Army Post Office, Cairo, 1941-1943; mentioned is despatches for period Nov 1941 - Apr 1942; Deputy Assistant Director, Army Postal Service, Middle East, 1943-1945; MBE 1944; acting Lt Col 1945; Assistant Director, Army Postal Service, Germany, 1945-46; Inspector of Postal Services, Post Office HQ, London; 1948-1949; Assistant Postal Controller, North East Region, Leeds, 1949-1952; Overseas Postal Administration, advising on postal services in North and East Africa, 1952-1958; Instructor, Post Office Management Centre, 1961-1962; Head Postmaster, Sheffield, 1962-1965; Head Postmaster, Manchester, 1965-1968; Director, North Western Postal Region, 1968; died 2000.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Gage 1939-1945 Collection (Fonds) 0.5 box (0.005 cubic metres) Gage , Leonard George , 1912-2000 , Lieutenant Colonel
Born 1912; joined the Post Office as a sorting clerk and telegraphist, 1929; Assistant Postal Controller, North West Region, 1939; joined Royal Engineers Postal Service, Sep 1939; Lt 1939; served with British Expeditionary Force, France, Sep 1939 Jun 1940; temp Capt 1940; commanded No.1 Army Postal Distribution Office, London, Feb-Aug 1941, acting Maj 1941; commanded 4 Base Army Post Office, Cairo, 1941-1943; mentioned is despatches for period Nov 1941 - Apr 1942; Deputy Assistant Director, Army Postal Service, Middle East, 1943-1945; MBE 1944; acting Lt Col 1945; Assistant Director, Army Postal Service, Germany, 1945-46; Inspector of Postal Services, Post Office HQ, London; 1948-1949; Assistant Postal Controller, North East Region, Leeds, 1949-1952; Overseas Postal Administration, advising on postal services in North and East Africa, 1952-1958; Instructor, Post Office Management Centre, 1961-1962; Head Postmaster, Sheffield, 1962-1965; Head Postmaster, Manchester, 1965-1968; Director, North Western Postal Region, 1968; died 2000.
Presented to the Centre by the family, 2001.
Papers of Lt Col Leonard George Gage, on service with Army Postal Service, 1939-1945; principally comprising correspondence on the introduction and operation of the airgraph service to the Middle East; letters of congratulation on mention in despatches, 1941, and award of MBE, 1944; photographs of army postal services in France, 1939-1940 and the Middle East, 1942-1945; copy of Parade No.124, 26 Dec 1942, containing illustrated article 'Mail Up for Christmas'
2 files.
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.
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Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2001 British Army Communication industry Europe France Gage , Leonard George , 1912-2000 , Lieutenant Colonel International conflicts Middle East Postal services War Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)
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Presented to the Centre by the family, 2001.
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Papers of Lt Col Leonard George Gage, on service with Army Postal Service, 1939-1945; principally comprising correspondence on the introduction and operation of the airgraph service to the Middle East; letters of congratulation on mention in despatches, 1941, and award of MBE, 1944; photographs of army postal services in France, 1939-1940 and the Middle East, 1942-1945; copy of Parade No.124, 26 Dec 1942, containing illustrated article 'Mail Up for Christmas'
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2 files.
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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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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English