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- 1941-1998 (Creation)
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1 file or 0.01m3
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Born 1903; commissioned into Royal Engineers as 2 Lieutenant, 1923; attached to Bengal Sappers and Miners, Roorkee, India; Lieutenant, 1925; worked on the placement of airfields in Burma, 1929-1930; Captain, 1934; assisted in the reconstruction of Quetta, India, after earthquake, 1935-1939; Major, 1940; served with Gazelle Force in Eritrea, 1940; served in Paiforce, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, 1941-1944; Commander, Royal Engineers (CRE) at Kineton, UK; Gibraltar and Minden, Germany, 1944-1952; Lieutenant Colonel, 1949; Chief Engineer, Rheindahlen project, Germany, 1952-1955; retired with rank of Honorary Colonel, 1955; died 1997.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Grattan 1941-1998 Collection level 1 file or 0.01m3 Grattan , Henry , 1903-1997 , Colonel
Born 1903; commissioned into Royal Engineers as 2 Lieutenant, 1923; attached to Bengal Sappers and Miners, Roorkee, India; Lieutenant, 1925; worked on the placement of airfields in Burma, 1929-1930; Captain, 1934; assisted in the reconstruction of Quetta, India, after earthquake, 1935-1939; Major, 1940; served with Gazelle Force in Eritrea, 1940; served in Paiforce, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, 1941-1944; Commander, Royal Engineers (CRE) at Kineton, UK; Gibraltar and Minden, Germany, 1944-1952; Lieutenant Colonel, 1949; Chief Engineer, Rheindahlen project, Germany, 1952-1955; retired with rank of Honorary Colonel, 1955; died 1997.
Presented to the Centre by the family, June 1998
Papers of Col Henry Grattan relating to service as Chief Engineer for construction of new British Army of the Rhine Headquarters (BAOR), Rheindahlen, Germany, 1952-1954, including: article 'New Headquarters in Germany' by Grattan, Royal Engineers Journal, Mar-Jun, 1956, giving a full account of the building of the complex; article, `Water Divining as an Aid to Engineering' by Grattan, Royal Engineers Journal, 1957, defending the practice of water divining or dowsing; letter from Gen Sir Harry Tuzo, Commander in Chief, BAOR, congratulating Grattan on the twentieth anniversary of the building of the Rheindahlen complex, Jul 1973; copy of 'The Reindahlen Bulletin', the base newsletter, Sep 1979, celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the Rheindahlen base; various obituaries and appreciations of Grattan, 1997-1998, including obituary from Royal Engineers Journal, Apr 1998.
one file as above
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification.
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 Archives and Information Management.
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Summary guide entry on-line.
Decorations: CBE
Entry compiled by Katharine Higgon. 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. Sep 2007 British Army of the Rhine Europe Germany Grattan , Henry , 1903-1997 , Colonel Military engineering Reindahlen Royal Engineers Western Europe
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Presented to the Centre by the family, June 1998
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Papers of Col Henry Grattan relating to service as Chief Engineer for construction of new British Army of the Rhine Headquarters (BAOR), Rheindahlen, Germany, 1952-1954, including: article 'New Headquarters in Germany' by Grattan, Royal Engineers Journal, Mar-Jun, 1956, giving a full account of the building of the complex; article, `Water Divining as an Aid to Engineering' by Grattan, Royal Engineers Journal, 1957, defending the practice of water divining or dowsing; letter from Gen Sir Harry Tuzo, Commander in Chief, BAOR, congratulating Grattan on the twentieth anniversary of the building of the Rheindahlen complex, Jul 1973; copy of 'The Reindahlen Bulletin', the base newsletter, Sep 1979, celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the Rheindahlen base; various obituaries and appreciations of Grattan, 1997-1998, including obituary from Royal Engineers Journal, Apr 1998.
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one file as above
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Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification.
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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 Archives and Information Management.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Summary guide entry on-line.
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Decorations: CBE
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Decorations: CBE
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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