GB 0099 KCLMA Harrison F - HARRISON, Frank

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GB 0099 KCLMA Harrison F

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HARRISON, Frank

Date(s)

  • Created [1991] (Creation)

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1 box or 0.01 cubic metre

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Biographical history

Joined the Royal Corps of Signals in 1939; served as wireless operator to successive brigadiers in theTobruk Tank Brigade, 3 Armoured Brigade, 2 Armoured Division; left the Army in 1946.

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GB 0099 KCLMA Harrison F Created [1991] Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01 cubic metre

Joined the Royal Corps of Signals in 1939; served as wireless operator to successive brigadiers in theTobruk Tank Brigade, 3 Armoured Brigade, 2 Armoured Division; left the Army in 1946.

Placed in the Centre by Frank Harrison in 1991

'Tobruk: Siege, Breakout, Victory', typescript memoir covering operations at Tobruk, 1941-1942, written in [1991] and later published as Tobruk: the great siege reassessed (Arms and Armour Press, London, 1996)

1 file

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 Archve Services.
English

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Jun 1996 Armed forces British Army Desert warfare Documents Information sources International conflicts International relations Libya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Memoirs Military engineering Military organizations North Africa Organizations State security Tobruk War Warfare World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events) Primary documents

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Placed in the Centre by Frank Harrison in 1991

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'Tobruk: Siege, Breakout, Victory', typescript memoir covering operations at Tobruk, 1941-1942, written in [1991] and later published as Tobruk: the great siege reassessed (Arms and Armour Press, London, 1996)

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1 file

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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 Archve Services.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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  • English

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