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- Created [1942], 1945, 1962, 1976, 1987 (Creation)
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1 file
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Born in 1914; joined Royal Marines in [1933]; served in Egypt, 1939-1940, UK, 1940, and Middle East, [1941]; Officer Commanding, Force Viper, Burma, 1942; served with Detachment 385, carrying out small boat clandestine operations against the Japanese from a base in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1944-1945; killed in action, Feb 1945.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Johnston D Created [1942], 1945, 1962, 1976, 1987 Collection (fonds) 1 file
Born in 1914; joined Royal Marines in [1933]; served in Egypt, 1939-1940, UK, 1940, and Middle East, [1941]; Officer Commanding, Force Viper, Burma, 1942; served with Detachment 385, carrying out small boat clandestine operations against the Japanese from a base in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1944-1945; killed in action, Feb 1945.
Copies made by the Centre in 1987 from originals lent by the family.
Papers primarily relating to his service in the Royal Marines during the period 1942-1945, written in [1942], 1945, 1962, 1976 and 1987, principally comprising typescript copy of Johnston's account of Force Viper operations in the Burma Campaign, 1942, written in [1942] and copied in 1987, photocopy of 'The Red Vipers', an article on Force Viper operations in Burma in 1942, by Cecil Hampshire, from The Navy, 1962; photocopy of Johnston's obituary from The Times, 24 Apr 1945.
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 Archive Services.
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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Sep 1996 Armed forces Ceylon International conflicts International relations Military engineering Military operations Military organizations Organizations Royal Marines South Asia South East Asia Sri Lanka State security War Warfare World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)
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Copies made by the Centre in 1987 from originals lent by the family.
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Papers primarily relating to his service in the Royal Marines during the period 1942-1945, written in [1942], 1945, 1962, 1976 and 1987, principally comprising typescript copy of Johnston's account of Force Viper operations in the Burma Campaign, 1942, written in [1942] and copied in 1987, photocopy of 'The Red Vipers', an article on Force Viper operations in Burma in 1942, by Cecil Hampshire, from The Navy, 1962; photocopy of Johnston's obituary from The Times, 24 Apr 1945.
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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 Archive 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 published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
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- English