GB 0099 KCLMA McEwan - MCEWAN, Lt Cdr (S) Ian Paton (1917-2003)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0099 KCLMA McEwan

Title

MCEWAN, Lt Cdr (S) Ian Paton (1917-2003)

Date(s)

  • 1943-1965 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 file or 0.01m3

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Born 1917; served on staff of Gen Hastings Ismay, Ministry of Defence, 1943-1945; Lieutenant Commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1944; died 2003.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA McEwan 1943-1965 Collection level 1 file or 0.01m3 McEwan , Ian Paton , 1917-2003 , Lieutenant Commander

Born 1917; served on staff of Gen Hastings Ismay, Ministry of Defence, 1943-1945; Lieutenant Commander, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1944; died 2003.

Presented to the Centre by Ian Paton McEwan, Oct 1995

Copy press cuttings, correspondence and photographs relating to Gen Hastings Lionel Ismay, collected by Ian Paton McEwan, 1943-1965. Photographs including Ismay and other high ranking Allied officials at staff meetings and conferences; press cuttings including a profile of Lord Ismay, The Observer, Jun 1947; Potsdam Conference Souvenir Number of All Informed: The Daily News Sheet of 4 L of C Sub Area', Aug 1945, publishing a letter of appreciation from Ismay; appreciations of Ismay published after his death, 1965; correspondence including letter from Ismay to Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill offering congratulations on behalf of the Defence Office, May 1945, with reply from Churchill;Expression of Appreciation by the Chiefs of Staff to the Defence Office and the Chiefs of Staff Secretariat', May 1945; message of thanks to War Cabinet and Ministry of Defence staff from Ismay, 1945.

One file

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.
English

Summary guide entry on-line.

The papers of Gen Hastings Lionel Ismay are held at the Liddell Hart Centre.

Decorations: MVO
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. Sept 2007 Wars (events) Churchill , Sir , Winston Leonard Spencer , 1874-1965 , Knight , statesman International conflicts Ismay , Hastings Lionel , 1887-1965 , 1st Baron Ismay of Wormington , General x Ismay of Wormington , 1st Baron McEwan , Ian Paton , 1917-2003 , Lieutenant Commander War World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to the Centre by Ian Paton McEwan, Oct 1995

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Scope and content

Copy press cuttings, correspondence and photographs relating to Gen Hastings Lionel Ismay, collected by Ian Paton McEwan, 1943-1965. Photographs including Ismay and other high ranking Allied officials at staff meetings and conferences; press cuttings including a profile of Lord Ismay, The Observer, Jun 1947; Potsdam Conference Souvenir Number of All Informed: The Daily News Sheet of 4 L of C Sub Area', Aug 1945, publishing a letter of appreciation from Ismay; appreciations of Ismay published after his death, 1965; correspondence including letter from Ismay to Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill offering congratulations on behalf of the Defence Office, May 1945, with reply from Churchill;Expression of Appreciation by the Chiefs of Staff to the Defence Office and the Chiefs of Staff Secretariat', May 1945; message of thanks to War Cabinet and Ministry of Defence staff from Ismay, 1945.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

One file

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification.

Conditions governing reproduction

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The papers of Gen Hastings Lionel Ismay are held at the Liddell Hart Centre.

Finding aids

Summary guide entry on-line.

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Decorations: MVO

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Note

Decorations: MVO

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

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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