GB 0099 KCLMA Metson - METSON, Dr Gilbert Harold (1907-1981)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Metson

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METSON, Dr Gilbert Harold (1907-1981)

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  • Created 1942-1943 (Produção)

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Born in 1907; joined Engineering Department of the Post Office, 1925; after a period in the PhysicsLaboratory he was transferred to regional work in Northern Ireland, where he also carried out research on magnetrons at Queen's University, Belfast; served with Royal Corps of Signals in France, 1940; Commander, 11 Unit, Lines of Communication Signals, North Africa, 1942-1943, and Italy, 1943; General Staff Officer Grade 1, War Office, 1944-1945; worked in Post Office Research Department, 1946, in charge of a group studying the causes of electronic valve failure; appointed Director of Research, 1965; died in 1981.

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GB 0099 KCLMA Metson Created 1942-1943 Collection (fonds) 2 files

Born in 1907; joined Engineering Department of the Post Office, 1925; after a period in the PhysicsLaboratory he was transferred to regional work in Northern Ireland, where he also carried out research on magnetrons at Queen's University, Belfast; served with Royal Corps of Signals in France, 1940; Commander, 11 Unit, Lines of Communication Signals, North Africa, 1942-1943, and Italy, 1943; General Staff Officer Grade 1, War Office, 1944-1945; worked in Post Office Research Department, 1946, in charge of a group studying the causes of electronic valve failure; appointed Director of Research, 1965; died in 1981.

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1981.

Papers relating to the North African landings (Operation TORCH), 1942, principally comprising signalinstructions, intelligence summaries and various maps and diagrams relating to wireless communication in North Africa, Oct 42; official note concerning project for the establishment of signal communications in Bizerta and Tunis (Operation DECIBEL), including maps andappendices on storage dumps and naval requirements, written by Metson as Commander, 11 Unit, Lines of Communications Signals for circulation to Chief Signal Officer and 11 Unit personnel, Apr 1943.

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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.ul/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Feb 1997 Armed forces Bizerta British Army Communication process Desert warfare Group communication International conflicts International relations Maps Military communications Military engineering Military intelligence Military operations Military organizations North Africa Operation Decibel (1943) Operation Torch (1942) Organizations State security Tunis Tunisia Visual materials War Warfare World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events) Military science Social sciences

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Placed in the Centre by the family in 1981.

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Papers relating to the North African landings (Operation TORCH), 1942, principally comprising signalinstructions, intelligence summaries and various maps and diagrams relating to wireless communication in North Africa, Oct 42; official note concerning project for the establishment of signal communications in Bizerta and Tunis (Operation DECIBEL), including maps andappendices on storage dumps and naval requirements, written by Metson as Commander, 11 Unit, Lines of Communications Signals for circulation to Chief Signal Officer and 11 Unit personnel, Apr 1943.

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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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Summary guide entry on-line at http;//www.kcl.ac.ul/lhcma/top.htm,and published 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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