GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 14 - Misc: Printed Leaflets, 'No 1 Workshop Group, REME, Chillwell' and 'The Part a British Oil Company played in the War'

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 14

Title

Misc: Printed Leaflets, 'No 1 Workshop Group, REME, Chillwell' and 'The Part a British Oil Company played in the War'

Date(s)

  • 1944-1945 (Creation)

Extent and medium

1 file

Context area

Name of creator

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 14 1944-1945 Collection (fonds) 1 file

Placed in the Centre in 1981

Collection includes four copies of printed leaflets, 'No 1 Workshop Group, REME, Chillwell', relating to the organisational structure of the Royal Electical and Mechanical Engineers, 1945; printed leaflet, 'The Part a British Oil Company played in the War', reprinted from the Petroleum Times, 28 Apr 1945, concerning asbestos compound waterproofing of Allied tanks and vehicles for Operation OVERLORD, the Allied invasion of France, 1944; reprint of photograph of US Sherman tank approaching French beachhead, 1944

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
English

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

Mechanical engineering International relations State security Armed forces International conflicts War Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Military operations Operation Overlord (1944) Organizations Military organizations Transport Vehicles Motor vehicles Military engineering Warfare Industry Power industry Petroleum industry British Army France Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Placed in the Centre in 1981

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Collection includes four copies of printed leaflets, 'No 1 Workshop Group, REME, Chillwell', relating to the organisational structure of the Royal Electical and Mechanical Engineers, 1945; printed leaflet, 'The Part a British Oil Company played in the War', reprinted from the Petroleum Times, 28 Apr 1945, concerning asbestos compound waterproofing of Allied tanks and vehicles for Operation OVERLORD, the Allied invasion of France, 1944; reprint of photograph of US Sherman tank approaching French beachhead, 1944

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

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 Archive Services

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Finding aids

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

Description control area

Institution identifier

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

Language(s)

  • English