GB 0099 KCLMA Mollan - MOLLAN, Maj Gen Francis Robert Henry (1893-1982)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Mollan

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MOLLAN, Maj Gen Francis Robert Henry (1893-1982)

Date(s)

  • 1923 (covers 1916-1918) (Creation)

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1 file (11pp)

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Biographical history

Born 1893; educated at Corrig School and the at Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland; commissioned Royal Army Medical Corps, 1915; Medical Officer, 2nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters, France and Belgium, 1916-1918; MC, 1918; acting Maj 1918; Capt 1919; Maj 1927; served North West Frontier of India (Mohmand), 1933; acting Lt Col 1940; served with 8th Army in North Africa, 1941-43; Lt Col 1941; Col 1946; Brig 1947; temp Maj Gen 1948; CB 1950; Maj Gen 1951; retired 1953, died 1982.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Mollan 1923 (covers 1916-1918) Collection (Fonds) 1 file (11pp) Mollan , Francis Robert Henry , 1893-1982 , Major General
Born 1893; educated at Corrig School and the at Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland; commissioned Royal Army Medical Corps, 1915; Medical Officer, 2nd Bn, Sherwood Foresters, France and Belgium, 1916-1918; MC, 1918; acting Maj 1918; Capt 1919; Maj 1927; served North West Frontier of India (Mohmand), 1933; acting Lt Col 1940; served with 8th Army in North Africa, 1941-43; Lt Col 1941; Col 1946; Brig 1947; temp Maj Gen 1948; CB 1950; Maj Gen 1951; retired 1953, died 1982.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 2001.

Typescript copy of letter from Francis Robert Henry Mollan to Lt Col G M Gamble, written from India, 1923, giving account of his service as Medical Officer with the 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Regt, Western Front, particularly in the Somme and Loos areas, Sep 1916 - Jul 1918; including comments on the work of a Regimental medical officer, the construction of Regimental Aid Posts and the treatment of shock.

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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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Sources Who Was Who, Army Lists. Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM 25 Project. 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. Aug 2001

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Presented to the Centre by the family in 2001.

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Typescript copy of letter from Francis Robert Henry Mollan to Lt Col G M Gamble, written from India, 1923, giving account of his service as Medical Officer with the 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Regt, Western Front, particularly in the Somme and Loos areas, Sep 1916 - Jul 1918; including comments on the work of a Regimental medical officer, the construction of Regimental Aid Posts and the treatment of shock.

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

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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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  • English

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