GB 0099 KCLMA O'Regan - O'REGAN, Capt Patrick Valentine William Rowan (1920-1961)

4 boxes

GB 0099 KCLMA O'Regan 1940-1981 Collection (fonds) 4 boxes O'Regan , Patrick Valentine William Rowan , 1920-1961
Born, 1920; Marlborough; Merton College Oxford, 1939; Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), 186 Field Ambulance Service in Middle East, 1940; Intelligence Corps (Field Services Wing), GHQ, Middle East, from May 1942, and Political Warfare Executive Military Training School, from Oct 1943; transferred to Special Operations Executive (SOE), 1944; organised French Resistance in southern France; No 1 Special Force with partisans in Italy, 1944; Force 136, Ceylon, 1945; Foreign Office, 1946; died 1961.

The family deposited the papers, 1980-1991.

Papers mainly relating to the war service of Patrick O'Regan in France and northern Italy, especially with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), 1940-1981; including papers on SOE operations in Italy with details of partisan staff, operations, equipment, enemy strength, propaganda, personal correspondence with partisans and SOE members, photographs of street fighting, mountain warfare, groups of British and Italian soldiers, victory parades, funerals, operational maps of northern Italy and south-eastern France published and produced by Michelin and the War Office, memorabilia and printed guides to Italy and the German Army, including false identity papers, 1944-1945; papers on the service of O'Regan in France and northern Italy, 1943-1945; manuscript, typescript and copy correspondence between O'Regan and his mother and others including his wife and brother, mainly relating to his service with the 186 Field Ambulance Service, Intelligence Corps and from Ceylon, preparations for a parachute drop into France, the Political Warfare Executive, training in Algiers, account by O'Regan of his experiences with partisans near Turin and other parts of northern Italy, O'Regan's post-war political views, letters to Italian partisans in the aftermath of World War Two, application to Foreign service, 1940-1952; proceedings of a conference in Bologna relating to No 1 Special force and the Italian Resistance during World War Two, 2 vols, 1981; obituaries, 1961.

3 accessions, 1980-1991.

A series of files and books as described above in the Scope and Content section. Most correspondence, some photographs, obituaries and the Bologna conference proceedings constitute the 2nd and 3rd accessions.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form, apart from one letter, O'Regan 2/6, which remains closed.

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, Italian and German

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm and at hard copy in the Centre reading room. A typescript list of the 2nd and 3rd accessions is available in the Centre.

LHCMA: SOE related papers include: Dobrski, Evans, Microform: OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch War Diaries, Mockler-Ferryman, Myers, Nind, Prentice/Wickstead, Willert, Woodhouse.

Decorations: MC and Bar.
Sources: obituaries. Entry compiled by Geoff Browell for the RSLP AIM25 Project. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. June 2003 Wars (events) Armed forces Communication process Europe France Guerilla activities International conflicts International relations Italy Military organizations Oppression O'Regan , Patrick Valentine William Rowan , 1920-1961 Organizations Persuasion Political movements Propaganda PWE , Political Warfare Executive Resistance to oppression SOE , Special Operations Executive x Special Operations Executive South Asia Special forces Sri Lanka State security War War propaganda Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

The family deposited the papers, 1980-1991.

Papers mainly relating to the war service of Patrick O'Regan in France and northern Italy, especially with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), 1940-1981; including papers on SOE operations in Italy with details of partisan staff, operations, equipment, enemy strength, propaganda, personal correspondence with partisans and SOE members, photographs of street fighting, mountain warfare, groups of British and Italian soldiers, victory parades, funerals, operational maps of northern Italy and south-eastern France published and produced by Michelin and the War Office, memorabilia and printed guides to Italy and the German Army, including false identity papers, 1944-1945; papers on the service of O'Regan in France and northern Italy, 1943-1945; manuscript, typescript and copy correspondence between O'Regan and his mother and others including his wife and brother, mainly relating to his service with the 186 Field Ambulance Service, Intelligence Corps and from Ceylon, preparations for a parachute drop into France, the Political Warfare Executive, training in Algiers, account by O'Regan of his experiences with partisans near Turin and other parts of northern Italy, O'Regan's post-war political views, letters to Italian partisans in the aftermath of World War Two, application to Foreign service, 1940-1952; proceedings of a conference in Bologna relating to No 1 Special force and the Italian Resistance during World War Two, 2 vols, 1981; obituaries, 1961.

3 accessions, 1980-1991.

A series of files and books as described above in the Scope and Content section. Most correspondence, some photographs, obituaries and the Bologna conference proceedings constitute the 2nd and 3rd accessions.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form, apart from one letter, O'Regan 2/6, which remains closed.

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

• Latin

English, Italian and German

LHCMA: SOE related papers include: Dobrski, Evans, Microform: OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch War Diaries, Mockler-Ferryman, Myers, Nind, Prentice/Wickstead, Willert, Woodhouse.

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm and at hard copy in the Centre reading room. A typescript list of the 2nd and 3rd accessions is available in the Centre.

Decorations: MC and Bar.

Decorations: MC and Bar.

National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

• English