GB 0099 KCLMA Philipps, RG - PHILIPPS, Col Richard Gilmour (b 1897)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Philipps, RG

Title

PHILIPPS, Col Richard Gilmour (b 1897)

Date(s)

  • 1944-1945 (Creation)

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2 files or 0.01m3

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Born 1897; resigned commission as Captain, 6 Battalion Devon Regiment, 1930; worked as a solicitor, 1930-1934; re-commissioned as Captain, 6 Battalion Devon Regiment, 1939; Major, 1943; Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, 1944; Q (Movements) Staff, Inter-Allied Transport Commission, 1944-1947; Lieutenant Colonel, Devonshire Regiment (Short Service Officer) 1946; Colonel, 1948; retired, c 1954.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Philipps, RG 1944-1945 Collection level 2 files or 0.01m3 Philipps , Richard Gilmour , b 1897 , Colonel

Born 1897; resigned commission as Captain, 6 Battalion Devon Regiment, 1930; worked as a solicitor, 1930-1934; re-commissioned as Captain, 6 Battalion Devon Regiment, 1939; Major, 1943; Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, 1944; Q (Movements) Staff, Inter-Allied Transport Commission, 1944-1947; Lieutenant Colonel, Devonshire Regiment (Short Service Officer) 1946; Colonel, 1948; retired, c 1954.

Presented to the Centre by the family, Aug 1983

Copy papers relating to career of Col R G Philipps: Historical Record and Comments on the Mounting of OVERLORD, a personal impression by Southern Command, with accompanying maps, by Col John N Oliver, Head of Planning Staff, 20 Aug 1944; and report `Operation MEDLOC - Planning Staff Report No 3 and Proposed War Establishments', by Lt Col R G Philipps, 22 Feb 1945.

In files as above.

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a 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.

Decorations: OBE, TD
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) Amphibious warfare International conflicts Military engineering Military operations Operation Overlord (1944) Philipps , Richard Gilmour , b 1897 , Colonel War Warfare World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to the Centre by the family, Aug 1983

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Scope and content

Copy papers relating to career of Col R G Philipps: Historical Record and Comments on the Mounting of OVERLORD, a personal impression by Southern Command, with accompanying maps, by Col John N Oliver, Head of Planning Staff, 20 Aug 1944; and report `Operation MEDLOC - Planning Staff Report No 3 and Proposed War Establishments', by Lt Col R G Philipps, 22 Feb 1945.

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Accruals

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In files as above.

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Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a 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

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English

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Summary guide entry on-line.

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Decorations: OBE, TD

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Decorations: OBE, TD

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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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