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- Created 1993 (Produção)
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1 volume
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Born in 1921; educated at Campbell BorneoCollege, Belfast and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; 2nd Lt, Royal Ulster Rifles, 1939; served with Army Commandos in raids on Norway and France, 1940-1942; POW, Germany, 1942-1945; 1 Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles, Palestine, 1945-1946; GHQ Middle East Land Forces, 1949-1951; on Staff, Malayan Emergency, 1956-1958; Company Commander, 1 Royal Ulster Rifles, Cyprus Emergency, 1958; Commanding Officer, 1 Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles, British Army of the Rhine, 1962-1963, and Borneo, 1963-1964; General Staff Officer Grade 1 and Chief Instructor, School of Infantry, Warminster, 1965-1967; Commander, Sultan's Armed Forces, Oman, and Director of Operations, Dhofar War, 1967-1970; Commandant, School of Infantry, Warminster, 1970-1972; Small Arms School Corps, 1970-1972; General Officer Commanding North West District, 1972-1974; General Officer Commanding, Near East Land Forces, 1974-1976; retired, 1976; publication of List the bugle, reminiscences of an Irish soldier (Greystone, Antrim, 1993).
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GB 0099 KCLMA Purdon Created 1993 Collection (fonds) 1 volume
Born in 1921; educated at Campbell BorneoCollege, Belfast and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; 2nd Lt, Royal Ulster Rifles, 1939; served with Army Commandos in raids on Norway and France, 1940-1942; POW, Germany, 1942-1945; 1 Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles, Palestine, 1945-1946; GHQ Middle East Land Forces, 1949-1951; on Staff, Malayan Emergency, 1956-1958; Company Commander, 1 Royal Ulster Rifles, Cyprus Emergency, 1958; Commanding Officer, 1 Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles, British Army of the Rhine, 1962-1963, and Borneo, 1963-1964; General Staff Officer Grade 1 and Chief Instructor, School of Infantry, Warminster, 1965-1967; Commander, Sultan's Armed Forces, Oman, and Director of Operations, Dhofar War, 1967-1970; Commandant, School of Infantry, Warminster, 1970-1972; Small Arms School Corps, 1970-1972; General Officer Commanding North West District, 1972-1974; General Officer Commanding, Near East Land Forces, 1974-1976; retired, 1976; publication of List the bugle, reminiscences of an Irish soldier (Greystone, Antrim, 1993).
Presented to the Centre by Purdon in 1996.
List the bugle, reminiscences of an Irish soldier (Greystone, Antrim, 1993), a memoir of his life and career, 1921-1976, notably his service in the UK and France, 1942, including the Allied raid on St Nazaire,1942, his experiences as a POW, Germany, 1942-1945, his service in Palestine, 1945-1946, Egypt, 1949-1951, Malaya, 1956-1958, and Cyprus, 1958, and his command of the 1 Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles, Borneo, 1963-1964, and of the Sultan's Armed Forces, Oman, 1967-1970.
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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.uk/lhcma/top.htm
The Centre also holds the diary of Purdon's cousin, Lt Col Richard Gittins Wall, covering Wall's service as a beach landing officer in Normandy, Jun 1944-Sep 1944 (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Wall).
Decorations: CBE, MC, CPM
Feb 1997 Antrim Armed forces Borneo British Army Cyprus Dutch East Indies Egypt Europe France Gulf States Indonesia International conflicts International relations Malaysia Middle East Military engineering Military operations Military organizations North Africa Northern Ireland Oman Organizations Palestine South East Asia State security St Nazaire UK War Warfare War prisoners War victims Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events) London England
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Presented to the Centre by Purdon in 1996.
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List the bugle, reminiscences of an Irish soldier (Greystone, Antrim, 1993), a memoir of his life and career, 1921-1976, notably his service in the UK and France, 1942, including the Allied raid on St Nazaire,1942, his experiences as a POW, Germany, 1942-1945, his service in Palestine, 1945-1946, Egypt, 1949-1951, Malaya, 1956-1958, and Cyprus, 1958, and his command of the 1 Bn, Royal Ulster Rifles, Borneo, 1963-1964, and of the Sultan's Armed Forces, Oman, 1967-1970.
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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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- inglês
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The Centre also holds the diary of Purdon's cousin, Lt Col Richard Gittins Wall, covering Wall's service as a beach landing officer in Normandy, Jun 1944-Sep 1944 (Ref: GB99 KCLMA Wall).
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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm
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- State security » Armed forces
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