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Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1894; educated at Charterhouse school; volunteered with Westminster Dragoons, 1914; served with Egyptian Expeditionary Force; commissioned into Royal Artillery, 1916; promoted to battery commander; married Norma Flowerdew Lowson, 1920; served in India, 1920-1938, leading expeditions to Kashmir, Sikkim and Western Tibet; commander, 53 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 1939; commanded all anti-aircraft forces during invasion of Normandy; promoted to Major General, 1945; General Officer Commanding Troops in Malta and North Africa, 1948-1949; retired 1949; died 1956.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Revell-Smith 1939-1940 collection level 1 file Smith , William Revell Revell- , 1894-1956 , Major General
Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1894; educated at Charterhouse school; volunteered with Westminster Dragoons, 1914; served with Egyptian Expeditionary Force; commissioned into Royal Artillery, 1916; promoted to battery commander; married Norma Flowerdew Lowson, 1920; served in India, 1920-1938, leading expeditions to Kashmir, Sikkim and Western Tibet; commander, 53 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 1939; commanded all anti-aircraft forces during invasion of Normandy; promoted to Major General, 1945; General Officer Commanding Troops in Malta and North Africa, 1948-1949; retired 1949; died 1956.
Placed in the Centre by the family, June 2006.
Personal letters to Maj Gen William Revell-Smith's sister in law, `Tricia' (Ann Patricia Lowson, 1919-2003, wife of Sir Denys Colquhoun Flowerdew Lowson, 1st Bt, 1906-1975), as Commander, 53 Light Anti Aircraft Regt, British Expeditionary Force, UK and France, 1939-1940. Includes reference to recruiting his wife Norma (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-1918 and 1939-1945), to give gas training to militia troops, July 1939. With signed photograph of Revell-Smith in uniform.
One file as above.
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of 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.
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Decorations: CB, CBE, DSO, MC, AM, French Croix de Guerre with Palm
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. March 2007 Wars (events) Gas warfare International conflicts Lowson , Ann Patricia , 1919-2003 Military engineering Smith , William Revell Revell- , 1894-1956 , Major General War Warfare World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)
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Placed in the Centre by the family, June 2006.
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Personal letters to Maj Gen William Revell-Smith's sister in law, `Tricia' (Ann Patricia Lowson, 1919-2003, wife of Sir Denys Colquhoun Flowerdew Lowson, 1st Bt, 1906-1975), as Commander, 53 Light Anti Aircraft Regt, British Expeditionary Force, UK and France, 1939-1940. Includes reference to recruiting his wife Norma (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-1918 and 1939-1945), to give gas training to militia troops, July 1939. With signed photograph of Revell-Smith in uniform.
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One file as above.
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Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification.
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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 Archives and Information Management.
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Decorations: CB, CBE, DSO, MC, AM, French Croix de Guerre with Palm
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Decorations: CB, CBE, DSO, MC, AM, French Croix de Guerre with Palm
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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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