GB 0099 KCLMA Riddell - RIDDELL, Maj Gen Ralph Anthony (1900-1979)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Riddell

Title

RIDDELL, Maj Gen Ralph Anthony (1900-1979)

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  • Created [1965] (Creation)

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1 file

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Biographical history

Born in 1900; commissioned into Royal West Kent Regt, 1919; Lt, 1921; Adjutant, 1935-1927; Capt, 1930; Staff Capt, 1932-1934; General Staff Officer for Weapons Training, Eastern Command, 1934-1936; served in Palestine, [1936-1939]; Maj, 1938; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, 1938-1939; Brig, 1947; ADC to King George VI, 1949; retired, 1955; died in 1979.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Riddell Created [1965] Collection (fonds) 1 file

Born in 1900; commissioned into Royal West Kent Regt, 1919; Lt, 1921; Adjutant, 1935-1927; Capt, 1930; Staff Capt, 1932-1934; General Staff Officer for Weapons Training, Eastern Command, 1934-1936; served in Palestine, [1936-1939]; Maj, 1938; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, 1938-1939; Brig, 1947; ADC to King George VI, 1949; retired, 1955; died in 1979.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1980.

Copy of typescript text on the use of nuclear weapons and significance of nuclear power, [1940-1965], written in [1965].

single item

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.
English

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/top.htm

Decorations: CBE
Oct 1996 Military engineering Military equipment Nuclear warfare Nuclear weapons Warfare Weapons Equipment

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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1980.

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Copy of typescript text on the use of nuclear weapons and significance of nuclear power, [1940-1965], written in [1965].

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single item

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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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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/top.htm

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Decorations: CBE

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Decorations: CBE

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

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  • English

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