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- 1898-1986 (Creation)
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18 boxes
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Biographical history
Born, 1898; educated, Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; King's College, Cambridge; commissioned, Royal Engineers, 1917; served in India from 1918, active service North West Frontier, India, 1918-1919; returned to UK, 1922; Staff College, Camberley, 1933-1934; returned to India, 1935; Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, India, 1939-1941; General Staff Officer 1, Indian 10 Infantry Division, Iraq, 1941; Commanding Officer, Indian 20 Infantry Brigade, Iraq, 1941; Commanding Officer, 16 Infantry Brigade, Ceylon, 1942; Brigadier General Staff Indian IV Corps on the Burma front, 1943; General Officer Commanding, Indian 23 Infantry Division, on the Burma front, 1943-1945; General Officer Commanding Indian 34 Corps, Malaya, 1945; returned to UK, end of 1945; Vice Adjutant-General, War Office, 1945-1947; General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland District, 1948-1949; General Officer Commander in Chief, Southern Command, 1949-1952; Quartermaster-General to the Forces, 1952-1955; Aide-de-Camp, General to the Queen, 1952-1955; retired, 1955; Colonel Commandant, Corps of the Royal Engineers, 1952-1962; Director, Grosvenor Laing (Canada); President, Grosvenor Laing, 1955-1960; admin officer, University of British Columbia, 1961-1968; died, 1986.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Roberts, O L 1898-1986 Collection (fonds) 18 boxes Roberts , Sir , Ouvry Lindfield , 1898-1986 , Knight , Lieutenant General
Born, 1898; educated, Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; King's College, Cambridge; commissioned, Royal Engineers, 1917; served in India from 1918, active service North West Frontier, India, 1918-1919; returned to UK, 1922; Staff College, Camberley, 1933-1934; returned to India, 1935; Deputy Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, India, 1939-1941; General Staff Officer 1, Indian 10 Infantry Division, Iraq, 1941; Commanding Officer, Indian 20 Infantry Brigade, Iraq, 1941; Commanding Officer, 16 Infantry Brigade, Ceylon, 1942; Brigadier General Staff Indian IV Corps on the Burma front, 1943; General Officer Commanding, Indian 23 Infantry Division, on the Burma front, 1943-1945; General Officer Commanding Indian 34 Corps, Malaya, 1945; returned to UK, end of 1945; Vice Adjutant-General, War Office, 1945-1947; General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland District, 1948-1949; General Officer Commander in Chief, Southern Command, 1949-1952; Quartermaster-General to the Forces, 1952-1955; Aide-de-Camp, General to the Queen, 1952-1955; retired, 1955; Colonel Commandant, Corps of the Royal Engineers, 1952-1962; Director, Grosvenor Laing (Canada); President, Grosvenor Laing, 1955-1960; admin officer, University of British Columbia, 1961-1968; died, 1986.
Received from the family, 1997.
Papers of General Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts, 1898-1986, including Roberts'
memoirs, with drafts and notes; personal and appointment diaries, 1931-1985, including diary in Germany, 1931-1932 and diaries in Malaya, 1945; papers relating to World War Two including training instructions for 23 India Div, Burma and 16 Infantry Bde, Ceylon; summary of operations, 1941; papers relating to Malaya, 1945; published report by Roberts for military use entitled 'Notes on castes and tribes enlisted in the corps: King George V's own Bengal Sappers and Miners', 1938 and Roberts' letters home, Oct 1939-Apr 1945. Personal and official photographs, including of India, [1935-1938]; papers relating to Germany in 1931 including Robert’s diary in Freiburg, 1931, photographs, postcards and notebooks with quotations, chiefly in German; letters of appointment and congratulation, 1941-1952; issues of Southern Command newsletter, Southland Times and other newsletters, 1951; Royal Engineers lists, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983 and 1985; overhead slides of maps of the Pacific theatre; retrospective correspondence with authors relating to his Army service, [1973-1983]; press cuttings; obituaries and other biographical material relating to Roberts and papers relating to his funeral; certificates including birth, death and exam certificates; papers relating to reunions and memorial services and papers relating to Royal events.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided 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 and Information Management, King's College London.
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Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Who's Who and Who's Who in Canada 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. Oct 2008 Wars (events) Germany Europe Northern Ireland UK Western Europe South Asia India Malaysia South East Asia Myanmar North America Canada Middle East Iraq Roberts , Sir , Ouvry Lindfield , 1898-1986 , Knight , Lieutenant General World wars (events) International conflicts War World War Two (1939-1945) Military engineering Warfare Military intelligence Organizations Military organizations State security Armed forces Colonial forces London England Military science Social sciences
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Received from the family, 1997.
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Papers of General Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts, 1898-1986, including Roberts'
memoirs, with drafts and notes; personal and appointment diaries, 1931-1985, including diary in Germany, 1931-1932 and diaries in Malaya, 1945; papers relating to World War Two including training instructions for 23 India Div, Burma and 16 Infantry Bde, Ceylon; summary of operations, 1941; papers relating to Malaya, 1945; published report by Roberts for military use entitled 'Notes on castes and tribes enlisted in the corps: King George V's own Bengal Sappers and Miners', 1938 and Roberts' letters home, Oct 1939-Apr 1945. Personal and official photographs, including of India, [1935-1938]; papers relating to Germany in 1931 including Robert’s diary in Freiburg, 1931, photographs, postcards and notebooks with quotations, chiefly in German; letters of appointment and congratulation, 1941-1952; issues of Southern Command newsletter, Southland Times and other newsletters, 1951; Royal Engineers lists, 1975, 1979, 1982, 1983 and 1985; overhead slides of maps of the Pacific theatre; retrospective correspondence with authors relating to his Army service, [1973-1983]; press cuttings; obituaries and other biographical material relating to Roberts and papers relating to his funeral; certificates including birth, death and exam certificates; papers relating to reunions and memorial services and papers relating to Royal events.
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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 provided 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 and Information Management, King's College London.
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- English
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- Latin
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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