GB 0099 KCLMA Sandilands - SANDILANDS, Brig Harold Richard (1876-1961)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Sandilands Created 1945, 1947, 1952, 1960 Collection (fonds) 1 envelope

Born in 1876; educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge; 2nd Lt, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1898; served with Mounted Infantry in South Africa, 1899-1901; Lt, 1900; Capt, 1901; served on North West Frontier, India, 1908; served in France and Belgium, 1914-1918, and Italy, 1918; Maj, 1915; served in Iraq, 1919-1920; Lt Col, 1921; Col, 1923; publication of The 23rd Division, 1914-1919 (1925); Senior Officers' School, Woking, 1925-1928; Commander, Peshwar Bde, 1929-1932; retired pay, 1932; died in 1961.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1965.

Two letters from FM Sir Cyril John Deverell to Sandilands, relating to Deverell's dismissal as Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1937, written in 1945 and 1947. Associated correspondence, principally comprising letters from Professor James Ramsay Montagu Butler concerning the possible use of the above documents in the official History of the Second World War (HMSO, London, 1949-1988), 1952, 1960.

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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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Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Papers of Gen Sir William Henry Bartholomew (GB99 KCLMA Bartholomew) include two letters from Deverell relating to senior army appointments, 1935-1936 (Ref: 2/4/1-2). Imperial War Museum has notebook kept by Deverell whilst commanding 20 Infantry Bde, 1916. National Army Museum has a collection of postcards and Christmas cards collected by Deverell, 1916-1919, while West Yorkshire Regiment Museum has a copy of account of Burma campaign, 1943-1945 (Ref: 421).

Decorations: CMG, DSO
Feb 1997 Wars (events) Armed forces British Army Butler , Sir , James Ramsay Montagu , 1889-1975 , Knight , historian Deverell , Sir , Cyril John , 1874-1947 , Knight , Field Marshal England Europe International conflicts International relations London Military organizations Organizations State security UK War Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1965.

Two letters from FM Sir Cyril John Deverell to Sandilands, relating to Deverell's dismissal as Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1937, written in 1945 and 1947. Associated correspondence, principally comprising letters from Professor James Ramsay Montagu Butler concerning the possible use of the above documents in the official History of the Second World War (HMSO, London, 1949-1988), 1952, 1960.

1 envelope

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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English

Papers of Gen Sir William Henry Bartholomew (GB99 KCLMA Bartholomew) include two letters from Deverell relating to senior army appointments, 1935-1936 (Ref: 2/4/1-2). Imperial War Museum has notebook kept by Deverell whilst commanding 20 Infantry Bde, 1916. National Army Museum has a collection of postcards and Christmas cards collected by Deverell, 1916-1919, while West Yorkshire Regiment Museum has a copy of account of Burma campaign, 1943-1945 (Ref: 421).

Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Decorations: CMG, DSO

Decorations: CMG, DSO

• English