GB 0099 KCLMA Shearman - SHEARMAN, Brig Charles Edward Gowran (1889-1968)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Shearman Created [1914-1942] Collection (fonds) 1 file

Born in 1889; educated at Westminster School, London; 2nd Lt, Bedfordshire Regt, 1909; Lt, 1911; Capt, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt, 1914; served in France and Belgium, 1914-1918; General Staff Officer Grade 3, France, 1917; Bde Maj, France, 1917-1918; Staff Capt, Irish Command, 1920-1921; Bde Maj, Irish Command, 1921-1922; General Staff Officer Grade 3, Eastern Command, 1922-1924; attended Staff College, Camberley, 1926; General Staff Officer Grade 3, later Grade 2, RAF Co-operation, Aldershot, 1928-1930; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Western Command, 1930-1932; commanded 1 Bn, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt, 1933-1937; Assistant Quartermaster General, Northern Command, 1937-1939; served in World War Two; served in Kenya, 1940-1942; retired pay, 1945; died in 1968.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1996

Photograph albums relating to his military career, [1914-1942], notably his service in Northern Ireland, 1920, Hong Kong and Shanghai, 1930, North Africa and India, [1930-1940], and Kenya, 1940-1942, with associated papers, [1914-1942], notably a diary of C and D Companies, 1 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt, Belfast, 28 Jul-30 Jul 1920.

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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.
English

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Decorations: CBE, DSO, MC
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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1996

Photograph albums relating to his military career, [1914-1942], notably his service in Northern Ireland, 1920, Hong Kong and Shanghai, 1930, North Africa and India, [1930-1940], and Kenya, 1940-1942, with associated papers, [1914-1942], notably a diary of C and D Companies, 1 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt, Belfast, 28 Jul-30 Jul 1920.

1 file

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.

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English

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

Decorations: CBE, DSO, MC

Decorations: CBE, DSO, MC

• Engels