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- Created [1940]-1946 (Creation)
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1 reel
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Biographical history
Joined RN, 1942; served in HMS BIRMINGHAM in convoy from Egypt to Malta (Operation VIGOROUS), June 1942; served on anti-submarine trawlers in the Bay of Bengal, Madagascar and South Africa,, 1942-1946; died in 1987.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Simpson Created [1940]-1946 Collection (fonds) 1 reel
Joined RN, 1942; served in HMS BIRMINGHAM in convoy from Egypt to Malta (Operation VIGOROUS), June 1942; served on anti-submarine trawlers in the Bay of Bengal, Madagascar and South Africa,, 1942-1946; died in 1987.
Copies made by the Centre from originals lent by the family in 1987.
Microfilm copies of papers relating to his naval career, 1942-1946, principally comprising 'Africa Navy blues', an illustrated account of his experiences in the RN, 1942-1946, written in 1946, covering his service on HMS BIRMINGHAM in a convoy from Egypt to Malta (Operation VIGOROUS), June 1942, and on anti-submarine trawlers in the Bay of Bengal, 1942, during the Allied invasion of Madagascar, 1942, and in South Africa, 1942-1945; diary, 1943-1945. 'War time trawler', a transcript of a broadcast by James McClurg of the South African Broadcasting Corporation concerning his experiences on board an anti-submarine trawler during World War Two, written in [1940-1945].
1 reel
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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Oct 1996 McClurg , James , fl 1940-1945 , broadcaster Information media Film media Microforms Microfilms Literature Literary forms and genres Prose Nonfiction Diaries Air warfare Transport Vehicles Ships Primary documents International conflicts War Military operations Operation Vigorous (1942) Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Military engineering Warfare Anti-submarine warfare Information sources Documents Memoirs HMS Birmingham Egypt North Africa South Africa Southern Africa Madagascar East Africa Bay of Bengal Indian Ocean Malta Western Europe Europe
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Copies made by the Centre from originals lent by the family in 1987.
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Microfilm copies of papers relating to his naval career, 1942-1946, principally comprising 'Africa Navy blues', an illustrated account of his experiences in the RN, 1942-1946, written in 1946, covering his service on HMS BIRMINGHAM in a convoy from Egypt to Malta (Operation VIGOROUS), June 1942, and on anti-submarine trawlers in the Bay of Bengal, 1942, during the Allied invasion of Madagascar, 1942, and in South Africa, 1942-1945; diary, 1943-1945. 'War time trawler', a transcript of a broadcast by James McClurg of the South African Broadcasting Corporation concerning his experiences on board an anti-submarine trawler during World War Two, written in [1940-1945].
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1 reel
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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.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
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- Information media
- Information media » Film media
- Information media » Film media » Microforms
- Information media » Film media » Microforms » Microfilms
- Literature
- Literary forms and genres
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- Military engineering » Warfare » Air warfare
- Transport
- Vehicles
- Vehicles » Ships
- Documents » Primary documents
- International conflicts
- International conflicts » War
- Military engineering » Military operations
- Military engineering
- Military engineering » Warfare
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- Documents
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- English