GB 0099 KCLMA Smith C - SMITH, Maj Gen Sir Cecil (Miller) (1896-1988)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Smith C Created 1942-1943 Collection (fonds) 0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres

Born in 1896; educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Royal Military College Sandhurst and Staff College, Camberley; served in World War Two, 1914-1919, in France and Belgium with Army Service Corps and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1916-1918; served in World War Two, 1939-1945, in Middle East, 1939-1944 and North West Europe, 1944-1945; Maj Gen, 1943; Deputy Quarter Master General, ME/AE, 1943-1944; Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, 1944-1945; Maj Gen in charge of administration, Northern Command, 1945-1947; Chief of Staff, Northern Command, 1947-1948; Director of Supplies and Transport, War Office, 1948-1951; retired, 1951; Col Commandant, Royal Army Service Corps, 1950-1960; Chairman of the Royal Ulster Society in London, 1964-1973; died in 1988.

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1981.

Papers dated 1942-1943 relating to the campaign in the Western Desert during World War Two comprising the history and organisation of Field Maintenance Centres, later known as Field Maintenance Areas, and message from Gen Bernard L Montgomery commending troops of 8 Army following the German defeat at El Alamein and capture of Tripoli, Jan 1943.

Arranged in chronological order.

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.
English

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

Decorations: KBE, CBE, MC
Jun 1996 Wars (events) Armed forces British Army Egypt El Alamein International conflicts International relations Lebanon Libya Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Middle East Military engineering Military logistics Military organizations Montgomery , Bernard Law , 1887-1976 , 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and Hindhead , Field Marshal x Montgomery of Alamein and Hindhead , 1st Viscount North Africa Organizations State security Tripoli War Warfare World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1981.

Papers dated 1942-1943 relating to the campaign in the Western Desert during World War Two comprising the history and organisation of Field Maintenance Centres, later known as Field Maintenance Areas, and message from Gen Bernard L Montgomery commending troops of 8 Army following the German defeat at El Alamein and capture of Tripoli, Jan 1943.

Arranged in chronological order.

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.

• English

• Latin

English

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

Decorations: KBE, CBE, MC

Decorations: KBE, CBE, MC

• English