GB 0099 KCLMA Spicer - SPICER, Capt Lancelot Dykes (1893-1979)

Identificatie

referentie code

GB 0099 KCLMA Spicer

Titel

SPICER, Capt Lancelot Dykes (1893-1979)

Datum(s)

  • Created 1915-1979 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Omvang en medium

1 box or 0.01 cubic metres

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

Biografie

Born 1893; educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge; served in World War One, 1914-1918; commissioned into the Army, 1914; temporary Lt, 1915; served on Western Front with 9 (Service) Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1915-1917; temporary Capt, 1916; Battle of the Somme, 1916; awarded MC, 1917; Adjutant, 10 (Service) Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1917-1918; awarded Bar to MC, 1918; Bde Maj, 64 Infantry Bde, 1918; awarded DSO, 1918; Chairman, Spicers Limited, 1950-1959; died 1979.Publications: Letters from my son, 1942-1944, Roger Lancelot Spicer, edited by his father, Capt Lancelot Dykes Spicer (Unwin, London, 1946); Letters from France, 1915-1918, Lancelot Dykes Spicer (Robert York, London, 1979).

Geschiedenis van het archief

GB 0099 KCLMA Spicer Created 1915-1979 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres

Born 1893; educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge; served in World War One, 1914-1918; commissioned into the Army, 1914; temporary Lt, 1915; served on Western Front with 9 (Service) Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1915-1917; temporary Capt, 1916; Battle of the Somme, 1916; awarded MC, 1917; Adjutant, 10 (Service) Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1917-1918; awarded Bar to MC, 1918; Bde Maj, 64 Infantry Bde, 1918; awarded DSO, 1918; Chairman, Spicers Limited, 1950-1959; died 1979.Publications: Letters from my son, 1942-1944, Roger Lancelot Spicer, edited by his father, Capt Lancelot Dykes Spicer (Unwin, London, 1946); Letters from France, 1915-1918, Lancelot Dykes Spicer (Robert York, London, 1979).

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1980 and 1985.

Letters home by Spicer from France, Sep 1915-Sep 1916 and Apr 1917-Nov 1918, with nine Field Service Postcards, Western Front, 1915-1917. Letters home from Lt Roger Lancelot Spicer, 1 Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Apr 1942-May 1944, killed in action near Anzio, Italy, May 1944; Edition of Letters from my son, 1942-1944, Roger Lancelot Spicer, edited by his father, Capt Lancelot Dykes Spicer (Unwin, London, 1946). Typescript correspondence with Capt Basil Henry Liddell Hart, 1949-1963. Correspondence with former members of 9 (Service) Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1963-1979, including Liddell Hart and Brig George Fothergill Ellenberger, mostly relating to the Battle of the Somme, 1916.

The collection is arranged in sections as above.

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

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

The papers of Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart include correspondence with Spicer, 1935-1969, and correspondence with Kathleen Liddell Hart, Lady Liddell Hart, 1941-1978 (Ref: LH 1/651); further correspondence with Lady Liddell Hart, 1974 (Ref: LH 13/108/9); a typescript memorandum by Spicer entitled 'Memorandum on the age of Commanding Officers in the field' [1938] (Ref: LH 15/5/85); correspondence relating to Thomas Edward Lawrence, 1933-1969 (Ref: LH 9/13/69); correspondence relating to German Maj Wilhelm Busch, 1949-1967 (Ref: LH 9/24/57).

Decorations: DSO, MC
Jan 1999 Anzio Armed forces British Army Documents Ellenberger , George Fothergill , 1895- ? 1974 , Brigadier Europe France Hart , Sir , Basil Henry , Liddell , 1895-1970 , Knight , Captain , military historian x Liddell Hart , Sir , Basil Information sources International conflicts International relations Italy Military organizations Nonbook materials Organizations Somme Spicer , Roger Lancelot , d 1944 , Lieutenant State security War Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1980 and 1985.

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Letters home by Spicer from France, Sep 1915-Sep 1916 and Apr 1917-Nov 1918, with nine Field Service Postcards, Western Front, 1915-1917. Letters home from Lt Roger Lancelot Spicer, 1 Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Apr 1942-May 1944, killed in action near Anzio, Italy, May 1944; Edition of Letters from my son, 1942-1944, Roger Lancelot Spicer, edited by his father, Capt Lancelot Dykes Spicer (Unwin, London, 1946). Typescript correspondence with Capt Basil Henry Liddell Hart, 1949-1963. Correspondence with former members of 9 (Service) Bn, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1963-1979, including Liddell Hart and Brig George Fothergill Ellenberger, mostly relating to the Battle of the Somme, 1916.

Waardering, vernietiging en slectie

Aanvullingen

Ordeningstelsel

The collection is arranged in sections as above.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Voorwaarden voor raadpleging

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Voorwaarden voor reproductie

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.

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels

Schrift van het materiaal

  • Latijn

Taal en schrift aantekeningen

English

Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen

The papers of Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart include correspondence with Spicer, 1935-1969, and correspondence with Kathleen Liddell Hart, Lady Liddell Hart, 1941-1978 (Ref: LH 1/651); further correspondence with Lady Liddell Hart, 1974 (Ref: LH 13/108/9); a typescript memorandum by Spicer entitled 'Memorandum on the age of Commanding Officers in the field' [1938] (Ref: LH 15/5/85); correspondence relating to Thomas Edward Lawrence, 1933-1969 (Ref: LH 9/13/69); correspondence relating to German Maj Wilhelm Busch, 1949-1967 (Ref: LH 9/24/57).

Toegangen

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

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Related units of description

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Notitie Publicaties

Decorations: DSO, MC

Aantekeningen

Aantekening

Decorations: DSO, MC

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Naam ontsluitingsterm

Genre access points

Beschrijvingsbeheer

Identificatie van de beschrijving

Identificatiecode van de instelling

Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

Status

Niveau van detaillering

Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming

Taal (talen)

  • Engels

Schrift(en)

    Bronnen

    Voorwaarden voor raadpleging en gebruik