GB 0099 KCLMA Verney P V - VERNEY, Maj Peter Vivian (b 1930)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Verney P V

Title

VERNEY, Maj Peter Vivian (b 1930)

Date(s)

  • [1974-1980] (Creation)

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3.5 boxes (0.035 cubic metres)

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Biographical history

Born 1930; commissioned into the Irish Guards, 1951; service in the UK and British Army of the Rhine, West Germany, 1951-[1960]; Lt, 1953; Capt, 1957; author, 1963-1990. Publications: The standard bearer. The story of Sir Edmund Verney, Knight Marshal to Charles I (Hutchinson, London, 1963); The Micks. The story of the Irish Guards (Peter Davies, London, 1970); The Battle of Blenheim (Batsford, London, 1976); The gardens of Scotland (Batsford, London, 1976); Anzio 1944, an unexpected fury (Batsford, London, 1978); Here comes the circus (Paddington Press, London, 1978); editor of The Batsford book of sporting verse (Batsford, London, 1979); The earthquake handbook (Paddington Press, London, 1979); Homo tyrannicus, a history of man's war against animals (Mills and Boon, London, 1979); The genius of the garden, with Michael Dunne (Webb and Bower, Exeter, Devon, 1989).

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Verney P V [1974-1980] Collection (fonds) 3.5 boxes (0.035 cubic metres) Verney , Peter Vivian , b.1930 , Major

Born 1930; commissioned into the Irish Guards, 1951; service in the UK and British Army of the Rhine, West Germany, 1951-[1960]; Lt, 1953; Capt, 1957; author, 1963-1990. Publications: The standard bearer. The story of Sir Edmund Verney, Knight Marshal to Charles I (Hutchinson, London, 1963); The Micks. The story of the Irish Guards (Peter Davies, London, 1970); The Battle of Blenheim (Batsford, London, 1976); The gardens of Scotland (Batsford, London, 1976); Anzio 1944, an unexpected fury (Batsford, London, 1978); Here comes the circus (Paddington Press, London, 1978); editor of The Batsford book of sporting verse (Batsford, London, 1979); The earthquake handbook (Paddington Press, London, 1979); Homo tyrannicus, a history of man's war against animals (Mills and Boon, London, 1979); The genius of the garden, with Michael Dunne (Webb and Bower, Exeter, Devon, 1989).

Placed in the Centre by Verney in 1991.

Manuscript and typescript research notes and copies of papers used by Maj Peter Vivian Verney as research material Anzio 1944, an unexpected fury (Batsford, London, 1978) [1974-1978]. Papers relating to a proposed book by Verney, known as BROM (the initials of the battles of Blenheim, 13 Aug 1704, Ramillies, 23 May 1706, Oudenarde, 11 Jul 1708, and Malplaquet, 11 Sep 1709), including manuscript and typescript research notes [1974-1978]; typescript draft manuscript of BROM [1976]; manuscript notes relating to Anglo-Dutch operations at Cádiz, Aug-Sep 1702, War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714 [1976]. Bound typescript manuscript of an unpublished book by Verney entitled 'The gaiety and the glory: the Irishman at war', with manuscript and typescript research notes [1978-1980].

The collection is arranged in sections as outlined above.

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.
English

This summary guide, also available on-line at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/collection/v/ve75-001 and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON also holds the papers of Verney's father, Maj Gen Gerald Lloyd Verney (1900-1957) (Ref: GB 0099 KCLMA Verney, GL).

  Jun 1999

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Placed in the Centre by Verney in 1991.

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Scope and content

Manuscript and typescript research notes and copies of papers used by Maj Peter Vivian Verney as research material Anzio 1944, an unexpected fury (Batsford, London, 1978) [1974-1978]. Papers relating to a proposed book by Verney, known as BROM (the initials of the battles of Blenheim, 13 Aug 1704, Ramillies, 23 May 1706, Oudenarde, 11 Jul 1708, and Malplaquet, 11 Sep 1709), including manuscript and typescript research notes [1974-1978]; typescript draft manuscript of BROM [1976]; manuscript notes relating to Anglo-Dutch operations at Cádiz, Aug-Sep 1702, War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714 [1976]. Bound typescript manuscript of an unpublished book by Verney entitled 'The gaiety and the glory: the Irishman at war', with manuscript and typescript research notes [1978-1980].

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The collection is arranged in sections as outlined above.

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Conditions governing access

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

Conditions governing reproduction

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON also holds the papers of Verney's father, Maj Gen Gerald Lloyd Verney (1900-1957) (Ref: GB 0099 KCLMA Verney, GL).

Finding aids

This summary guide, also available on-line at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/collection/v/ve75-001 and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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

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  • English

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