GB 0099 KCLMA West - WEST, Lance Corporal Victor (1919-2002)

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GB 0099 KCLMA West

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WEST, Lance Corporal Victor (1919-2002)

Date(s)

  • 1941-1999 (Création/Production)

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Étendue matérielle et support

2 boxes

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Notice biographique

Born, 1919; 1 Rangers King's Royal Rifle Corps; served Crete 1941; Prisoner of War, Germany, escaped Apr 1945. Publications: Part 2 orders: WWII poems (Salamandar Imprint, London, 1999); The horses of Falaise: poems on the experiences of a fighting soldier in World War II (Salamandar Imprint, London, 1975).

Histoire archivistique

The collection was accumulated by Victor West during the course of his wartime career and subsequently. Some microfilm copies have been taken by the Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum.
GB 0099 KCLMA West 1941-1999 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes West , Victor , 1919-2002 , Lance Corporal
Born, 1919; 1 Rangers King's Royal Rifle Corps; served Crete 1941; Prisoner of War, Germany, escaped Apr 1945. Publications: Part 2 orders: WWII poems (Salamandar Imprint, London, 1999); The horses of Falaise: poems on the experiences of a fighting soldier in World War II (Salamandar Imprint, London, 1975).

The collection was accumulated by Victor West during the course of his wartime career and subsequently. Some microfilm copies have been taken by the Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum.

Given by the author to the Centre in 1999.

Wartime diaries, typescript correspondence, memoirs and poetry by Victor West, concerning the campaign in Greece, Crete and as a prisoner of war during World War Two, with recent poetry, 1941-1999; notably including a bound typescript memoir, 'The loss of Creforce Reserve: "The side show"', written 1981, including list of officers and other ranks of 9 Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps, killed in Greece and Crete, 1941, and a copy article, 'The Rangers in Greece and Crete: a story of devotion and toil', printed 1941 in the house magazine of the Gas Light & Coke Ltd; 3 volume bound typescript memoir, 'Wash me in the water: a personal account of the first Greek campaign, 1941. The battle for Crete, including the story of the loss of Creforce Reserve', written 1983; bound typescript 1941 personal war diary, a transcription of West's original diary; bound typescript copy letters to West from a Spanish fellow POW, Sgt Basilio Marin, 1944-1945 and photocopy typescript and manuscript notes (untitled) on the Crete campaign, 1941; bound typescript 'We from Crete: Pep talks in Stalag 383', written 1982, relating to life in a POW camp (first and second drafts); bound typescript, 'Escape involuntary (we couldn't help it)', recounting West's escape from a POW camp, Germany, Apr 1945; Victor West, The horses of Falaise: poems on the experiences of a fighting soldier in World War II (Salamandar Imprint, London, 1975), bound photocopy; Victor West, Part 2 orders: WWII poems (Salamandar Imprint, London, 1999), bound photocopy; notes on West's career and on the history of 1 Rangers, King's Royal Rifle Corps; copy correspondence and illustrations relating to a painting by West presented to Winston Churchill, 1955.

Components are boxed in the order as described 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

Summary Guide entry available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Many of the contents of this collection are typescript copies of originals that may have been retained by the author.

The 3 volume memoir, 'Wash me in the water', the copy 1941 diary and first draft version of 'We from Crete' have all been microfilmed by the Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum, according to their title pages.

The Centre holds a number of collections relating to Crete during World War Two, notably those of Sidney Armstrong; Anthony Beevor; Harold Charrington; Julian Dobrski; Samuel Griffith; Charles Hamson; Reginald Madoc; Christopher Woodhouse.

Entry compiled by Geoff Browell for the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April 2003 Wars (events) Armed forces British Army Crete Diaries Documents Europe Germany Greece Information sources International conflicts International relations Literary forms and genres Literature Military organizations Nonfiction Organizations Poetry Primary documents Prose State security War War diaries War prisoners War victims Western Europe West , Victor , 1919-2002 , Lance Corporal World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Given by the author to the Centre in 1999.

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Portée et contenu

Wartime diaries, typescript correspondence, memoirs and poetry by Victor West, concerning the campaign in Greece, Crete and as a prisoner of war during World War Two, with recent poetry, 1941-1999; notably including a bound typescript memoir, 'The loss of Creforce Reserve: "The side show"', written 1981, including list of officers and other ranks of 9 Bn, King's Royal Rifle Corps, killed in Greece and Crete, 1941, and a copy article, 'The Rangers in Greece and Crete: a story of devotion and toil', printed 1941 in the house magazine of the Gas Light & Coke Ltd; 3 volume bound typescript memoir, 'Wash me in the water: a personal account of the first Greek campaign, 1941. The battle for Crete, including the story of the loss of Creforce Reserve', written 1983; bound typescript 1941 personal war diary, a transcription of West's original diary; bound typescript copy letters to West from a Spanish fellow POW, Sgt Basilio Marin, 1944-1945 and photocopy typescript and manuscript notes (untitled) on the Crete campaign, 1941; bound typescript 'We from Crete: Pep talks in Stalag 383', written 1982, relating to life in a POW camp (first and second drafts); bound typescript, 'Escape involuntary (we couldn't help it)', recounting West's escape from a POW camp, Germany, Apr 1945; Victor West, The horses of Falaise: poems on the experiences of a fighting soldier in World War II (Salamandar Imprint, London, 1975), bound photocopy; Victor West, Part 2 orders: WWII poems (Salamandar Imprint, London, 1999), bound photocopy; notes on West's career and on the history of 1 Rangers, King's Royal Rifle Corps; copy correspondence and illustrations relating to a painting by West presented to Winston Churchill, 1955.

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Mode de classement

Components are boxed in the order as described above.

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Conditions d'accès

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

Conditions de 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.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

The Centre holds a number of collections relating to Crete during World War Two, notably those of Sidney Armstrong; Anthony Beevor; Harold Charrington; Julian Dobrski; Samuel Griffith; Charles Hamson; Reginald Madoc; Christopher Woodhouse.

Instruments de recherche

Summary Guide entry available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

The 3 volume memoir, 'Wash me in the water', the copy 1941 diary and first draft version of 'We from Crete' have all been microfilmed by the Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum, according to their title pages.

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Identifiant du service d'archives

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

Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

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