GB 0099 KCLMA White R L - WHITE, Col Richard Loughnan (1913-1992)

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GB 0099 KCLMA White R L

Title

WHITE, Col Richard Loughnan (1913-1992)

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  • Created 1958 (Creation)

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1 reel

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Biographical history

Born in 1913; 2nd Lt, Royal Engineers, 1933; Lt, 1936; served in Palestine, [1936-1939]; Capt, 1941; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, General HQ, Middle East Land Forces, 1941-1942; General Staff Officer Grade 2 under Engineer-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces, 1943; Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, Grade 2, 30 Corps, 1944, 1946; Bde Maj, 1944-1945; HQ, 5 Div, 1946-1948; Maj, 1946; General Staff Officer Grade 2 under Inspector of Establishments, War Office, 1948-1951; Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, Grade 1, HQ British Troops in Egypt, 1951-1953; Lt Col, 1954; commanded 24 Engineer Group (Territorial Army), 1958; died in 1992.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA White R L Created 1958 Collection (fonds) 1 reel

Born in 1913; 2nd Lt, Royal Engineers, 1933; Lt, 1936; served in Palestine, [1936-1939]; Capt, 1941; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, General HQ, Middle East Land Forces, 1941-1942; General Staff Officer Grade 2 under Engineer-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces, 1943; Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, Grade 2, 30 Corps, 1944, 1946; Bde Maj, 1944-1945; HQ, 5 Div, 1946-1948; Maj, 1946; General Staff Officer Grade 2 under Inspector of Establishments, War Office, 1948-1951; Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, Grade 1, HQ British Troops in Egypt, 1951-1953; Lt Col, 1954; commanded 24 Engineer Group (Territorial Army), 1958; died in 1992.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1994

Cinefilm of preparations for atomic bomb tests, Christmas Island, 1958.

1 reel.

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 Military Archives.
English

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

Decorations: CB, CBE
Oct 1996 Armed forces Asia and the Pacific British Army Christmas Island Film media Film strips Information media International relations Kiribati Kiritimati Line Group Military engineering Military equipment Military organizations Nuclear warfare Nuclear weapons Oceania Organizations State security Warfare Weapons White , Richard Loughnan , 1913-1992 , Colonel Equipment

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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1994

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Cinefilm of preparations for atomic bomb tests, Christmas Island, 1958.

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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 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 Military Archives.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Summary guide 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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Decorations: CB, CBE

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Decorations: CB, CBE

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

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  • English

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