Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1906-1983 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
3 boxes or 0.03 cubic metres
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Born, 1892; educated, Eton College, [1906-1907]; Coldstream Guards, 1917; 99 Light Anti-Aircraft Regt during World War Two, 1939-1945; Head of British Military Government, Graz, Steiermark, Austria, 1945; died, 1983.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
GB 0099 KCLMA Wilkinson 1906-1983 Collection (fonds) 3 boxes or 0.03 cubic metres Wilkinson , Alexander Camac , 1892-1983 , Colonel
Born, 1892; educated, Eton College, [1906-1907]; Coldstream Guards, 1917; 99 Light Anti-Aircraft Regt during World War Two, 1939-1945; Head of British Military Government, Graz, Steiermark, Austria, 1945; died, 1983.
Box passed to the Centre, 2002.
Papers of Col Alexander Camac Wilkinson, 1906-1983, including appointment diary, 1931; typescript memoir, 'Fun and games and narrow squeaks' relating to Wilkinson's early cricketing and military career; account of service with 1 Company, 2 Bn, Coldstream Guards, 1917, with trench map, Bourlon; an account by Wilkinson as regimental Cdr of 99 Light Anti-Aircraft Regt's role in Operation HONKER, before the capture of Rome, providing smoke screens across all river crossings to protect Royal Engineers who were constructing bridges; letter on Wilkinson's thoughts on post-war Imperial development and reconstruction, 1943; letters from Wilkinson to his aunt, written from Eton, 1906-1907; social and personal correspondence, 1945-1983; correspondence relating to business and charity;
correspondence and press cuttings relating to reunions, notably a visit to Graz, 1970, capital of Austrian province of Steiermark, where Wilkinson was Head of British Military Government, 1945; citation (with translation) and press cuttings relating to the presentation of an Austrian decoration to Wilkinson, 1977; photocopy of citations for Wilkinson's military decorations, with covering letter from the Ministry of Defence, 1982; maps of North West Europe, Texas and London; notes on an old cricketing friend in Australia, Jack Massie; note of thanks from Peter Thwaites, Imperial War Museum, 1980, relating to the loan for copying of an account dealing with incendiary bombs, World War Two; artefacts including an empty presentation box, with inscription to Wilkinson from 99 LAA Regt on his marriage, 1947; empty DSO medal case and Austrian medal, in original case.
Original order
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 on-line at , and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Decorations: MC with Bar, GM and DSO.
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell for the RSLP AIM25 Project. Revised by Sarah Drewery. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. June 2003; June 2008. Austria Awards Bourlon British Army England Eton College , public school Europe France Graz International conflicts Leisure Leisure time activities London Medals Military engineering Military government Military logistics Military operations North America Northern Europe Operation Honker (1944) Political systems Social behaviour Social norms Sport Texas UK USA War Warfare Western Europe Wilkinson , Alexander Camac , 1892-1983 , Colonel World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Box passed to the Centre, 2002.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Papers of Col Alexander Camac Wilkinson, 1906-1983, including appointment diary, 1931; typescript memoir, 'Fun and games and narrow squeaks' relating to Wilkinson's early cricketing and military career; account of service with 1 Company, 2 Bn, Coldstream Guards, 1917, with trench map, Bourlon; an account by Wilkinson as regimental Cdr of 99 Light Anti-Aircraft Regt's role in Operation HONKER, before the capture of Rome, providing smoke screens across all river crossings to protect Royal Engineers who were constructing bridges; letter on Wilkinson's thoughts on post-war Imperial development and reconstruction, 1943; letters from Wilkinson to his aunt, written from Eton, 1906-1907; social and personal correspondence, 1945-1983; correspondence relating to business and charity;
correspondence and press cuttings relating to reunions, notably a visit to Graz, 1970, capital of Austrian province of Steiermark, where Wilkinson was Head of British Military Government, 1945; citation (with translation) and press cuttings relating to the presentation of an Austrian decoration to Wilkinson, 1977; photocopy of citations for Wilkinson's military decorations, with covering letter from the Ministry of Defence, 1982; maps of North West Europe, Texas and London; notes on an old cricketing friend in Australia, Jack Massie; note of thanks from Peter Thwaites, Imperial War Museum, 1980, relating to the loan for copying of an account dealing with incendiary bombs, World War Two; artefacts including an empty presentation box, with inscription to Wilkinson from 99 LAA Regt on his marriage, 1947; empty DSO medal case and Austrian medal, in original case.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Original order
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Condiciones
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.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
- latín
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
English
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
Instrumentos de descripción
Summary guide entry on-line at , and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Nota de publicación
Decorations: MC with Bar, GM and DSO.
Área de notas
Notas
Decorations: MC with Bar, GM and DSO.
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
- Comportamiento social » Norma social » Premio
- Conflicto internacional
- Ocio
- Actividad de tiempo libre
- Ingeniería militar
- Ingeniería militar » Operación militar
- Sistema político
- Comportamiento social
- Comportamiento social » Norma social
- Actividad de tiempo libre » Deporte
- Conflicto internacional » Guerra
- Ingeniería militar » Arte de la guerra
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Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.
Estado de elaboración
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Fechas de creación revisión eliminación
Idioma(s)
- inglés