GB 0099 KCLMA Wilson W G - WILSON, Maj Walter Gordon (1874-1957)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Wilson W G Created 1920 Collection (fonds) 1 file

Born 1874; educated HMS BRITANNIA and King's College Cambridge; member of Institution of Civil Engineers; worked as designer of motor cars; joined Royal Naval Air Service [1914]; served as Lt in Armoured Car Div, RN, 1914; worked for Landships Committee on design of armoured fighting vehicles; Chief of Design, Mechanical Warfare Department, War Office, 1916-1918; with Sir William Tritton worked with Lt Col Sir Albert Gerald Stern on the design of first tank, 1915-1916; temporary Maj Tank Corps, 1916; awarded CMG, 1918; member of Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply [1939-1942]; died 1957.

Purchased by the Centre in 1977.

Copies of pages from Sir Albert Stern's Tanks, 1914-1918: the log book of a pioneer (1919), with annotations by Wilson, 1920.

1 file.

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

Clwyd Record Office (Buddicom papers)

The Centre holds the papers of Lt Col Sir Albert Gerald Stern (GB99 KCLMA Stern). Wilson's obituary is held in the Liddell Hart papers at 9/28/59.

Oct 1996 Mechanical engineering International relations State security Armed forces Armoured forces Transport Vehicles Motor vehicles Tanks Government Public administration Central government Government departments International conflicts War Military engineering Warfare Armoured warfare Organizations Military organizations Wars (events) World wars (events) World War One (1914-1918) Stern , Sir , Albert Gerald , 1878-1966 , Knight , Lieutenant Colonel and tank pioneer British Army RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy Royal Naval Air Service War Office

Purchased by the Centre in 1977.

Copies of pages from Sir Albert Stern's Tanks, 1914-1918: the log book of a pioneer (1919), with annotations by Wilson, 1920.

1 file.

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

• Latin

English.

The Centre holds the papers of Lt Col Sir Albert Gerald Stern (GB99 KCLMA Stern). Wilson's obituary is held in the Liddell Hart papers at 9/28/59.

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

• English