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Description: | A file of official and demi-official papers relating to his service at the RMA, Woolwich and with the Royal Artillery, 1908 - 1914, and on the Staff on the Western Front as GSO3, 51st Division, 1918; Brigade Major, 34th Brigade and 185th Brigade, 1918 - 1919; as Assistant Military Secretary, Constantinople, 1919 - 1920; in the UK, attending Staff College, Camberley, 1920 - 1921; as DAAG, War Office, 1923 - 1924; GSO2, Eastern Command, 1924 - 1926; Military Assistant to CIGS, 1927 - 1930; GSO1, Military Operations, War Office, 1933 - 1936; and GSO1, 1st Division, 1936 - 1938, including: his ts Record of Service (Army Form B2075, 1p) with Rossall OTC, November 1908; a ts Table of Marks (11pp), August 1908, showing the Results of a Competitive Examination for admission to the RMA, Woolwich held in June and July 1908; a Report (RMA Form 8) on his performance as a Gentleman Cadet, January 1909; an undated ts RMA list (1p) of Gentleman Cadets who qualified for commissions in the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery; his commission (2pp) as a 2nd Lieutenant, January 1910; two ms extracts (2pp) from his Confidential Report, September 1911; notification (MT Form 149, 1p) of his marks in the recent examination for Promotion to Captain, signed by Major General (later Field Marshal Sir William) W R Robertson, January 1914; a ts letter (1p) from Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Holland, April 1914, presenting him with a book as a former winner of the Tomb's Memorial Scholarship; a Supplement (28pp) to The London Gazette, June 1915, announcing his MC; ts and ms correspondence (3pp), August 1915 - April 1916, relating to his wounds received at Ypres notably his shell shock; ts and ms correspondence (22pp) while serving in France and Belgium, July 1915 - February 1919, notably from Brigadier General G H Harrison (2pp), Field Marshal Lord Milne (4pp), Major General G A Rickards (1p), General Sir Herbert Uniacke (3pp), Brigadier General Sir Ormonde Winter (1p); and Brigadier H W Wynter; 4 undated Mentioned in Despatches certificates (4pp) signed by Winston Churchill; Records of his War Service (Army Forms B199A, W 3723 and W5078, 8pp), February 1919 - September 1920, including a Confidential Report (1p) by GOC 155 Brigade, February 1919; a ts Fourth Supplement (4pp) to the London Gazette and a ts letter (1p) from the Foreign Decorations Section, War Office, November 1920, relating to his award of the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre; 2 ts lists of the Directing Staff of the Staff College and the RMC, Sandhurst and officers attending the Staff College (12pp), ?1920, and students (2pp), 1923; ts official correspondence (14pp) about his staff appointments, November 1922 - July 1935; Instructions on Dress Regulations for the RA by Major-General W Gillman (2pp) and General Lord Horne (2pp), January 1925 and November 1928; 5 ms letters (11pp) from fellow officers, October 1924 - July 1927, notably from Generals Sir Charles Bonham-Carter, Sir Hugh Elles, and Percy Radcliffe; ms extracts from his Confidential Reports (7pp), 1926 - 1935, 14 photographs, 1915 - 1939, and various newspaper cuttings relating to his career. Also included are his ts memoir (97pp, including post-war correspondence with Brigadier Rt Hon Sir John Smyth VC and Brigadier M R Roberts over the withdrawal from the Sittang River, September - October 1969), of his service as DCGS, India, 1940 - 1941; CGS, India, 1941; and GOC Burma, 1942, recording the Retreat from Burma, December 1941 - March 1942, and providing useful insights into pre-war conditions in Burma, operations during the Retreat, the disappointing performance of Indian and Burmese forces, the problems faced by their British generals, his replacement and return to India, and a detailed ts 'Narrative of the First Burma Campaign, December 1941 - May 1942' (342pp including appendices, plus 17 maps) issued by the General Staff, India in March 1944.
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Catalogue date 2000-01-24 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hutton, Thomas | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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