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Description: | Collection of papers documenting his military career from the First World War until 1950, including his service with the Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front, (where he won his MC), his involvement with the British Military Mission in Siberia in 1919 and his overland escape to China following its abandonment, his subsequent service during the Second World War in the Middle East as a contact with the French authorities in Syria and Lebanon and member of the Anglo-French Joint Staff, and his position as Chief of Allied Liaison and Protocol in Berlin into the 1950's. Included in the collection are an original typed draft chapter from his book recounting his experience during Bolshevik Revolution in Russia (21pp), a photograph of him in uniform, his carte d'identite, a ts summary of his military service (2pp), 2 ms letters (7pp) written to him by friends and a ts government form requesting proof of his qualifications to interpret French, German and Russian.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-10-05 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hodges, A P | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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