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Born 20 Jan 1920; educated at Flete House, Westgate-on-Sea, 1929-c 1933; Stowe School, 1934-c 1936; Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1938-c 1939; 2 Lt, Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1st Battalion, India, 1939-1940; Special Operations Executive (SOE), 1941-1945; Headquarters, Cairo, 1942; SOE missions to Greece, 1943-1945; led attack on Turin with Italian partisans, 26 Apr 1945; organised partisan operations on Chivasso and Carmagnola, Italy; awarded MC, 1945; Military Assistant to the British member of the Allied Control Commission in Bulgaria, 1945-c 1946; General Staff Officer Grade 3, War Office, 1946-1947; entered the Foreign Service, Jan 1948; Vice-Consul, and Acting Consul-General, Salonika, Greece 1949-1950; Second and subsequently (Oct) First Secretary, British Embassy, Madrid, 1951; Personnel Department, Foreign Office, 1953; Private Secretary to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, 1955; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Prague, Nov 1958; acting Charge d'affaires, Prague, 1959-1962; Consul in Elisabethville, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1962; awarded CMG, 1963; Foreign Office Central Department, 1963-1966; Counsellor and Deputy Ambassador, Greece, 1966-1969; Ambassador to Hungary 1970-1973; Ambassador to Brazil, Sep 1973-1977; appointed KCMG and awarded the Brazilian order of the Southern Cross, 1975; British ambassador in Ankara, Turkey, 1977-1980; retired 1980; Special Representative of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1981-1995; British member of the board of the Benguela Railway Company, 1984-1992; died 22 Nov 2003.

Descriptions of Greek resistance groups (Greek: andartes) related to this collection:

ΕΑΜ: The National Liberation Front (Greek: Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο, Ethniko Apeleftherōtiko Metōpo) led by Geōrgēs Siados (Greek: Γιώργης Σιάντος) was a Communist group affiliated with the KKE - the Communist Party of Greece (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας , Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas). The military arm of EAM was ELAS, The National People's Liberation Army, (Greek: Εθνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ), Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherōtikos Stratos), led by Arēs Velouchiōtis (Greek: Άρης Βελουχιώτης) (real name: Athanasios (Thanasis) Klaras).

EDES: The National Republican Greek League, (Greek: Εθνικός Δημοκρατικός Ελληνικός Σύνδεσμος (ΕΔΕΣ),Ethnikos Dēmokratikos Ellēnikos Syndesmos), was an anti-Communist, Republican group, led by political leader Nikolaos Plastēras (Greek: Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας), and military leader Gen Napoleōn Zervas (Greek: Ναπολέων Ζέρβας).

EKKA: National and Social Liberation (Greek: Εθνική και Κοινωνική Απελευθέρωσις, Ethnikē kai Koinonikē Apeleftherōsis), led by Dēmētrios Psarros (Greek: Δημήτριος Ψαρρός) was a liberal, anti-Communist, Republican group.

Born Giulio Orazio Mario Dobrski (also known as Giulio Giuliano Augusto Dobrski) in Italy, 1901; educated in France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland; BSc, University of Lyons, France; naturalised British citizen, Aug 1939; served with the Special Operations Executive (SOE), 1940-1945, mainly based at Headquarters of Force 133 at Cairo, Egypt, during World War Two, under the name of Maj and later Lt Col Julian Antony Dolbey; worked for Lyons Silks Ltd, French Silhouettes and Arnold Securities, all associated companies of the French textile group Maison J Bourdelin, died in 1968.

Born, 1896; educated at Greenwich Central School; Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1910-1914; served in the ranks in World War One, 1914-1918; service with Transport and Supply Column, 40 (London) Div, Territorial Force, and 25 Div Motor Transport Company, Army Service Corps, Western Front, 1914-1918; joined 47 (London) Div, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army, 1924; service with Territorial Army, 1924-1951; HM Customs and Excise, 1919-1934; Assistance Board, 1935-1946; transferred to 50 (Northumbrian) Div, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army [1937]; served in World War Two, in France, Cyprus, Iraq, Iran, North Africa and Italy, 1939-1945; awarded OBE, 1940; Commanding Officer, 50 (Northumbrian) Div, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army, Cyprus and North Africa, 1940-1942; awarded DSO, 1942; Deputy Director Supply and Transport, 10 Corps, North Africa and Italy, 1942-1943; Officer Commanding Troops, HMS HILARY, Salerno, Italy, 1943; awarded CBE, 1944; Deputy Director Supply and Transport, British Increment, US 5 Army, Italy, 1944; Deputy Director Supply and Transport, 8 Army, Italy, 1944-1945; Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, 1946-1954; Controller, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, 1951-1954; UN Adviser, Administration, Burma, 1954-1955; awarded CB, 1955; Under-Secretary (Special Duties), Ministry of Supply, 1956; Under Secretary, Secretary's Department, Admiralty, 1957-1959; UN Adviser, Administration, Nepal, 1959-1962, Asia and Far East, 1962-1964; UN Adviser, Social Security, Iraq, 1965-1966, Trinidad, 1967, and Saudi Arabia, 1971; Member of Institute of Public Administration and the British Institute of Management; died, 1979.

Diplock was probably a member of the Author's Club of London and pursued an active interest in the life and work of the poet, Ben Jonson, [1903].

Born in 1897; educated at Birkenhead and Dean Close, Cheltenham; joined 5 Battalion King's Liverpool Regt, 1914; served with East Surrey Regt in France and Belgium, World War One, 1914-1919; served with Midland Division HQ, British Army of the Rhine, 1919; transferred to Royal Signals, 1920; served in India, 1920-1922; Iraq, 1921; West Africa (Nigeria) 1922-1928; Staff College, 1933-1934; 2 Indian Division Signals, Quetta, India (Quetta earthquake), 1935-1936; General Staff Officer Grade 3, War Office, 1936-1937; Officer Commanding Troops, Northern Rhodesia, 1937-1940; served during World Two including Commander, 26 (East African) Infantry Brigade, 1941-1942, Commander of 22 (East African) Brigade, Madagascar, 1942-1943, and 28 (East African) Brigade, Ceylon, India and Madagascar, 1944-1945; Commander, 11 East African Division, Burma, 1945-1946; General Officer Commanding, East Africa, 1946-1948; Commander, Aldershot District, 1948-1951; Representative for United Kingdom on Military Staff Committee, United Nations, 1951-1953; retired, 1953; Col Commandant, King's African Rifles, Northern Rhodesia Regt and Rhodesian African Regt, 1954-1960s; Chairman of Army Cadet Force Association, 1954-1960; Secretary, British Section of Inter-Parliamentary Union, 1959-1962; Secretary of overseas organisation of Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, 1962-1965; Col Commandant, Malawi Rifles, 1964-1965; died in 1965.

Born 1879; educated at Beaumont College, Foster's, Stubbington House, Hampshire; joined training ship HMS BRITANNIA, Dartmouth, Devon, as Naval Cadet, 1894; service on HMS BLAKE, Channel Fleet, 1896-1897, and HMS ECLIPSE, East Indies Station, 1897-1899; Sub Lt, 1899; HMS CLEOPATRA, 1899; Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1899-1900; served on HMS GRIFFON and HMS DESPERATE, Mediterranean Fleet, 1900-1901; service on HM Torpedo Boats 92, 89 and 96, 1901-1902; Lt, 1902; HMS CRUISER, 1902; served on HMS VENGEANCE, China Station, 1902-1905; HMS BARFLEUR, 1905; served on HMS KING ALFRED, HMS HART and HMS HAWKE, China Station, 1906-1909; HMS CHELMER, Home Fleet, 1910; HMS GARVY, 1911; served on HMS CHELMER and HMS ALBATROSS, Mediterranean Fleet, 1911-1913; Cdr, 1914; commanded HMS HARPY, Mediterranean Fleet, 1913-1915; served in World War One, 1914-1918; service on HMS HARPY, Dardenelles, 1915; Flag Cdr to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, 1917-1918; Capt, 1919; awarded CMG, 1919; Deputy Director, Plans Division, Admiralty, 1920-1922; commanded HMS CARLISLE, 1922-1924; Capt Auxiliary Patrol, Fishery Protection, HMS HAREBELL, 1925-1926; Directing Staff, Imperial Defence College, 1926-1929; commanded HMS REPULSE, 1929-1931; Naval Aide de Camp to King George V, 1931-1932; R Adm, 1932; Director of Naval Intelligence Division, 1932-1935; awarded CB, 1934; R Adm, 10 Cruiser Sqn, HM King George V Jubilee Review, Spithead, 1935; R Adm commanding Reserve Fleet, 1935-1937; V Adm, 1936; created KCVO, 1937; retired list, 1938; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; Naval Attaché, The Hague, Netherlands, 1940; Principal Liaison Officer with Allied Navies, 1940; Flag Officer, Tunisia, 1943-1945; Flag Officer, Netherlands, 1945-1946; died 1962. Publications: Bombing and strategy. The fallacy of total war (Sampson Low, Marston and Company, London, 1947); The dress of the British sailor (National Maritime Museum, London, 1957).

The recording of interviews with Greeks and Greek Cypriots around the world, and the collecting of related material, was undertaken 1991-2013.

Born 1891; educated at Haileybury; commissioned into Corps of Royal Engineers, 1911; trained at Royal Engineers Depot, Chatham, Kent, 1911-1913; Lt, 1913; Assistant Garrison Engineer, Madras, India, 1914; served in World War One, 1914-1918; service with 2 Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners, Indian Army, Bangalore and Secunderabad, India, 1915; service in Mesopotamia and Persia, 1915-1919; awarded MC, 1915; Capt, 1917; awarded DSO, 1917; Brevet Maj, 1919; served in Iraq, 1919-1920; graduated from Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1924; Instructor in Tactics, School of Military Engineering, 1925-1927; Maj, 1926; General Staff Officer 2, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1927-1929; Commanding Officer, 54 Field Company, Royal Engineers, Bulford, Wiltshire, 1929-1931; Brevet Lt Col, 1930; General Staff Officer 2, Southern Command, 1931-1933; Lt Col, 1934; Imperial Defence College, 1934; service in Malta, in charge of improving the island's defences, 1935-1936; Col, 1936; General Staff Officer 1, War Office, 1936-1937; temporary Brig, 1937; Army Instructor, Imperial Defence College, 1937-1939; Maj Gen, 1939; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; Director of Military Operations, War Office, 1939-1940; Chief of Staff to ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief Far East, 1940-1941; awarded CB, 1941; Deputy to FM Sir John Greer Dill, British Joint Services Mission, Washington DC, USA, 1942; Head of Army and Air Liaison Staff, Australia, 1943-1944; Head of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) Mission to Denmark, 1944-1945; member of Allied Control Commission, Berlin, Germany, 1945-1946; retired 1946; died 1981. Publications: The Army (William Hodge, London, 1938)