Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1950 (Creation)
- [1948] (Creation)
- 1922 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers relating to his military career, 1922, [1948], 1950, including letter from Maj Gen W Robb relating to Brown's retirement from King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, [1948]; two letters of thanks and congratulation from Gen Sir Allan Francis John Harding, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces, 1950; two photographs of Brown in Malaya during Operation NAWAB, [1947-1951], one with Harding, the other in the jungle near Guron.
System of arrangement
1 file
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in 1902; 2nd Lt, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1923; Lt, 1925; served on North West Frontier of India 1930-1931; Capt, 1935; Maj, 1940; served with Sudan Defence Force, 1943-1943; served in Normandy, 1944, and Germany, 1945-1947; Lt Col, 1947; served in Malaya, 1947-1951; died in 1985.
Repository
Custodial history
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1986.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
This collection level description.
Note
Decorations: OBE
Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Brown, Arthur Brian, 1902-1985, Lieutenant Colonel (Subject)
- Harding, Allan Francis John, 1896-1989, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Field Marshal (Subject)
- Robb, W, fl 1948, Major General (Subject)
- British Army (Subject)
- King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.