Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1935-1975 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
0.02 cubic metres (2 boxes)
Scope and content
Papers, 1935-1975, of Brig Henry James Lindsay Green, including photographs, among them the Coldstream Guards, 1935, aerial photographs of Cassino, Italy, before and after assault, 1943-1944, Coldstream Guards at Impruneta, Italy, 1944, King George VI, Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill and FM Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, 1943-1946 and undated, Alanbrooke's visit to Czechoslovakia, 1946, and Victory March, London, including Alanbrooke, 1946; Green's diaries, 1939, 1943-1945, relating to service in France, North Africa and Italy and containing brief narrative entries daily; War Diary, Anti-Tank Company, 7 Guards Bde, France, Apr-May 1940; notes on 21 Army Group, 1944; 24 Guards Bridge Operations, Italy, 1945; analysis of British Army of the Rhine morale in battle, 1946; flying log book, Malaya, 1958-1961, and brief account, 1973, of 1 Federal Infantry Bde, Malaya, 1959-1961; two photograph albums and loose photographs of Malaya, 1959-1960.
System of arrangement
Arranged in four sections, containing diaries, letters, etc; notes etc; photographs; ephemera.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born, 1911; educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into the Coldstream Guards, 1932; service in Aldershot, Hampshire, and on public duties in London, 1932-1939; Lt, 1935; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; service with British Expeditionary Force (BEF), Belgium and France, 1939-1940; temporary Capt, 1939-1940; Capt, 1940; General Staff Officer 3, Southern Command, UK, 1941; acting Maj, 1941-1942; Bde Maj, 136 Infantry Bde, 1941-1942; Headquarters, 24 Guards Independent Infantry Bde, North Africa, 1942-1943; temporary Maj, 1942-1946; served in North Africa and Italy, 1943-1945; Military Assistant to Lt Gen Sir Archibald (Edward) Nye, Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, 1945; Maj, 1946; Military Assistant to FM Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Jan-Sep 1946; General Staff Officer 2, Offices of the Cabinet, Sep-Dec 1946; General Staff Officer 2, Ministry of Defence, 1947; retired to Reserve of Officers, 1947; racing commentator for BBC, 1948-1954; restored to Active List, 1949; temporary Lt Col, 1951-1954; General Staff Officer 1, Specially Employed, 1951-1954; Lt Col, 1955; Commanding Officer, 2 Bn, Coldstream Guards, 1955-1958; Col, 1958; temporary Brig, 1958; commanded 1 Federal Infantry Bde, Malaya, 1958-1961; awarded CBE, 1961; Chief of Staff, Headquarters London District, 1961-1964; Brig, 1962; retired, 1964; appointed Director of Security for the Turf Authorities, 1964; Justice of the Peace, West Sussex, 1967; Director of Apprentice School, 1969-1983; retired, 1977; Hon Member of Jockey Club, 1977; President of Jockey's Valets Association, 1977; Director, Paul Kelleways (Bloodstock Agency), 1978; died, 1986.
Repository
Custodial history
Placed in the Centre by Green's 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
Script of material
Uploaded finding aid
Existence and location of originals
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Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Green, Henry James Lindsay, 1911-1986, Brigadier (Subject)
- Brooke, Alan Francis, 1883-1963, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, Field Marshal (Subject)
- Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer, 1874-1965, Knight, statesman (Subject)
- George VI, 1895-1952, King of Great Britain and Ireland (Subject)
- British Army of the Rhine (Subject)
- Coldstream Guards (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Script(s)
Archivist's note
Compiled by Iain Mutch; revised by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.