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LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)
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War Office press releases, 1953-1956, on subjects including senior defence appointments

Press releases and papers issued by the War Office, 1953-1956, including senior military appointments and biographical notes on Maj Gen (James Newton) Rodney Moore, Lt Gen Sir Charles Falkland Loewen, Maj Gen Joseph Howard Nigel Poett, Lt Gen Sir Francis Leycester Festing, Gen George (Watkin Ebden James) Erskine, Gen Sir Gerald (Walter Robert) Templer, Gen Sir (E C) Robert Mansergh; monthly statistics on recruitment, arranged by corps and regiment; 'Future management of the Suez Canal Base' statement issued by the War Office, 20 Oct 1954; notes on the history of the Victoria Cross, for centenary celebrations, Nov 1955. 1 file

War Office press releases, 1948-1952, on subjects including senior defence appointments and training exercises

Press releases and papers issued by the War Office, 1948-1952, including text of speeches by FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein in Aug 1948 at Blackpool, Lancashire on National Service and at Blackpool and Fylde Agricultural Show on food production targets; senior military appointments and biographical notes, including Gen Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie, Gen Sir Allan Francis (John) Harding, Lt Gen John Francis Martin Whiteley, Lt Gen Sir Robert Mansergh and Gen Sir Brian Hubert Robertson; schedules for army manoeuvres and exercises, including MERRY WIDOW, involving assault crossings of the Thames at Pangbourne, Berkshire, Sep 1951; list of personnel involved in the trial of FM Fritz von Manstein in Hamburg, Aug 1949; recruitment statistics for the Territorial Army, 1949-1950; text of broadcast for BBC Home Service 'The mark of greatness' by FM Sir William Joseph Slim, Jan 1951. 1 file

War Office press releases about the British Army, May-Jul 1939

War Office press releases mainly on the army, notably recruitment, including the Military Training Bill and the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces Bill, May-Jun 1939; conditions of service; equipment; training, including arrangements for new conscripts, Jun 1939; organisation; promotions and appointments to commands, with biographical notes; public engagements and speeches of Rt Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, MP, Secretary of State for War; military co-operation with Poland and France; British army operations in Palestine. 1 file

War Office press releases about the British Army, Jun-Dec 1938

War Office press releases mainly on the army, notably conditions of service, including new conditions for combatant officers, Aug 1938; officer recruitment, training, commissions and promotions, including introduction of new rank Warrant Officer Class 3, Sep 1938; training, including new army technical schools at Jersey, Fort Darland, near Chatham, and Arborfield near Reading, Jul 1938; accommodation; organisation, including formation of women's Auxiliary Territorial Service, Oct 1938; promotions and appointments to commands, with biographical notes; anti-aircraft defences, including formation of light anti-aircraft units in Territorial Army reserve, Oct 1938; public engagements and speeches by Rt Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, MP, Secretary of State for War. 1 file

War Office press releases about the British Army, Jun 1937 - Jun 1938

War Office press releases mainly on the army, notably conditions of service; pay and allowances; pensions; recruitment, establishments and strengths; equipment; mechanisation; training exercises, including combined forces exercises at Singapore and Malaya, Feb 1938; vocational training; organisation and administration, including reforms in the Territorial Army, Nov 1937 and artillery re-organisation, Mar 1938; promotions and appointments to commands, with biographical notes; uniform, including experimental design to be tested in 1938; annual expenditure estimates for 1937-1938; anti-aircraft defences; public engagements and speeches by Rt Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, MP, Secretary of State for War. 1 file

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