King's Collections / Archive Catalogues

Account of service with the KRRC in Italy and Austria, 1945

COOPER, F 10/2/18
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1999 Jun

Part of COOPER, Rt Hon Sir Frank (1922-2002)

Memoir 'Return to Thalenstein: North Italy and Schloss Thalenstein, Carinthia, 1945' by J P Waterfield, 1 Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, detailing the activities of the Battalion from April to June 1945 including crossing the Po river and proceeding into Austria, disarming surrendering German and Cossack troops, and dealing with Communist Partisans attempting to seize the Carinthia region of Austria for Yugoslavia. 10pp.

Account of service, 1945, as liaison officer with the US 7th Fleet, Hong Kong

BEAUFOY BROWN 2/5
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[Sep 1945]

Part of BEAUFOY BROWN, Capt John Frederick, RN (1910-1979)

Typescript narrative by Beaufoy Brown entitled, 'The Diary of a hectic fortnight', describing Beaufoy Brown's role as Naval Liason Officer to the Commander US 7 Fleet, US Adm Cooke, in particular in organising entertainments for US and Chinese officials during talks held on HMS SWIFTSURE, off Hong Kong. 6pp.

Account of Somaliland, 1937-1943, written in 1968

CHATER 8/2/5
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1968 Jul

Part of CHATER, Maj Gen Arthur Reginald (1896-1979)

Typescript narrative by Chater entitled, 'Somaliland Protectorate 1937-1943', including descriptions of Italian invasion of British Somaliland, Aug 1940, and Chater's service as Military Governor, British Somaliland, March 1941-March 1943. 6pp.

Account of tank operations, first day of the Battle of Cambrai, 20 Nov 1917

FULLER 1/2/74
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1917 Nov 20

Part of FULLER, Maj Gen John Frederick Charles (1878-1966)

Hotblack. Summary of information 20 Nov 17, including an account of tank operations. 2 pp

Account of tank operations, [Jun 1917]

FULLER 1/7/12
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[1917 Jun]

Part of FULLER, Maj Gen John Frederick Charles (1878-1966)

Account of tank operations at St. Julien, Steenbeke, Westhoek, Menin Road [i.e. 7-14 Jun, Battle of Messines[?]. XVIII Corps front - G Tank Bn. XIX Corps front - C, F Tank Bn. II Corps front - A Tank Bn. 7 pp

Account of the 1918 meeting of Allenby and Emir Feisal, written 1929

ALLENBY 2/5/17
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1929 Oct 22

Part of ALLENBY, FM Edmund (1861-1936)

Typescript account by Lt Gen Sir Henry George Chauvel of the meeting between Allenby and Emir Feisal (later Feisal I, King of Iraq), leader of Arab troops in Palestine, Damascus, 3 Oct 1918 (see 2/5/16 for covering letter). 1 item

Account of the Allied capture of Giarabub, Libya, Mar 1941

GRAHAM, MWAP 3/1
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1941 Mar

Part of GRAHAM, Maj Gen Sir Miles (William Arthur Peel) (1895-1976)

Detailed manuscript account by Graham of the capture of Italian-held Giarabub (Jaghbub), Libya, by British and Australian forces 19-23 Mar 1941.

Account of the Battle of Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944

GRACEY 5/9
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1946 Feb 27

Part of GRACEY, Gen Sir Douglas David (1894-1964)

Typescript narrative of the Battle of Arnhem Bridge, Netherlands, Sep 1944 by 'Parachute Sapper'. 11pp.

Account of the British Army evacuation from Greece, 1941, by Lt Col Michael Lubbock

CHARRINGTON 4/3
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1941 Apr

Part of CHARRINGTON, Brig Harold Vincent Spencer (1886-1965)

Copy of letter from Lt Col Michael Lubbock, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, 1 Armoured Bde, to his parents, notably on the Greek countryside and people, and the evacuation of the British army from Greece. 6pp.

Account of the British Expeditionary Force retreat to Dunkirk, 1940

DAVIDSON, FHN 3/5
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1940 May 26 - [Jun 4]

Part of DAVIDSON, Maj Gen Francis Henry Norman (1892-1973)

Davidson's account of the withdrawal of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) to Dunkirk, starting on 26 May 1940 and the problems caused by the French troops blocking routes that the BEF had been allocated for the retreat to the coast. With map of Lille-Ghent area, GS 4042, War Office 1942, scale 1 inch to 3.945 miles, and two tracings illustrating the stages of the withdrawal. 1 file

Account of the Burma campaign, 1945, produced by South East Asia Command

LETHBRIDGE 2/2/11
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1945

Part of LETHBRIDGE, Maj Gen John Sydney (1897-1961)

SEAC Souvenir, Part 2', newspaper-format account of the Burma campaign, produced by SEAC. 1 item.

Account of the Camp David Summit, Jul 2000, by Akram Hanieh, translated from articles published in Al-Ayyam

Part of ISRAEL AND THE ARABS - ELUSIVE PEACE: television documentary archive

‘The Camp David papers’ an account of events at the Camp David Summit, 11-25 Jul 2000, by Akram Hanieh, editor of the Palestinian Al-Ayyam newspaper and adviser to Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004. The account was originally serialised in the Al-Ayyam newspaper and has been translated from Arabic. Some manuscript annotations.

Account of the capture of Japanese positions at Kyaukse, Burma, Mar 1945

GRACEY 3/8
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1945 Mar 19

Part of GRACEY, Gen Sir Douglas David (1894-1964)

Manuscript notes by Brig David Alan Laurance Mackenzie, commanding 32 Indian Infantry Bde, to Gracey describing an operation to capture Japanese positions at Kyaukse, Burma. 4pp.

Account of the construction of the largest aeroplane yet built, [1917]

DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU 6/59
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[1917]

Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)

Description of the largest aeroplane in the world under construction. Typed carbon 2 p

Account of the destruction of the Gorgopotamos viaduct, 1973 (in French)

MYERS 1/1/11
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1973 Apr

Part of MYERS, Brig Edmund Charles Wolf (1906-1997)

Historia magazine reprint of report on the destruction of the Gorgopotamos Viaduct, originally printed in Deuxième Guerre Mondiale: La Guerre des Espions, 'Le viaduc de Gorgopotamos', in French. 1 item

Account of the experiences of 13 Tank Battalion, 1919]