Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1945-1950 (Creation)
- 1931 (Creation)
- 1919 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers relating to his life and military career, 1919, 1931, 1945-1950, particularly his service in South East Asia in World War Two, notably including 'Order of the day' by Lt Gen Sir Montagu George North Stopford, Commander of 33 Indian Corps, relating to the Battle of Mandalay, Burma, Jan-Mar 1945, dated 21 Mar 1945.
System of arrangement
1 file
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in 1911; 2nd Lt, Royal Engineers, 1931, Lt, 1934; employed under Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1936; Capt, 1939; served in South East Asia in World War Two; 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
- Chinese
- English
- Japanese
- Urdu
Script of material
Language and script notes
Mainly English, but some items in Chinese, Japanese and Urdu
Finding aids
This collection level description.
Existence and location of originals
Please note: We require 7 days notice to retrieve this collection as part, or all of it, is held off-campus. Read more ›
Note
Compiled Feb 1997
Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Stopford, Sir Montagu George North, 1892-1971, Knight, General (Subject)
- Indian Army (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.