Collection LENNOX-BOYD, GE - LENNOX-BOYD, Maj George Edward (1902-1943)

Key Information

Reference code

LENNOX-BOYD, GE

Title

LENNOX-BOYD, Maj George Edward (1902-1943)

Date(s)

  • 1938-1939 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

2 volumes, 1 file

Scope and content

Two albums relating to Lennox-Boyd's experience as an observer of Nationalist and Republican forces, Spanish Civil War, 1938-1939, and his subsequent work in relief aid to Spanish civilians.  Contents include:

Letters of introduction and safe conduct passes (in Spanish).

Nationalist propaganda postcards, including photographic postcards depicting Nationalist leader Gen Francisco Franco, Gen Emilio Mola, Gen Antonio Aranda, Capt Jose Moscardo and Capt Juan Yague.

Captioned photographs of bomb-damaged cities, including Sevilla (Seville), Huesca and Malaga.

Photographs of Nationalist troops, and of dead and wounded civilians.

Uncaptioned photographs of Republican troops taken by Magnum photographers including Robert Capa.

UK press cuttings relating to relief aid to Spain, 1939.

Published articles by Lennox-Boyd, including 'A censored article', printed in The Star, 19 Jan 1939, describing casualties and destruction after Nationalist aerial bombardment of Barcelona; offprint longer version of the same article, entitled 'Death comes to Barcelona', sold as a fundraising pamphlet for the National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief; 'The agony of Spain - after Barcelona', published in The Hampshire Advertiser [1939].

Letters and telegrams received by Lennox-Boyd, 1938-1939, including requests for help, messages of support and one telegram death threat.

Snapshot photographs and press cuttings relating to members of the Lennox-Boyd family [1939].

Uncaptioned group photographs of British Army personnel including gas mask practice [1939].

Notification of Lennox-Boyd's election as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1940.

Also typescript detailed account by Lennox-Boyd of his role in a convoy of food lorries travelling across France into Spain, to assist Republican refugees [1939], with a description of relief work undertaken by the Quaker Relief Party led by Dr Audrey Russell, and an additional copy of The Star, 19 Jan 1939.

System of arrangement

Items in the two albums appear to be broadly chronological (most are undated).  The typescript account of relief work and additional issue of The Star, 1939, are in a separate file.

General Information

Name of creator

(1902-1943)

Biographical history

Born, 1902; educated at Bradfield College, Berkshire; 2 Lt, Highland Light Infantry, 1927; attended Christ Church, Oxford, 1928-1930; Lieutenant, 1930; visited USA, 1936; visited Spain as an observer, Spanish Civil War, 1938-1939; visited Germany with his brother, Lt Donald Breay Hague Lennox-Boyd, 1939, both were arrested; Donald Lennox-Boyd died in custody, but George Lennox-Boyd was released; Major, 1940; elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1940; died of pneumonia, Scotland, 1943.

Custodial history

Placed in the Centre by the family, 2011.

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

The contents of the albums may not be reproduced by any means, including digital photography. For further information concerning images from Magnum Photos, including the photographs of Robert Capa, please see {Magnum Photos](http://www.magnumphotos.com/).

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
  • French
  • Spanish

Script of material

Physical Description

Two outsize volumes and one file

Finding aids

This collection level description.

Existence and location of copies

See http://www.magnumphotos.com/ for photographs by Robert Capa and other Magnum photographers from the Spanish Civil War.

Related materials

The papers of Capt T H Wintringham, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, include material, 1936-1939, relating to his service as commander, British Bn, 15 International Brigade, Spain 1937 (ref: Wintringham 1/1-2).

The papers and photographs of Maj G E Lennox-Boyd's brother, Maj F G Lennox-Boyd, are also held in the LHCMA (ref: Lennox-Boyd F G).

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Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.

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Archivist's note

Biographical information from the family and Army List 1930.  Additional information from Christ Church, Oxford - see www.chch.ox.ac.uk (accessed October 2014).

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