Collection MCCUTCHEON - MCCUTCHEON, Col William Melville (1911-1983)

Key Information

Reference code

MCCUTCHEON

Title

MCCUTCHEON, Col William Melville (1911-1983)

Date(s)

  • 1911-1982 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

8 boxes or 0.08 cubic metres

Scope and content

Papers relating to his life and career, 1935-1982, dated 1911-1982, principally comprising administrative papers relating to his Army career, 1938-1971, including postings in India, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, Cyprus and Singapore; papers relating to his ... »

System of arrangement

Arranged in the following sections: papers relating to his career; medical notes and reports; personalcorrespondence; miscellaneous personal papers; photographs; printed material.

General Information

Name of creator

(1911-1983)

Biographical history

Born in 1911; studied Medicine and Surgery at University of Glasgow; Lt, Indian Medical Service, 1939; posted to Indian Medical Hospital, Rawalpindi, India, 1939; appointed Anti-Malaria Officer, Rawalpindi, 1940; Medical Officer-in-Charge, Indian Medical ... »

Custodial history

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1984 and 1985.

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

  • English
  • French

Language and script notes

Mainly English, but some French

Uploaded finding aid

Existence and location of originals

Off-campus collection

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Note

Compiled Mar 1997

People and Organisations

Rules and/or conventions used

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