Memoirs

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ARNHEM, BATTLE OF: memorabilia, 1944-1946

  • MISC19
  • Collection
  • 1944-1946

Collection includes five postcards, four of which are of British troops from 1 Airborne Div at Hotel De Tafelberg, Oosterbeek, Netherlands, during Operation MARKET GARDEN, the Allied attempt to establish a bridgehead across the Rhine river at Arnhem, 17 ... »

BEARNE, AVM Guy (1908-2005)

  • BEARNE
  • Collection
  • [1980]-1985

Copy of detailed memoir, 'From air to chair', covering his RAF career, 1929-1961, including sections on his RAF training, bomber squadron service, 1930-1933, armament training and duties, 1933-1944 and service in Iraq, 1937-1939, Bomber Command, 1939-1940... »

Bearne, Guy, 1908-2005, Air Vice Marshal

BEAUMONT, Gp Capt Stephen Gerald (1910-1997)

  • BEAUMONT
  • Collection
  • [1990]

Typescript extract from unpublished memoir relating to Beaumont's RAF service in World War Two, 1939-1945, including Operation DYNAMO, the evacuation of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) from Dunkirk, France, May-Jun 1940, visits to France by Prime ... »

Beaumont, Stephen Gerald, 1910-1997, Group Captain

BEAUMONT-NESBITT, Maj Gen Frederick George (1893-1971)

  • BEAUMONT-NESBITT
  • Collection
  • [1930-1945]

Memoir covering his life and career, 1893-[1918], notably his time at Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and his service in the Grenadier Guards, 1912-[1918], including his experiences in France, 1914-[1918], written in [1950-1970]. ... »

Nesbitt, Frederick George, Beaumont-, 1893-1971, Major General

BEDDINGTON, Brig Sir Edward Henry Lionel (1884-1966)

  • BEDDINGTON
  • Collection
  • 1960

My life', unpublished memoirs describing his life and career, 1884-1960, notably his involvement in the Curragh Incident, Ireland, Mar 1914, and his staff appointments during World War One, 1914-1918, written in 1960.

Beddington, Sir Edward Henry Lionel, 1884-1966, Knight, Brigadier

BISHOP, Maj Gen Sir Alexander (1897-1984)

  • BISHOP
  • Collection
  • 1971

Look back with pleasure', typescript memoirs covering his life and career, 1897-1965, notably his service in Mesopotamia and Palestine, 1915-1918, India, 1919-1925 and 1957-1962, Africa, 1939-1944, Germany, 1945-1950, and Cyprus, 1964-1965, written in 1971.

Bishop, Sir William Henry Alexander, 1897-1984, Major General

BLAKISTON-HOUSTON, Lt Col John Matthew (1898-1984)

  • BLAKISTON-HOUSTON
  • Collection
  • 1947

Detailed memoir, 'I'd live it again', covering his life and military career, 1898-1945, notably his service in France, 1918, Egypt, 1919-1921 and 1939-1941 and East Africa, 1941-1942, written in 1947 and privately published in pamphlet form.

Houston, John Matthew, Blakiston-, 1898-1984, Lieutenant Colonel

BUCKLE, Maj Gen Denys Herbert Vintcent (1902-1994)

  • BUCKLE
  • Collection
  • [1988

Various papers relating to his family, life and career, dated [1988 and 1991], notably including a brief draft memoir covering his life and career, 1902-1991, written in 1991 and a brief account of the life of his grandfather, Louis Anthony Vintcent, 1865... »

Buckle, Denys Herbert Vintcent, 1902-1994, Major General

BURNETT-STUART, Gen Sir John Theodosius (1875-1958)

  • BURNETT-STUART
  • Collection
  • 1913-1945

Copies of unpublished typescript memoirs, 1895-1945, by Burnett-Stuart, Chapter 1-12, 152pp, and Chapters 14-23, 191pp. Papers relating to Belgian military exercises, 1913, including typescript 'Report on the Belgian Grand Manoeuvres 1913' by Capt Harry ... »

Stuart, Sir John Theodosius, Burnett-, 1875-1958, Knight, General

CADELL, Air Cdre Colin Simpson (1905-1996)

  • CADELL
  • Collection
  • 1997

Typescript memoir by Cadell, edited by his son Ian V Cadell in 1997, relating to his RAF career, 1925-1945, including details of the establishment of 80 Wing, RAF Countermeasures Unit, 1940, the establishment of the intelligence listening station, ... »

Cadell, Colin Simpson, 1905-1996, Air Commodore

CHAMBERLAIN, Brig Noel Joseph (1895-1970)

  • CHAMBERLAIN
  • Collection
  • 1916-1971

Copies of papers and photographs relating to Chamberlain's life and career, 1906-1970, including unpublished manuscript memoirs, 1906-1923; papers relating to pay and postings, 1915-1949; account of service with Royal Flying Corps, 1916-1917; typescript ... »

Chamberlain, Noel Joseph, 1895-1970, Brigadier

CHURCHER, Maj Gen John Bryan (1905-1997)

  • CHURCHER
  • Collection
  • 1984

Copy of 'A soldier's story', a memoir of his life and career, 1905-1984, notably his service in India, 1935-1938, North West Europe, 1939-1940 and 1944-1945, including the arrest of the Grand Adm Karl Doenitz (Operation BLACKOUT) in May 1945, Palestine, 1... »

Churcher, John Bryan, 1905-1997, Major General

CLARKE, Brig Frederick Arthur Stanley (1892-1972)

  • CLARKE, FAS
  • Collection
  • 1923-1968

Typescript draft of 'The memoirs of a professional soldier in peace and war', an unpublished account of Clarke's career in the army, including service in Gallipoli and Palestine during World War One, 1968; various papers and pamphlets collated by Clarke, ... »

Clarke, Frederick Arthur Stanley, 1892-1972, Brigadier

CLARKE, Lt Col Henry (1909-1998)

  • CLARKE, EH
  • Collection
  • [1970]

Copy of manuscript memoir relating to Clarke's life and career, 1909-1957, especially to his service as a signals officer in the Middle East, Sicily and Italy, 1942-1945.

Clarke, Ernest Henry, 1909-1998, Lieutenant Colonel

CODRINGTON, Lt Col John Alfred (1898-1991)

  • CODRINGTON
  • Collection
  • 1898-1947

Typescript edited and unedited versions of memoirs of Lt Col John Alfred Codrington, [1947] entitled 'Gathering moss', 1898-1944, including account of service with British Mission Allied Armies of the Orient, Smyrna, Turkey, 1920, and as British Liaison ... »

Codrington, John Alfred, 1898-1991, Lieutenant Colonel

CORSON, Commander Peter Francis Reid (1925-2007)

  • CORSON
  • Collection
  • 1905-1963

Published memoir by Cdr Peter Francis Reid Corson: Call the Middle Watch: An Account of Life at Sea in the Royal Navy 1905 to 1963 (Pentland Press, Edinburgh, 1997), narrating the naval career of his father, R Adm Eric Reid Corson (1887-1972), 1905-1941, ... »

Corson, Peter Francis Reid, 1925-2007, Commander

COUSLAND, Lt Col Kenneth Harrington (1894-1987)

  • COUSLAND
  • Collection
  • 1974

Photocopy of privately published memoir, 'The Great War, 1914-1818: a former 'Gunner' of the First World War looks back', a detailed account of his military career, 1913-1919, covering mobilisation in Edinburgh, artillery, gas warfare and veterinary ... »

Cousland, Kenneth Harrington, 1894-1987, Lieutenant Colonel

COVERNTON, Capt Ralph Henry (1869-1952)

  • COVERNTON
  • Collection
  • [1945-1967]

Bound typescript entitled 'Fifty odd years of memoirs', covering his life and career, 1893-1945, notably his work as an engineer in South Africa, 1894-1899, 1901-1904, 1909-1911, his travels in South Africa, 1895, East Africa, 1904, and Canada, 1907, his ... »

Covernton, Ralph Henry, 1869-1952, Captain

COWLEY, Lt Gen Sir John Guise (1905-1993)

  • COWLEY
  • Collection
  • 1998

Edition of Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir John Cowley, 1905-1993, edited by Colin Maitland (Deltastet, London, 1998), chiefly covering Cowley's education at Connaught House and Wellington College, the Quetta earthquake, India, 1935, service in World ... »

Cowley, Sir John Guise, 1905-1993, Knight, Lieutenant General

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