Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1944-1992 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
4 boxes or 0.04m3
Scope and content
Papers relating to the career of Brig John 'Joe' Starling, 1947-1992, including copy of memoir Soldier On! The Testament of a Tom , (Spellmount Ltd., 1992), detailing 45 years of Starling's military career; pamphlets and brochures advertising the ... »
System of arrangement
4 boxes arranged in sections as above.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 1928; joined Army 1946; attended Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, 1947-1948; 2 Lieutenant, Suffolk Regiment, 1948; served in Middle East and Far East, including Malaya, 1950; School of Infantry, Hythe, 1950; Lieutenant, 1950; Captain, 1 East ... »
Repository
Custodial history
Presented to the Centre by the family, July 2006
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
Uploaded finding aid
Existence and location of originals
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Note
Decorations: CBE, MC, DL
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Starling, John Geoffrey ('Joe'), 1928-1996, Brigadier (Subject)
- Parachute Regiment (Subject)
- SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe (Subject)
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Archivist's note
Entry compiled by Katharine Higgon.