Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1916-1984 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
2 boxes or 0.02m3
Scope and content
Papers of Ralph Thrale, 1916-1984, mainly relating to the Royal Observer Corps, including: memoir 'Seaborne', co-authored by Thrale, detailing experiences of Thrale and a colleague while Royal Observer Corps 'Seaborne' volunteers posted to merchant ... »
System of arrangement
In sections as in Scope and Content.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 1905; volunteer Aircraft Identifier, Royal Observer Corps, May-Jul 1944; died 1993.
Repository
Custodial history
Presented to the Centre by the family, January 2004 and January 2008.
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
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 ›
People and Organisations
- Royal Navy (Subject)
- Royal Observer Corps (Subject)
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Archivist's note
Compiled by Katharine Higgon.