Papers of Brig Frederick Arthur Stanley Clarke, DSO (1892-1972)
Reference code: GB99 KCLMA Clarke
Title: CLARKE, Brig Frederick Arthur Stanley (1892-1972)
Dates of creation of material: 1923-1968
Level of description: item level
Extent: 0.015m3 or 1.5 boxes of papers
Introduction
Brief List
1 Unpublished typescript draft of 'The memoirs of a professional soldier in peace and war', written by Clarke in 1968
2 Papers and pamphlets collated by Clarke, mainly relating to the training and performance of the Royal West African Frontier Force, 1923-[1960]
3 Cuttings of articles written by Clarke and published in various British journals and periodicals, 1926-1959
4 Cuttings of articles written by Clarke and published in the West African Review and African World, 1949-1956
5 Printer's transparencies of maps used by Clarke in Part Two of the History of the Royal West African Frontier Force (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, 1964)
INTRODUCTION
Born 1892; educated Loughborough School, Leicestershire; 2nd Lt, 10 (County of London) Bn (Hackney), London Regt, Territorial Force, 1912; Capt, Territorial Army, 1913; served World War One in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine and India, as part of 162 Bde, 54 (East Anglian) Div; transferred to Essex Regt as Lt, 1916; temporary Deputy Assistant Adjutant, 21 Corps, 1917; Maj, 1917; service in India with 57 (Wildes Rifles), Frontier Force and 25 (County of London) Bn (Cyclists), London Regt, Territorial Force, 1918-1919; served with 1 Bn, Essex Regt, in Ireland, 1920-1922, and Borden, Hampshire, 1923-1927; Capt, 1925; attended Staff College, 1927-1929; General Staff Officer, Small Arms School, Netheravon, Wiltshire, 1930-1932; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Headquarters Western Command, 1932-1934; Brevet Maj, 1933; served with 1 Bn, Essex Regt, during Saar Plebiscite, Germany, 1934-1935; General Staff Officer, Grade 2, and Local Lt Col, Nigeria Regt, Royal West African Frontier Force, 1935-1938; Maj, 1936; Assistant Commandant and Local Col, Nigeria Regt, Royal West African Frontier Force, 1938-1939; Brevet Lt Col, 1939; served World War Two, 1939-1940; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, 4 Div, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), 1939-1940; General Staff Officer, Grade 1, Headquarters Lines of Communication, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), 1940; temporary Lt Col and acting Brig, 1940-1941; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Headquarters West Africa, 1940-1941; Commander, Gold Coast, West Africa, 1941; War Substantive Lt Col and temporary Brig, 1941; Commander, Counter-Attack Bn (formed from 30 Bn, Essex Regt), Home Forces, 1942; Assistant Quartermaster General, British North Africa Force, 1942-1943; Lt Col, 1942; temporary Brig, 1943-1947; Assistant Deputy Quartermaster General, British North Africa Force, 1943; Commander, Lines of Communication, Base Sub-Area, Bone, North Africa and 54 Area, Bari, Italy, 1943-1944; Commander, Essex Sub-District, Eastern Command, Home Forces, 1945-1947; honorary Brig and retired, 1947; died 1972.
Publications
The History of the West African Frontier Force (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, 1964), by Col A Haywood and Clarke.
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1968, with the maps forming a further accession in 1973
The collection mainly comprises articles written by Clarke throughout his career and early retirement, on numerous subjects, including the history and development of the Royal West African Frontier Force, and unsigned personal recollections of his service during World War Two. There is also a draft copy of Clarke's unpublished memoirs which give details of his career from 1912 to his retirement in 1947, notably descriptions of his service in Gallipoli and Palestine during World War One, with the Essex Regt in Ireland, 1920-1922, and his various posts in West Africa previous to, and during, World War Two. Several papers and pamphlets collated by Clarke, mainly relating to the training and performance of the Royal West African Frontier Force, 1923-[1960], and printer's transparencies of maps used in the History of the Royal West African Frontier Force (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, 1964), are also included in the collection.
Arranged in sections as given in Brief List.
Access
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copyright
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the College Archivist.
Language
English.
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