PAPERS OF GENERAL SIR RICHARD O'CONNOR
KT, GCB, DSO, MC (1889-1981)
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Introduction to the papers of Gen Sir Richard O'Connor (1889-1981)
- Abbreviations; Brief summary of career
- 1 - Early life and career, including retrospective accounts, 1899-1981
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2 - Papers relating to military career, 1912-1938
- 2/1/1-9 Classification test of signallers in 2 Battalion, Scottish Rifles in Malta, 1912
- 2/2/1-12 Papers, including diaries, relating to service in World War One
- 2/3/1-15 Papers relating to military service, 1920-1935
- 2/4/1-9 Commander, Peshawar Infantry Brigade and District in India, 1935-1938
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3 - Commander of 7 Division and Military Governor of
Jerusalem, September 1938-August 1939
- 3/1/1-20 Papers including letters to Jean O'Connor
- 3/2/1-31 Correspondence Lt Gen R H Haining, GOC in Palestine and Transjordan, October 1938-July 1939
- 3/3/1-12 Correspondence with Civil Government, October 1938-July 1939
- 3/4/1-64 Semi-official correspondence, November 1938-August 1939
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4 - Commander of 6 Division and Western Desert Force,
1940-1941 and POW in Italy, 1941-1943
- 4/1/1-133 Semi-official correspondence, Mersa Matruh, September 1939-October 1940
- 4/2/1-70 Operations in the Western Desert, the First Libyan campaign 1940-1941
- 4/3/1-22 Narratives of the First Libyan campaign, 1940-1941
- 4/4/1-8 Papers relating to military assistance to Greece in 1941
- 4/5/1-22 Papers, including escape narrative, relating to captivity in Italy, 1941-1943
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5 - Commander of 8 Corps, January-December 1944
including operations in North West Europe
- 5/1 Personal letters from 8 Corps, Home Forces January-June 1944
- 5/2/1-57 Semi-official correspondence, 8 Corps Home Forces, February-June 1944
- 5/3/1-103 Semi-official correspondence, including operations in North West Europe, 1944-1945
- 5/4/1-104 Papers including personal and official correspondence relating to 8 Corps operations, 1944
- 6 - General Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Command and North Western Army in India, 1945-1946
- 7 - Adjutant General to the Forces, 1946-1947
- 8 - Appraisal of the careers of selected senior military personnel, 1971
- 9 - Official and military appointments and invitations, 1946-1973
- 10 - Personal correspondence and papers, 1928-1979
- 11 - Newspaper obituaries of senior military personnel, and related correspondence, 1926-1981
- 12 - Book reviews and newspaper articles, 1945-1981
- 13 - Papers relating to the proposed Channel Tunnel, 1930
- 14 - Miscellaneous papers