King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975

Service biography
Commissioned Royal Artillery 1905; World War I, Western Front 1914-1918; Instructor, Staff College 1932-1935; Deputy Director of Military Operations, War Office 1936; Commandant, Staff College, Camberley 1937-1938; Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff, War Office 1938-1939; General Officer Commanding, 3 Corps, France and Belgium 1939-1940; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command 1940-1941; Adjutant General, War Office 1941-1946

Papers
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES: Papers 1916-1949 (five boxes) including; diaries 1916-1918 (ref: Adam 1/2-3); notes on the progress of the British Army's re-armament programme 1937-1939 (ref: Adam 2/2/2 and 2/3); background notes on the present state of the army, complied by Adam as Adjutant General, for the Secretary of State for War #1941 (ref: Adam 3/1); paper by Adam as Adjutant General, 'The Use of Manpower in the Army' 1941 (ref: Adam 3/2); background notes compiled by Adam as Adjutant General, for the Secretary of State for War, on the Home Guard, Colonial Troops, Allied Troops, the formation of new Corps, manpower, production of officers, and the Auxiliary Territorial Service 1943 (ref: Adam 3/3); Adjutant General's printed serial letters to Corps, District, Divisional, District and Area commanders, on the topics of manpower, selection, discipline, soldiers' well-being, army education and health 1942-1943 (ref: Adam 3/4/1-6); notes on the future of Army Education 1945 (ref: Adam 3/5); reports by Adjutant General on overseas tours 1942-1946 (ref: Adam 3/6/1-5); typescript narrative on administrative aspects of World War II, written 1960 (ref: Adam 3/13); the papers of Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart include correspondence with Adam 1937-1960 (14 items, ref: LH 1/4) IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: The papers of Lt Gen Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese (ref: Strong Rm), include a single letter to Adam concerning present and future operations in Burma, Jun 1945; the papers of FM Bernard Law Montgomery,1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and Hindhead, include correspondence with Gen Sir Ronald Forbes Adam as Adjutant General 1944-1945 (10 items, ref: BLM 119-121; one item, ref: BLM 97/38); SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: Papers of AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas ) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma include correspondence with Adam 1943-1946 (ref: MB1/C2)

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS staff 1941-1946; training 1941-1945; education 1941-1945
PLACES North West Europe 1916-1918; South East Asia 1945
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