King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name
ANDERSON, Sir Desmond Francis (1885-1967), Lieutenant General
Service biography
Commissioned Devon Regt 1905; East Yorkshire Regt 1910; Adjutant 1912-1915; World War I 1914-1918; General Staff 1915-1920; Staff College, Camberley 1921; Commander, 1 Bn East Yorkshire Regt 1927-1931; Assistant Quartermaster General, Aldershot Command 1932-1933; General Staff Officer Grade 1, 5 Div 1933-1934; Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, War Office 1934-1936; Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office 1936-1938; Maj Gen in charge of Administration, Eastern Command 1938-1939; Maj Gen General Staff, Home Forces 1939-1940; Commander, 45 Div 1940; Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office 1940; Commander, 46 Div 1940; Commander 3 Corps 1940-1943; Commander 2 Corps 1943-1944; retired 1944
Papers
Liddell Hart Centre for Miltary Archives was informed in 1968 that all papers were destroyed at the time of Anderson's death
No papers have been traced
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