King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
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ATKINSON, Sir Leonard Henry (1910-1990), Major General
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Commissioned Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1936; World War II 1939-1945; transferred to Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1942; Commander, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers unit of Guards Armoured Div, North West Europe 1943-1945; Deputy Director of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, British Airborne Corps, India 1945; Staff College, Quetta, India 1945-1946; Far East, UK and War Office 1946-1950; Joint Services Staff College 1950-1951; General Staff Officer Grade 1, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Training Centre 1951-1953; Deputy Director of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Headquarters 1 Corps, Germany 1953-1955; Deputy Director of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, War Office 1956-1958; Commandant, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Training Centre and Commander Berkshire District 1958-1962; Director of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Army 1963-1966; retired 1966; Col Commandant Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 1967-1972; engineering industry 1966-1990
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