King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

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

Service biography
Joined Indian Army 1906; King's African Rifles 1909-1913; World War I 1914-1918; Afghanistan 1919; East Persia 1919-1921; 10/14 Punjab Regt 1928; Commander, 1 Bn 11 Sikh Regt 1929-1933; North West Frontier, India 1930; North West Frontier, India 1932; Instructor, Senior Officers School, Belgium 1934-1936; Commander, Wana Bde 1936-1939; North West Frontier 1937; Commander, Deccan District 1939; World War II 1939-1945; Commander, 7 Indian Div 1939-1941; Commander, 3 Indian Corps, Malaya 1941-1942; POW, Singapore, Formosa and Manchukuo (Manchuria) 1942-1945; retired 1946

Papers
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: Papers, chiefly 1938-1946 (two boxes, ref: P441-2), including; a submission by Heath (9pp) to the Mesopotamian Commission relating to medical services in Mesopotamia c 1917; situation reports and a report on possible future strategy relating to Waziristan, India 1938; instructions, intelligence summaries, messages, timetables and subsequent notes relating to his command of 5 Indian Div, Eritrea, Mar-Apr 1941; notes on the campaign in Malaya 1941-1942, including; printed diary of the operations of 5 Bn, Sikh Regt, 9 Indian Div 1941-1942; notes on the Allied plans to counter the threat of Japanese invasion, c 1941; lecture on the campaign in Malaya given by Heath as a POW, Changi POW camp, Singapore, Jun 1942; letters home to his brother from Changi POW Camp, Singapore 1943-1944; typescript drafts of Heath's 'Note on the Malayan Campaign' 1946, intended for incorporation into the official history of 11 Indian Div. Also typescript comments on the draft by Lt Gen Arthur Ernest Percival, General Officer Commanding Malaya 1941-1942; correspondence with Percival 1945-1946 (nine items), including comment on the discrepancies in sources for the compilation of accounts of the campaign in Malaya, honours and awards, and Heath's criticisms of Percival; RHODES HOUSE LIBRARY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY: Lectures by Heath on the Malayan Campaign 1941-1942; given at Changhi Jail POW camp 1942 (Ref: MSS Ind Ocn S117); summary of the lectures, with an account of the surrender (Ref: MSS Ind Ocn S24)

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS
PLACES South East Asia 1941-1942; Far East 1942-1945
NAMES Heath was nicknamed 'Piggy' (used in some correspondence)

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