King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

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

Service biography
Royal Military College Sandhurst 1915; commissioned, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders 1915; France, World War I 1916-1918; Staff College, Camberley 1928-1929; Staff Officer, War Office 1930-1932; General Staff Officer Grade 3 1932-1934; General Staff Officer Grade 2, Royal Military College Kingston, Canada 1935-1937; War Office and Eastern Command 1937-1940; World War II 1939-1945; General Staff Officer Grade 1 1940-1941; Commander, Infantry Bde 1941; Brig, General Staff, UK and Brig, General Staff 9 Corps, North Africa 1941-1943; Brig, General Staff, 1 Army, North Africa 1943; Commander, 152 Infantry Bde, Sicily 1943; 15 Scottish Div, D-Day, Normandy, Jun 1944; 49 (West Riding) Div 1944-1945; Arnhem, the Netherlands 1944; General Officer Commanding 51 (Highland) Div on the death of Maj Gen Tom Gordon Rennie 1945; battle of the Rhine bridgehead 1945; Director of Weapons and Development, War Office 1945-1946; last British General Officer Commanding Palestine 1947-1948; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle 1949-1952; Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar 1952-1955; retired 1955

Papers
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: Papers 1940-1948 (ref: DS/MISC/15), including; standing orders for 9 Corps, Dec 1942 (21 pages); typescript account of the activities of 9 Corps, UK and North Africa 1942-1943 (10 pages); including an account of Operation STRIKE, for the capture of Tunis, May 1943; maps of the campaign in North Africa 1943; brief accounts by Macmillan of the operations of 152 Infantry Bde, Sicily, Jul-Sep 1943; messages of congratulation relating to 15 (Scottish) Div's operations in Normandy, Jun-Aug 1944; Macmillan's acount of operations in Palestine 1947-1948 (37 pages); notes by the Chief of Staff on the planned evacuation of British troops from Palestine 1948; LIDDLE COLLECTION, LEEDS UNIVERSITY: Typescript recollections of service on the Western Front 1916-1918; extracts from Ypres Times and history of 2 Bn, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders; taped interview concerning his service in World War I

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS foundation of the state of Israel 1947-1948
PLACES Middle East 1947-1948; France 1944; North West Europe 1944
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