King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

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

Service biography
Joined the Indian Army 1911; Persian Gulf 1913-1914; World War I 1914-1918; Staff College, Quetta, India 1923-1924; North West Frontier, India 1923-1924; General Staff Officer Grade 2, Army Headquarters, India 1925-1927; RAF Staff College, Andover 1927-1928; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Army Headquarters, India 1930-1934; North West Frontier, India 1937; Instructor, Staff College, Quetta, India 1938; General Staff Officer Grade 1, Baluchistan District, India 1939; World War II 1939-1945; Commander, 3 Jhelum Bde, Calcutta Bde, and 19 Indian Infantry Bde, in Deccan District, India and later with British Troops in China 1939-1941; General Officer Commanding British Forces, Hong Kong 1941; surrendered Hong Kong to Japanese 1941; POW 1941-1945

Papers
Family informed the Centre in 1981 that Maltby kept no papers IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: Papers relating to his appointment as General Officer Commanding British Forces, Hong Kong 1941; also papers relating to his time as POW 1941-1945

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS
PLACES Far East 1941-1945
NAMES Maj Gen Sir Thompson Capper (uncle); AVM Sir Paul Copeland Maltby (brother)

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