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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Summary Guide

Note: The item numbers represent a subset from ISAD(G) rules (General International Standard Archival Description) promulgated by the International Council on Archives to standardise archival description world-wide. Only item numbers relevant to our specific archive are included here.

3.1 IDENTITY STATEMENT
3.1.1 Reference code: GB99 KCLMA Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe
3.1.2 Title: ANSTRUTHER-GOUGH-CALTHORPE, Brig Sir Richard (Hamilton) 2nd Bt (1908-1985)
3.1.3 Dates of creation of material: [1978]
3.1.4 Level of description: collection level
3.1.5 Extent: 1 file

3.2 CONTEXT
3.2.2 Biographical history: Born in 1908; educated at Harrow School and Magdalene College, Cambridge; 2nd Lt, Royal Scots Greys, 1929; Lt, 1932; Adjutant, 1936-1939; served in Palestine 1936-1939; Capt, 1938; Staff Capt, 49 West Riding Div, York, 1939; served in Norway, 1940, and the Middle East, 1941-1942; Officer Commanding, Military Operations Section No 5, War Office, 1943-1944; Deputy Director of Military Operations, War Office, 1944-1947; Maj, 1946; honorary Brig, 1947; retired, 1947; died in 1985.
3.2.5 Provenance/source of acquisition: Presented to the Centre by the family in 1985

3.3 CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
3.3.1 Scope and content: Brief account of his life and career, 1908-1947, written in [1978].
3.3.4 Arrangement: single item

3.4 CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE
3.4.2 Access: Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a letter of introduction.
3.4.3 Copyright: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
3.4.4 Language: English
3.4.6 Finding aids: Summary Guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy.

3.6 NOTE AREA
3.6.1 Date of compilation: July 1996
3.6.2 Decorations: CBE


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