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 Balfour

3.1.2 Title: BALFOUR, R Adm George Ian Mackintosh (1912-1999)

3.1.3 Dates of creation of material: 1944

3.1.4 Level of description: collection level

3.1.5 Extent: 0.5 box or 0.005m3

3.2 CONTEXT

3.2.2 Biographical history: Born in 1912; educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, joined Royal Navy in 1925; served in China, 1930-1932 and South Africa, 1935-1937; commanded destroyers during World War Two on various stations; served in the Mediterranean, 1948; Far East, 1949-1950 and USA, 1951-1953; Capt (D), 2 Destroyer Flotilla, 1956-1958, Director of Officer Appointments, 1958-1959 and Senior Naval Member, Imperial Defence College, 1960-1963; retired in 1963.

3.2.5 Provenance/source of acquisition: Placed in the Centre by Balfour in 1990.

3.3 CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

3.3.1 Scope and content: Photocopies of reports relating to the role of HMS SCOURGE in Operations NEPTUNE and OVERLORD, Jun 1944.

3.3.4 Arrangement: arranged chronologically

3.4 CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE

3.4.2 Access: Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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 College Archivist.

3.4.4 Language: English

3.4.6 Finding aids: Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

3.1 ALLIED MATERIALS

[3.5.1 Location of originals : The originals are retained by R Adm Balfour.]

3.6 NOTE AREA

3.6.1 Date of compilation: June 1996

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