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 Bearne

3.1.2 Title: BEARNE, AVM Guy (1908-2005)

3.1.3 Dates of creation of material: [1980]-1985

3.1.4 Level of description: collection level

3.1.5 Extent: 2 files

3.2 CONTEXT

3.2.2 Biographical history: Born in 1908; commissioned into RAF, 1929; served in various bomber squadrons, 1930-1933; attended specialist armament course, 1933; armament duties, 1934-1944; served in Iraq, 1937-1939; Bomber Command, RAF, 1939-1940 and 1944-1945; Air Ministry, 1940-1942; Flying Training Command, RAF, 1942-1944; Staff Officer in charge of administration, RAF Malaya, 1946; Joint Services Staff College, 1947; Deputy Director of Organisation (Projects), Air Ministry, 1947-1949; Commander, Central Gunnery School, 1949-1951; Senior Air Staff Officer, Rhodesian Air Training Group, 1951-1952; Air Officer Commanding, Rhodesian Air Training Group, 1953; Director of Organisation (Establishments), Air Ministry, 1954-1956; Air Officer in Charge of Administration, Technical Training Command, 1956-1961; retired, 1961.

3.2.5 Provenance/source of acquisition: Copies made by the Centre in 1992 from originals loaned by Bearne.

3.3 CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

3.3.1 Scope and content: Copy of detailed memoir, 'From air to chair', covering his RAF career, 1929-1961, including sections on his RAF training, bomber squadron service, 1930-1933, armament training and duties, 1933-1944 and service in Iraq, 1937-1939, Bomber Command, 1939-1940, the Air Ministry, 1940, 1947-1949 and 1954-1956, Malaya, 1946, Joint Services Staff College, 1947, Central Gunnery School, 1949-1951, Rhodesian Air Training Group, 1951-1953 and Technical Training Command, 1956-1961, written in 1985. Copy of chapter of personal family history giving an account of his father, Lt Col Lewis Collinwood Bearne, during the period 1878-1918, including his service in the Boer War and World War One, [1980-1985].

3.3.4 Arrangement: 2 files

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: Summary guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy.

3.6 NOTE AREA

3.6.1 Date of compilation: Aug 1996

3.6.2 Decorations: CB

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