IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): ACC/0988
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MIDDLESEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Date(s): 1940
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Teychenne | Major | C J | fl 1940 | army officer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Major W H Morgan appears to have served with the 711 (Middlesex County Council) Company, Royal Engineers, during the First World War.
Iceland was occupied by British forces in May 1940 despite its neutrality. It was considered strategically important for control of the Atlantic and the battle against U-boat attacks on convoys.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Book about Iceland sent to Major W H Morgan, DSO, County Engineer and Surveyor, Middlesex County Council, from the "officers, NCO's [non commissioned officers] and men of 711 (Middlesex County Council) Company, Royal Engineers", 1940. Enclosed is a covering letter from Major C J Teychenne, Officer in Command, who describes the activities of the company in Iceland and asks for any news from Middlesex.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One volume.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1968 (Acc/0988).
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2009