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CHAPMAN, Lt Col Godfrey Percival (1899-1982)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Chapman

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: CHAPMAN, Lt Col Godfrey Percival (1899-1982)

Date(s): Created [1942]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Chapman | Godfrey Percival | 1899-1982 | Lieutenant Colonel

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1899; 2nd Lt, Royal Artillery, 1919; Lt, 1921; Lt Instructor in Gunnery, Northern Command, 1932; Capt, 1932; Capt Instructor in Gunnery, Northern Command, 1932-1934; Instructor in Gunnery, Malta, 1935-1937; Instructor in Gunnery, School of Anti-Aircraft Defence, 1937-1939; Maj, 1938; served in World War Two with Royal Artillery in North Africa; Wg Cdr, RAF Regt, 1946; Senior Regt Officer in charge of Ground Defence, HQ Air Command, Far East, 1948; Gp Capt, 1950; retired 1952; died in 1982.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Five sketch maps showing British, USA and French troop movements in North Africa, [1942].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English captions

System of arrangement:

1 file

Conditions governing access:

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

Conditions governing reproduction:

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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1984.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: DSO, MC

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Maps | Visual materials
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Chapman | Godfrey Percival | 1899-1982 | Lieutenant Colonel

Corporate names
British Army
French Army
US Army

Places
North Africa