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

DRAKE, Col Francis ([1896]-1993)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Drake

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

Title: DRAKE, Col Francis ([1896]-1993)

Date(s): Created [1944]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in [1896]; Deputy Provost Marshal, 2 Army, UK and Normandy, 1943-1944; died in 1993.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Photocopy of account of the planning and execution of the invasion of Normandy in 1944 from the point of view of the Deputy Provost Marshal, 2 Army, covering the period 1943-1944, with particular reference to the role of the military police.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

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 provided forresearch use only. Requests to publish original material should besubmitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for MilitaryArchives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre in 1994.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: OBE, MC

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Military police | Armed forces | State security
Operation Overlord (1944) | Military operations | Military engineering
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
British Army

Places
Normandy | France | Western Europe | Europe