IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Ellwood
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: ELLWOOD, Capt Michael Oliver Dundas, RN (b 1894)
Date(s): Created 1955
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s):
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1894; educated at Cheam School, Surrey, and Royal Naval Colleges, Osbourne and Dartmouth; entered RN, 1907; Lt, 1916; Cdr, 1929; retired 1934; rejoined as Capt, 1939; Naval Liaison Officer to Resident Minister for West Africa, 1943-1944; Maintenance Capt, on staff of Flag Officer Commanding West Africa, 1944-1945; Officer Commanding, Anthorn Naval AirStation, 1945-1946; Naval Control of Shipping Officer, 1952; Staff Officer (Trade) to the Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic Area during NATO Exercise LIFELINE.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Bound copy of typescript memoir entitled 'Rejoining the Navy', giving a brief summary of his life and career, 1933-1955, and a detailed account of his role as Staff Officer (Trade) to the Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic Area during Exercise LIFELINE, a NATO exercise in naval control of shipping, 1955.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
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 entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published in hard copy.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Centre by Derek Law in 1989.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Department of Documents, Imperial War Museum (Ref: PP/MCR/229).
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 1996