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

HUMPHREYS, Lt Leonard E


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Humphreys L E

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

Title: HUMPHREYS, Lt Leonard E

Date(s): Created [1964-1982]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Served in France and Belgium with Royal Field Artillery, 1916-1918; Lt, 1918; served Second World War in North Africa and Middle East.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript account of his service in France and with A Battery, 190 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, 8 Jun 1917 and 1 Mar-5 Apr 1918, notably action at Messines, 8 Jun 1917, and the defence of Bucquoy, Mar 1918, including copies of extracts from his diary, with particular reference to the death of Maj Geoffrey Neame, written in [1964-1982].

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 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 Humphreys in 1982.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The Imperial War Museum and Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich hold papers relating to his service in World War One and World War Two. Durham University Library (Oriental Studies Section) holds a small collection relating to his service in Sudan and Eritrea during World War Two. University of British Columbia, Vancouver holds a small collection relating to hisservice in World War One.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Artillery | Weapons | Military equipment | Equipment
Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Primary documents

Personal names
Neame | Geoffrey | d 1918 | Major

Corporate names

Places
Bucquoy | France | Western Europe | Europe
Messines | France | Western Europe | Europe