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

MEAD, Lt Col Clement Alfred (1899-1986)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Mead

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

Title: MEAD, Lt Col Clement Alfred (1899-1986)

Date(s): Created 1946

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1899; commissioned into Royal Engineers, 1919; Lt, 1921; Capt, 1930; Maj, 1938; served in World War Two in Malaya; held as POW by Japanese, 1942-1945; died in 1986.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of affidavit 'In the matter of war crimes committed by Japanese nationals and in the matter of ill-treatment of prisoners of war (civilian internees) at Heito, Formosa, Prisoner of War Camp', describing his experiences as a POW in Formosa (Taiwan) and China, 1942-1945, 1946.

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 the family in 1987.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
War | International conflicts
War crimes | Humanitarian law
War prisoners | War victims | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
British Army
Heito POW Camp | Taiwan

Places
China | East Asia
Taiwan | East Asia