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

PROCTER, Maj John Harold (1917-1950)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Procter

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

Title: PROCTER, Maj John Harold (1917-1950)

Date(s): Created 1944-1945, 1950, 1992

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1917; 2nd Lt, North Lancashire Regt (Loyal Regt), 1937; Lt, 1940; served with 2 Bn, North Lancashire Regt, China and Singapore; commanded newly formed Carrier platoon, Singapore; served with independent company on special mission in Sarawak; POW, 1942-1945, in Keijo (Seoul), Korea and later Japan; commanded Support Company, 2 Bn, North Lancashire Regt, Austria; seconded to 2 Bn, Malay Regt, 1949; died in plane crash, Kelantan, Malaysia, 1950.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to his service in the Far East in 1942-1945 and 1950, dated 1942-1945 and 1950, principally comprising two photograph albums of Keijo (Seoul) POW camp, 1942-1944; copy of obituary from The Lancashire Lad, North Lancashire Regt (Loyal Regt) journal (Dec 1950); copy of covering letter to the Centre from Joan Procter (Procter's sister), 1992.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and Korean

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 entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1992.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Photographs | Visual materials
Republic | Political systems
War | International conflicts
War prisoners | War victims | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names
Proctor | Joan | fl 1992 | sister of Major John Harold Proctor

Corporate names

Places
China | East Asia
Keijo | Korea | East Asia
Lancashire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Seoul | Korea R | East Asia