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

RAE, AVM Ronald Arthur Ramsay(1910-1994)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Rae

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

Title: RAE, AVM Ronald Arthur Ramsay(1910-1994)

Date(s): Created 1994

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in Australia in 1910; educated at Lindfield Public School and Sydney High School and Technical College; served in Australian Citizens Force and then as a cadet, Royal Australian Air Force, 1930-1931; transferred to Royal Air Force, 1932; flying duties in UK and Middle East with 33 and 142 Sqns, 1932-1936; armament officer in Far East, 1938-1942; Commander, RAF Tengah, Singapore, Feb 1942; POW, 1943-1945; Gp Capt in command, Central Gunnery School, 1946; RAF Staff College, 1948; Deputy Director, Organisation (Establishment), Middle East; commanded RAF North Luffenham and RAF Oakington (206 Advanced Flying School); Commandant, Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down; Deputy Air Secretary, Air Ministry, 1957-1959; Air Officer Commanding 224 Group, Singapore, 1960; retired, 1962; died in 1994.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Memorial addresses and obituaries, 1994, including details of his service as Commander, RAF Tengah, Singapore, 1942, and his subsequent capture and imprisonment by the Japanese, 1943-1945.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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/top.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1995.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The Imperial War Museum holds a collection of Rae's papers and a taped interview.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: CB, OBE

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


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

Personal names

Corporate names
Japanese Army
RAF | Royal Air Force x Royal Air Force

Places
Tengah | Singapore | South East Asia