ARMSTRONG, Engineer Cdr Sidney John (fl 1921-1941)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0099 KCLMA Armstrong |
Held at | : Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma › |
Full title | : ARMSTRONG, Engineer Cdr Sidney John (fl 1921-1941) |
Date(s) | : Created [1925-1945] |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Armstrong | Sidney John | fl 1921-1941 | Engineer Commander |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Engineer, RN, 1921; Engineer Lt Cdr, 1931; Engineer Cdr, 1935; served in the Far East 1937, and in the Mediterranean, 1941.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers principally comprising text of lecture on the outbreak of hostilities between Japan and China in 1937, including a detailed account of the Battle of Shanghai as witnessed from HMS DANAE, 1937; draft of lecture recounting his experiences on board HMS DIDO during the evacuation of Crete, Apr-Jun 1941, [1945].
Access & 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 provided 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.
Finding aids:
Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk.lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1986.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
Mar 1997.
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