MAN, Maj Gen Christopher Mark Morrice (1914-1989)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0099 KCLMA Man |
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 | : MAN, Maj Gen Christopher Mark Morrice (1914-1989) |
Date(s) | : Created 1945 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1914; educated at Eastbourne College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Lt, Middlesex Regt, 1936; served with 1 Bn, Middlesex Regt, 1937-1945; commanded Army Air Transport Training and Development Centre, 1953-1955; General Staff Officer Grade 1, War Office, 1955-1957; commanded Infantry Junior Leaders' Bn, 1957-1959; commanded 125 Infantry Bde(Territorial Army), 1959-1962; Head of Commonwealth Liaison Mission, UN Command, Korea and British Military Attaché, Seoul, 1962-1964; General Officer Commanding, 49 Infantry Div, Territorial Army and North Midland District, 1964-1967; Col, Middlesex Regt, 1965-1966; President, Regular Army Commission, 1967-1969; Deputy Col, Queen's Regt, 1967-1969, and Honorary Col, 1970-1971; died in 1989.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Two official Admiralty photographs of the Hong Kong Surrender Ceremony, 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 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.
Finding aids:
Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, anddetailed catalogue available 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 1990.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Imperial War Museum holds diary written as a POW, Kobe Camp, 1943-1945, and other notes concerning hisexperiences as a POW, 1942-1945. National Army Museum holds papers relating to his service with theMiddlesex Regt (Ref: 9404-9437).
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 1997
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