SAINTY, Christopher Lawrence

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Sainty
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	: SAINTY, Christopher Lawrence
Date(s)	: Created 1938-1945
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 2 files
Name of creator(s)	:

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1900; Chief Engineer and Director of Carrier Engineering Co Ltd, 1942-1944; died 1977.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript and manuscript notes, calculations and sketches made by Sainty during the designing of sand eliminators for tanks and the filtration of atmospheric air, which was extensively used in tanks for the war in North Africa, 1943-1945; leaflets and pamphlets relating to the work of Carrier Engineering Co Ltd in designing and installing filters for gas protection prior to and during World War Two, including a summary by Lt Col John Arthur Edward Heard.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in sections as above.

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 entry and detailed catalogue on-line and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Placed in the Centre by Lt Col John Arthur Edward Heard, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Carrier Engineering Co Ltd, in 1979.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Centre holds papers, dated 1939-1946, of Lt Col John Arthur Edward Heard (1907-1986)(Ref: Heard).

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Jun 1998