MORRIS, Lt Col Richard Quintin Mull (1931-2000)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0099 KCLMA Morris, R Q M |
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 | : MORRIS, Lt Col Richard Quintin Mull (1931-2000) |
Date(s) | : 1974, 1994, 2001 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 5 files or 0.01m3 |
Name of creator(s) | : Morris | Richard Quintin Mull | 1931-2000 | Lieutenant Colonel |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1931; graduated from Sandhurst, 1952; commissioned into 3 Hussars as 2 Lieutenant, 1952; Lieutenant, 1954; seconded to Federation Armoured Car Regiment, Special Military Forces, Malaya, 1955; Captain, 1958; joined 16/5 Queen's Royal Lancers, 1958; Major, 1965; Lieutenant Colonel, 1973; posted to Cyprus, 1974; retired c 1985; Commander, Devon and Cornwall Training Area; died, 2000.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Lt Col Richard Morris relating to his service with 16/5 Queen's Royal Lancers, Cyprus, 1974, including: daily situation reports to UNFICYP (United Nations Force in Cyprus) Headquarters; official war diary for A Sqn, 16/5 Queen's Royal Lancers, Cyprus, 15 Jul-16 Sep 1974; copies of The Lancer, regimental magazine, Aug 1974 and Sep 1974; copy of Battle, Sep 1974, including article on British bases in Cyprus; copy of Soldier, Sep 1974, including article on Cyprus evacuation; correspondence, 1994, regarding events in Cyprus, 1974; `Eyewitness: the Nicosia airport incident of 1974; a peacekeeping gamble', by Francis Henn, International Peacekeeping, Spring 1994, with detailed annotations by Richard Morris; obituary for Richard Morris, from The Vedette, the regimental magazine of the Queen's Royal Lancers, Spring 2001.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As above in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification.
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 Archives and Information Management.
Finding aids:
Summary guide entry on-line.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Centre by the family, July 2001
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Katharine Higgon.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Sept 2007
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