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

WINTERTON, Maj Gen Sir (Thomas) John (Willoughby) (1898-1987)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Winterton

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

Title: WINTERTON, Maj Gen Sir (Thomas) John (Willoughby) (1898-1987)

Date(s): Created 1970, 1972, 1980

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1898; educated at Oundle School and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; 2nd Lt, Royal Artillery, 1917; served in France, Belgium and Italy, 1917-1918; Lt, 1918; transferred to Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 1918; Adjutant, Territorial Army, 1925-1929; Capt, 1930; served in Burma, 1930-1932; General Staff Officer Grade 3, Small Arms School, India, 1933-1935; Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, India, 1935-1936; General Staff Officer Grade 2, 1938-1939; served in World War Two in North West Europe, Burma and Italy; Deputy Commissioner, Allied Commission for Austria, 1945-1949, and British High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, Austria, 1950; ADC to the King, 1948-1949; Military Governor and Commander, British/US Zone Free Territory of Trieste, 1951-1954; retired, 1955; died in 1987.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of transcript of his interview of with Professor Peter Sørenson of Aarhus University, 1970, concerning Winterton's work with the Allied Commission for Austria, 1945-1950, and in particular the origin of the Second Control Agreement, 1946, with copies of related correspondence, 1970 and 1972, and his covering letter to the Centre, 1980.

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 available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Copies made by the Centre in 1980 from originals loaned by Winterton.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Imperial War Museum holds additional papers relating to his service at Dunkirk, 1940, and in Burma, 1942-1944, and his work as Deputy Commissioner, Allied Commission for Austria, 1945-1949, British High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, Austria, 1950, and Military Governor, British/US Zone Free Territory of Trieste, 1951-1954.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: KCB, KCMG, CBE

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
East West relations | International relations
International instruments | International law
Occupied territories | Humanitarian law
Military organizations

Personal names
Sorensen | Peter | fl 1970 | Professor

Corporate names
British Army

Places
Aarhus | Denmark | Northern Europe | Western Europe | Europe
Austria | Western Europe | Europe