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BLAKISTON-HOUSTON, Lt Col John Matthew (1898-1984)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Blakiston-Houston

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

Title: BLAKISTON-HOUSTON, Lt Col John Matthew (1898-1984)

Date(s): Created 1947

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Houston | John Matthew | Blakiston- | 1898-1984 | Lieutenant Colonel

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1898; educated at Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into 11 Hussars, 1916; seconded to 13 Bn, Royal Tank Corps, 1917-1919; served in France, 1918; served in Egypt, 1919-1921 and India 1921-1925; Capt, 11 Hussars, 1924; ADC to Governor General and Commander-in Chief of Australia, 1929-1930; Adjutant, Cheshire Yeomanry, 1931-1935; retired, 1935; reemployed as Maj, 11 Hussars, 1939; served in Egypt, 1939-1941; Lt Col, 1941; commanded Southern Rhodesian Armoured Car Regt in East Africa, 1941-1942; retired, 1943; died in 1984.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Detailed memoir, 'I'd live it again', covering his life and military career, 1898-1945, notably his service in France, 1918, Egypt, 1919-1921 and 1939-1941 and East Africa, 1941-1942, written in 1947 and privately published in pamphlet form.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item

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:

Presented to the Centre in 1983 by Blakiston-Houston.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armoured warfare | Warfare | Military engineering
Memoirs | Documents | Information sources
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Primary documents

Personal names
Houston | John Matthew | Blakiston- | 1898-1984 | Lieutenant Colonel x Blakiston-Houston | John Matthew

Corporate names

Places
Australia | Oceania
Egypt | North Africa
France | Western Europe | Europe
East Africa