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

BOLITHO, Capt Richard John Bruce (1889-1965)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Bolitho

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

Title: BOLITHO, Capt Richard John Bruce (1889-1965)

Date(s): [1962], (covers 1915-1944)

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Bolitho | Richard John Bruce | 1889-1965 | Captain

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1889; educated at Wellington College and Birmingham University; entered the Army through the Devon Militia in 1910; 2nd Lt, Devonshire Regt, 1912; served in France and Belgium with Devonshire Regt, Royal Flying Corps and Army Signal Service, 1914-1918; Lt, 1915; Capt, 1918; Experimental Officer at Signals Experimental Establishment, Woolwich, 1919; joined Royal Signals Corps, 1921; retired, 1923; served in World War Two; seconded to RN, 1942-1946; died in 1965.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Proof copy of article on his military career, 1915-1944, notably concerning his experiments with the transmission and interception of wireless messages and radar, [1962].

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:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1990.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Radar | Measuring instruments | Scientific equipment | Equipment
TV/radio equipment | Broadcasting equipment
Wireless telegraphy | Broadcasting technology
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Bolitho | Richard John Bruce | 1889-1965 | Captain

Corporate names
British Army
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy
Royal Flying Corps

Places