IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Burton
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: BURTON, Capt John George (1921-1978)
Date(s): Created 1943
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 files
Name of creator(s): Burton | John George | 1921-1978 | Captain
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1921; served World War Two, 1939-1945; Lt and Intelligence Officer in 41 Royal Marines Commando during the invasion of Sicily and Salerno; Capt; died 1978.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, photographs and maps relating to the invasions of Sicily and Italy, including the war diary of 41 Royal Marines Commando, 1943.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Chronologically 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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1987.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 1998