IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Buxton
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: BUXTON, Brig St John Dudley (1891-1981)
Date(s): Created [1970-1979]
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres
Name of creator(s): Buxton | St John Dudley | 1891-1981 | Brigadier | surgeon and writer
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1891; educated at St Peter's College, Radley and University College Hospital; served with BEF in France, 1914-1915, and Salonika Expeditionary Force, 1915-1918; appointed to staff of King's College Hospital, 1922; served in BEF, 1940; Brig, 1941; Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Middle East Force, 1941-1942 and later Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon to the Army; retired, 1952; died in 1981.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Various typescript texts written under the pen-name John Harley, namely 'Journeys in khaki', an illustrated memoir covering his life and career, 1914-1942, notably his service with the BEF in France, 1914-1915, and 1940 and with the Middle East Force, 1941-1942, written in 1975; 'A doctor went to the wars', an account of his experiences during 1914-1918 and 1939-1942, written in 1976; two texts entitled 'The development of the ambulance' and 'Human mobility', [1970-1979].
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in sections 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:
Summary guide available 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 1981.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The Royal College of Surgeons holds additional papers, including war diaries.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997