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

THORNYCROFT, Capt Nigel Mytton (fl.1944-45)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Thornycroft, N M

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

Title: THORNYCROFT, Capt Nigel Mytton (fl.1944-45)

Date(s): 1944-1945

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 box (0.01 cubic metres)

Name of creator(s): Thornycroft | Nigel Mytton | fl.1944-45

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Son of Lt Col Charles Mytton Thornycroft CBE, DSO; born before 1914, probably in Hereford; served with 7th Bn, Norfolk Regt (Territorial Army), 1939-45. captured when serving with Reconnaissance Platoon, 7th Norfolks, Normandy, 1940, and transferred to Prisoner of War Camp OFLAG VIIB; escaped from OFLAG VIIB, 1944, and spent 12 days on the run; captured by Gestapo and spent 100 days in Gestapo prison, died in Zimbabwe, early 1990s.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Photocopy of memoir 'Wartime Escapes' includes account of escape from OFLAG VIIB, May 1944, twelve days on the run, recapture, and three months of solitary confinement in a Gestapo prison

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single 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.

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Photocopy presented by family, Nov 1999

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Original memoir retained by family

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON holds photocopies of letters from his father Lt Col Charles Mytton Thornycroft (1879-1948) on service in South Africa, 1900-1902

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Biographical information from family. Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.