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

HENNIKER, Brig Sir Mark Chandos Auberon, Bt (1906-1991)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Henniker

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

Title: HENNIKER, Brig Sir Mark Chandos Auberon, Bt (1906-1991)

Date(s): Created 1942-1945, [1983]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1906; educated at Marlborough College, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and King's College, Cambridge; commissioned into Royal Engineers, 1926; Lt, 1927; served in India, 1928-1934, including Mohmand Campaign, 1933; Capt, 1936; served in UK, 1937-1939 and France, 1939-1940; Commander, Royal Engineers, 1 Airborne Div, 1942; served in North Africa, 1943, Italy, 1943, North West Europe, 1944-1945, and India, 1946-1947; publication of Memoirs of a junior officer (William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1951); Commander, 63 Gurkha Infantry Bde, Malaya, 1952-1955; Brig, 1955; publication of Red shadow over Malaya (William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1955); Commander, Royal Engineers, 1 British Corps, Egypt, 1956; publication of Life in the Army today (Cassell and Co, London, 1957; retired in 1958; Honorary Col, Parachute Engineer Regt, 1959-1968; Honorary Col, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1964-1968; died in 1991.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers, mostly photocopies, relating to Operation FRESHMAN, an abortive British-Norwegian assault on a heavy water plant at Vemork, Norway, Nov 1942, written in 1942-1945 and [1983], notably operation orders, Nov 1942; letter to Maj Pardon, dated Jul 1945, giving extracts from Henniker's report on the operation, written in [1942]; summary of information received about the movements of personnel from the crashed gliders, Jun 1945.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Mostly English, but some German (with English translation)

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 entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm,and published 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 1992.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Aircraft | Vehicles | Transport
Amphibious warfare | Warfare | Military engineering
Operation Freshman (1942) | Military operations | Military engineering
Special forces | Armed forces | State security
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Pardon | fl 1945 | Major

Corporate names

Places
Vemork | Norway | Northern Europe | Western Europe | Europe