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

MANLY, Maj Laurence Arthur (b 1899)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Manly

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

Title: MANLY, Maj Laurence Arthur (b 1899)

Date(s): Created 1940

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1899; 2nd Lt, Lancashire Fusiliers, 1917; served in France and Belgium, 1918; Lt, 1919; served with Indian Signal Corps, 1924-1928; Capt, 1930; Staff Officer, India, 1930-1932; Adjutant, 1933-1936; Garrison Adjutant, 1937-1940; Maj, 1938; served in France, 1940.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Photocopy of typescript account of service of 2 Lancashire Fusiliers in France and Belgium, 14 May-2 Jun1940, notably their evacuation from Dunkirk, 30 May-2 Jun 1940, dated 14 Jun 1940.

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 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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by Manly in 1985.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Battle of France (1940) | World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Memoirs | Documents | Information sources
War | International conflicts
International relations
Military organizations
Primary documents

Personal names

Corporate names
British Army

Places
Belgium | Western Europe | Europe
Dunkirk | France | Western Europe | Europe