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MOORE, Lt Col Alleyn Cardwell (1898-1983)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Moore

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

Title: MOORE, Lt Col Alleyn Cardwell (1898-1983)

Date(s): Created 1926, 1928-1929, [1932]-1933, [1947-1953]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1898; commissioned into Indian Army, 1916; served with 4th Bn (Prince of Wales's Own), 8 Punjab Regt; Assistant Commandant, Chin Hills Bn (later 3 Chin Rifles), Burma Frontier Force, 1925-1929; Officer Commanding Military Police, Naga Hills Expedition, 1928; Commandant, Chin Hills Bn, 1932-1934, 1937-1942; Maj, 1934; died in 1983.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copies of papers relating to his service in Burma, 1926, 1928-1929, [1932]-1933, [1947-1953], principally comprising official report on the military phase of Hwekum Column operations, Burma, 15-20 Feb 1926, written by [Moore]; 'Report on the Naga Hills (Upper Chindwin) expedition for the abolition of human sacrifice', Jan- Mar 1928, written by H J Mitchell, AssistantSuperintendent, Burma Frontier Service, printed by the Government of Burma, 1928, and including a report by Moore as Officer Commanding Military Police, Naga Hills Expedition; 'Report on the Naga Hills (Upper Chindwin) expedition for the release of slaves and the suppression of human sacrificing', 1929-1929, written by Mitchell and printed by the Government of Burma, 1929; typescript noteson the Burma Rebellion, 1930-1932, written by Moore for officers of the Chin Hills Bn, [1932]; typescript 'History of the Chin Hills Bn (The Burma Regt)', 1894-1933, written by Moore in 1933; typescript history of the Chin Hills Bn, 1942-1947, written by [Moore] in[1947-1953].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

6 files

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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Immediate source of acquisition:

Copies made by the Centre from originals loaned by the family in 1984.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Colonial administration | Colonial countries | Political systems
Colonial conflicts | Colonial countries | Political systems
Colonialism | Imperialism | Political doctrines
Military police | Armed forces | State security
Police | Law enforcement | Social control, formal | Sociology
Rites | Customs and traditions | Cultural heritage
Scientific expeditions | Field work | Research work
Cultural anthropology
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Mitchell | H J | fl 1928 | colonial administrator

Corporate names
British Army
Indian Army

Places
Chin Hills | Myanmar | South East Asia
India | South Asia
Naga Hills | Asia