IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Russell, D
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: RUSSELL, Lt Gen Sir Dudley (1896-1978)
Date(s): Created 1944
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s):
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1896; served in World War One, 1914-1918; 2nd Lt 1914; service with The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regt) [1915-1917]; Lt 1916; joined Indian Army, 1917; awarded MC, 1918; Capt, 1919; Maj, 1933; service with 6 Royal Bn (Scinde), 13 Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army, Kohat, Razmak and Ahmednager, North West Frontier, India, 1935-1939; qualified as Higher Standard Interpreter in Pashto, 1936; Lt Col, 1938; Commanding Officer, 6 Royal Bn (Scinde), 13 Frontier Force Rifles, Indian Army, 1938-1940; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; acting Col, 1940; Col, 1941; served as General Staff Officer 1, 5 Indian Div in operations clearing Italian forces from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Abyssinia,1941; present at Battle of Amba Alagi, Ethiopia, and negotiated surrender of the Italian Gen Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, Commander-in-Chief, Italian forces in East Africa, May 1941; awarded OBE, 1941; Brig, 1942; commanded 5 Indian Infantry Bde, 8 Army, Western Desert, 1942; awarded DSO, 1942; present at Second Battle of El Alamein, Oct 1942; commanded 8 Indian Div in Italy, 1943-1945; awarded CBE, 1944; Maj Gen, 1945; awarded CB, 1945; acting Lt Gen, 1947; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Delhi and East Punjab Command of Indian Army, 1947; Chief British Adviser to the Indian Army, 1948-1954; created KBE, 1950; Lt Gen, 1954; retired, 1954; died in 1978.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Photocopy of '8 Indian Div newsletter', consisting of an account of the division's activities in Italy and lists of staff and awards, Mar-Nov 1944.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
single item
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 available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/htm.top and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Copy made by the Centre in 1983 from original loaned by Brig Brian Mortimer Archibald (1906-1993), after whom the collection was named until Nov 1999.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Decorations: KBE, CB, DSO, MC
Date(s) of descriptions: Nov 1999