IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Simpson
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: SIMPSON, Lt Cdr Denis Louis (d 1987)
Date(s): Created [1940]-1946
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 reel
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CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Joined RN, 1942; served in HMS BIRMINGHAM in convoy from Egypt to Malta (Operation VIGOROUS), June 1942; served on anti-submarine trawlers in the Bay of Bengal, Madagascar and South Africa,, 1942-1946; died in 1987.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Microfilm copies of papers relating to his naval career, 1942-1946, principally comprising 'Africa Navy blues', an illustrated account of his experiences in the RN, 1942-1946, written in 1946, covering his service on HMS BIRMINGHAM in a convoy from Egypt to Malta (Operation VIGOROUS), June 1942, and on anti-submarine trawlers in the Bay of Bengal, 1942, during the Allied invasion of Madagascar, 1942, and in South Africa, 1942-1945; diary, 1943-1945. 'War time trawler', a transcript of a broadcast by James McClurg of the South African Broadcasting Corporation concerning his experiences on board an anti-submarine trawler during World War Two, written in [1940-1945].
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 reel
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 provided 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:
Detailed catalogue available 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 lent by the family in 1987.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 1996