IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB0099 KCLMA Dawson
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: DAWSON, Gp Capt Montagu Ellis Hawkins (1919-2003)
Date(s): 1940-2003
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 file or 0.01m3
Name of creator(s): Dawson | Montagu Ellis Hawkins | 1919-2003 | Group Captain
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1919; joined RAF Volunteer Reserves, 1939; navigator, No 78 Squadron and No 79 Squadron, 1940-1941; Pilot Officer, 1941; navigation instructor, 1942; Navigation Leader, 196 Squadron, 1943; Pathfinder Squadron, Sept 1944; Flight Lieutenant, 1946; RAF Transport Command, 1946-1948; Air Ministry, 1948-1950; Staff College, 1950; Exchange Officer, Washington DC, USA, 1953; Wing Commander (Operations), 1957; Singapore, 1960; staff appointments, Ministry of Defence; Group Captain, 1969; commander, RAF Gaydon, Warwickshire and RAF Finningley, Yorkshire, 1969-1971; chairman, Tactical Air Group, Mutual Balanced Force Reduction talks, NATO, Brussels, 1971-1974; retired, 1974; worked for British Aerospace, Lancashire, 1974-1986; died 2003.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to the military career of Gp Capt Montague Ellis Dawson, 1940-2003, including copies of three letters home describing bombing raids, 1940; account, 'The raid on the SCHARNHORST, La Pallice, 24th July 1941', describing a daylight bomb attack on the German cruiser SCHARNHORST for which Dawson was awarded the DFM, with annotated sketch map and navigation log relating to the raid, Jul 1941, and two letters from Harry Drummond, the pilot of the raid, 1970; essay 'An outline of my service experience and some lessons from it', prepared for a course at RAF Staff College, Bracknell, 1950; reminiscences for Dawson's 50th wedding anniversary, including list of Dawson's various postings; copy of obituary, 2003. Also typescript memoir by J Ralph Wood: 'My War Memories', detailing career in the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1939-1944.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
In sections as above.
Conditions governing access:
In order to view archive material you will need to sign a reader's undertaking form and provide appropriate ID.
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 Archives and Information Management.
Finding aids:
No further finding aids.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Centre by the family, May 2004.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Some original material has been retained by the family.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Katharine Higgon.
Date(s) of descriptions: April 2008