GREY, Capt William Edward (1895-1986)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Grey, William Edward
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: GREY, Capt William Edward (1895-1986)
Date(s)	: 1916-1919
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Grey | William Edward | 1895-1986 | Captain

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1895; worked in the family firm, City Lead Works, Southwark, London; commissioned as 2 Lt, 2 Bn, City of London Regiment, Aug 1914; seconded to the War Office, 1916; served in the Aircraft Equipment Directorate, 1916-1918; resumed work in the City Lead Works; died, 1986.
Publications: The 2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War (City of London Regiment, 1929)

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to his service in the Aircraft Equipment Directorate, 1916-1918, including: correspondence, 1917-1918, relating to orders for aircraft and engines, and to production problems caused by labour disputes; notes on a strike at D Napier & Son (Acton), Aug 1917; notes on aircraft production; instructions for evacuating offices (in the Hotel Cecil, Strand, London) in the event of an air raid, 1917; detailed notes by Grey, 1918, on the expansion, 1916-1918, in aeroplane production; comic song, 1919, on the work of the contracts department.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:

English

System of arrangement:

The papers are arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies 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:

This summary guide.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Placed in the Centre by the family, 2013

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Date(s) of descriptions:
2013