BALFOUR, R Adm George Ian Mackintosh (b 1912)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Balfour
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	: BALFOUR, R Adm George Ian Mackintosh (b 1912)
Date(s)	: Created 1944
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 0.05 box or 0.05 cubic metres
Name of creator(s)	: Balfour | George Ian Mackintosh | b 1912 | Rear Admiral

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1912; educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, joined Royal Navy in 1925; served in China, 1930-1932 and South Africa, 1935-1937; commanded destroyers during World War Two on various stations; served in the Mediterranean, 1948; Far East, 1949-1950 and USA, 1951-1953; Capt (D), 2 Destroyer Flotilla, 1956-1958, Director of Officer Appointments, 1958-1959 and Senior Naval Member, Imperial Defence College, 1960-1963; retired in 1963.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Photocopies of reports relating to the role of HMS SCOURGE in Operations NEPTUNE and OVERLORD, Jun 1944, France.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

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.

Finding aids:

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.and

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Placed in the Centre by Balfour in 1990.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Jun 1996