MACDONALD, V Adm Sir Roderick Douglas (1921-2001)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Macdonald
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	: MACDONALD, V Adm Sir Roderick Douglas (1921-2001)
Date(s)	: Created 1965-1967
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	:

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1921; entered RN, 1939; took part in Fleet and Convoy operations, Atlantic, Norway, Mediterranean, Eastern Fleet, East Coast and Normandy, 1939-1945; commanded HMS LEEDS CASTLE, 1953; Senior Officer, 104 Mine-Sweeping Sqn and HMS WALKERTON, 1957; Commander, Sea Training, 1959; commanded HMS FALMOUTH, 1961; Commander, Naval Forces and Joint Force Commander, Borneo, 1965; Captain (D), Londonderry Sqn, 1968, and First Frigate Sqn, Far East, 1969; Captain of the Fleet, 1970; commanded HMS Bristol, 1972; Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command, 1973-1976; ADC to the Queen, 1975;Chief of Staff to Commander, Allied Naval Force Southern Europe, 1976-1979; retired, 1979. Died 2001.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to his service in Borneo, 1965-1966, dated 1965-1967, principally comprising notes on his visit to Tawau Naval Station, Sabah, Malaysia, 4-7 Oct 1965, written on 7 Oct 1965; directive from Maj Gen George Harris Lea, Director of Borneo Operations, outlining Macdonald's responsibilities as Commander, Naval Forces, Borneo, 6 Jan 1966; report to Commander FarEast Fleet on naval operations in Borneo, 1963-1966, written in 1966.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 file

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

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Placed in the Centre by Macdonald in 1994.

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:
Mar 1997