MOSTYN-OWEN, Col Herbert Louis (1895-1972)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Mostyn-Owen
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	: MOSTYN-OWEN, Col Herbert Louis (1895-1972)
Date(s)	: Created 1965
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	:

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1895; joined Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, 1915; served in Egypt and Palestine, 1916; Lt, 19 Lancers (Indian Army), 1917; Capt, 1920; ADC to Viceroy of India, 1922-1925; Adjutant, Viceroy's Bodyguard, 1926-1927; Commandant, Madras Bodyguard, 1931-1933; Maj, 1934; Commandant, Viceroy's Bodyguard, 1936-1942; raised and commanded 75 Cavalry, 1942-1946; died in1972.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

'India remembered', a typescript account of political and military life in India during the period 1920-1939, drawn partly from his experiences in the Indian Army, 1917-1946, written in 1965.

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

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by Mostyn-Owen in 1965.

Allied Materials

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National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Sep 1996