SANDERS, Lt Col Samuel George Harrison (1871-1954)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Sanders
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	: SANDERS, Lt Col Samuel George Harrison (1871-1954)
Date(s)	: Created 1911-1966
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 2 files
Name of creator(s)	:

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1871; served in ranks, 4 (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, [1887-1902]; service in Rawalpindi, India, 1894-1906; commissioned as Riding Master and Hon Lt, 4 (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards, 1902; served in South Africa, 1906-1908; responsible for providing horses for foreign representatives at the Coronation of HM King George V, 1911; Hon Capt, 1912; served in World War One, 1914-1918; Superintendent, Army Remount Service, No 3 Depot, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 1914-1920; Maj, 1917; service with 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards, 1922-1928; retired 1928; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; attached to Animal Defence League and organised evacuation of animals from London to the country, 1940; Commanding Officer, 28 Bn, (Wandsworth), County of London, Local Defence Volunteers (LDV, later Home Guard), 1940-1942; Polo Secretary, Ranelagh Club, Fulham, London; died 1954.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to Sanders' life and military career, 1911-1966, including five letters of appreciation, 1911-1927, mostly relating to Sanders' work as Superintendent, Army Remount Service, No 3 Depot, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 1914-1920, notably typescript letter from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, 3 Jun 1918; manuscript letter to Sanders from Lt Gen Adrian Carton de Wiart, from Rome, Italy, relating to his capture and imprisonment by Italian forces, 10 Aug 1941; painting of final mounted parade, 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards, Edinburgh, 15 Aug 1938; edition of Wandsworth Borough News, with photograph and article on the 28 Bn, (Wandsworth), County of London, Home Guard, commanded by Sanders, 26 Sep 1941.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

2 files

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 available on-line and in hard copy in the reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in three accessions in 1985 and 1986.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Sep 1999