TYACKE, Maj Gen David Noel Hugh (b 1915)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0099 KCLMA Tyacke |
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 | : TYACKE, Maj Gen David Noel Hugh (b 1915) |
Date(s) | : Created [1970-1990] |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1915; educated at Malvern College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; commissioned into Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1935; served in India, 1936-1939, France and Belgium, 1939-1940; General Staff Officer Grade 3, HQ 4 Div, 1941-1942; Bde Maj, 1942-1943; General Staff Officer Grade 2, Long Range Penetration (LRP) force (Chindits), HQ Special Force, Burma, 1943-1945; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, General HQ, India, 1946; General Staff Officer Grade 2 War Office, 1947-1948; Maj, 1948; General Staff Officer Grade 2, Staff College, Camberley, 1949-1952; General Staff Officer Grade 1, HQ Northern Army Group, 1955-1957; Commanding Officer, 1 Bn, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1957-1959; Commander, 130 Infantry Bde (Territorial Army), 1961-1963; Director of Administrative Planning (Army), 1963-1964; Brig Gen, General Staff (Operations), Ministry of Defence, 1965-1966; Maj Gen, 1966; General Officer Commanding Singapore District, 1966-1970; retired, 1970.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Extracts from his private memoirs relating to Chindit operations in Burma, 1944-1945, written in [1970-1990].
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/top.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to to the Centre by Tyacke in 1993.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
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Date(s) of descriptions:
Oct 1996
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