GOLD, Col Philip Roland (1912-2002)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Gold
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	: GOLD, Col Philip Roland (1912-2002)
Date(s)	: 1992 (1942)
Level of description	: Collection level (Fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Gold | Philip Roland | 1912-2002 | Colonel

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1912; commissioned into Royal Artillery, 2 Lt, 1932; Lt, 1935; Capt, 1940; served in Singapore, 1942; Served with Indian Corps, 1943-1944; Maj, 1946; Instructor, Infantry School, Tactical Wing, 1949; Ministry of Supply, 1952-1954; Lt Col 1954; Col 1958; Chief Instructor, School of Artillery, 1958; Died 2002.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of personal account by Colonel Philip Roland Gold of his escape from Singapore, 13 Feb - 8 April 1942, including vivid descriptions of: street fighting; the chaos of evacuation and lack of boats; the commandeering of a Chinese fishing boat by Gold and subsequent difficulties steering the vessel, ensuring provisions lasted and keeping up morale; crossing the Sumatran jungle, Indonesia, in canoe and on foot; negotiations with villagers for assistance; evacuation to Padang, Indonesia; journey from Padang to India on Royal Navy Cruiser HOBART.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 file

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a two forms of identification.

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 Archives and Information Management.

Finding aids:

Collection level description

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Placed in centre by family May 2003

Allied Materials

Related material:

Papers of Capt Norman Alexander Barber include material relating to Barber's time as a Japanese POW in Changi POW Camp, Singapore, 1942-1945; papers of Lt Col Noel James include account of his experiences during the Japanese attack on Singapore and his subsequent escape to Sumatra, Jan-Feb 1942; papers of Megan Spooner include material on life in Singapore, 1941-1942

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Army Lists; Compiled by James Pugh, March 2004.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD (G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
March 2004