ROBERTS, Sqn Ldr Cyril Edward (1909-2005)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Roberts, CE
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	: ROBERTS, Sqn Ldr Cyril Edward (1909-2005)
Date(s)	: 1963-1988
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 3 boxes or 0.03 cubic metres
Name of creator(s)	: Roberts | Cyril Edward | 1909-2005 | Squadron Leader

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1909; Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force; 1 Lincoln Regiment, Dover, 1928; Gibraltar, 1930; non-commissioned officer, Royal Army Service Corps; served in Palestine, 1938-1939; Chief Clerk of the General Staff, HQ Western Desert, 1940-1941; Staff Officer, London 1941; school teacher; died 2005.

Roberts served as confidential clerk under Gen Sir Richard O'Connor, 1937-1941 during the periods when O'Connor was Commander of 7 Infantry Division and Military Governor in Palestine, 1938-1939; Commander of the Western Desert Force in Egypt, 1940 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Troops in Egypt, 1941, until O'Connor's capture on 6 Apr 1941.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Sqn Ldr Cyril Edward Roberts comprising his memoirs [1988] covering the period 1909-1987, including his service as confidential clerk under Gen Sir Richard O'Connor, 1937-1941 in Palestine and Egypt, annotated with notes by Roberts, and personal letters from O'Connor to Roberts, 1963-1981.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Original order

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided 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, King's College London.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Received by the archive in 2001 from Roberts, and in 2005 by the family.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

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:
Feb 2008