DUNLOP, Maj Gen Dermott (1898-1980)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Dunlop
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	: DUNLOP, Maj Gen Dermott (1898-1980)
Date(s)	: [1951]
Level of description	: Collection level
Extent	: 1 file or 0.01m3
Name of creator(s)	: Dunlop | Dermott | 1898-1980 | Major General

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1898; educated Charterhouse and Sandhurst; commissioned into Royal Artillery, 1916; served in France and Flanders, 1916-1919; Regimental staff and instructional appointments, 1919-1939; Major, 1938; Lieutenant Colonel, 1939; Brigade Commander, UK, 1940-1941; Brigadier, 1941; Middle East and 8 Army, 1942-1945; Commander 2 Army Group, Royal Artillery, Tripolitania, 1947-1948; General Officer Commanding, Singapore District, 1948-1951; Member of Executive Council, Colony of Singapore, 1948-1951; Major General, 1949; retired 1951; employed at Colonial Office, 1951-1966; died 1980.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Report by Maj Gen Dermott Dunlop on 'Security of Documents', written by Dunlop when Special Security Officer, Colonial Office, [1951], consisting of a series of questions to consider about the storage, classification, and circulation of documents.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 file as above.

Conditions governing access:

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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:

No further finding aids exist.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Found in a property formerly owned by Maj Gen Dunlop.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by Mrs S M J Hobb, Oct 2005.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Decorations: CB, CBE

Rules or conventions:
Compiled by Katharine Higgon 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:
Oct 2007