IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 842
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Ferryman, Col Eric Edward Mockler-
Date(s): 1973
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 5 bundles
Name of creator(s): Ferryman | Eric Edward Mockler- | 1896-1978 | Colonel | botanist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Eric Edward Mockler-Ferryman was born on 27 June 1896 at Maidstone, Kent. After attending the Wellington Royal Military Academy he joined the Royal Artillery in 1915. During the First World War he served in France and Flanders. In 1919 he was promoted to the rank of Captain. Between the wars he served with the army in Ireland and Australia. Early in the Second World War he served in military intelligence and was promoted to Brigadier in August 1940 to head the intelligence branch of General Headquarters Home Forces. He served in the intelligence branch of General Eisenhower's Anglo-American Army and the Special Operations Executive, where he became its director of operations in North West Europe. After the war he had a spell with the Allied Control Commission in Hungary from 1945 to 1946. He retired from the army in 1947. He was awarded a CBE in 1941 as well as high orders from the United States, Belgium, France and Holland. He received an honorary MA from the University of London. He died in 1978.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
An unpublished typescript of an anthology of verse and prose on wild flowers written by Eric Edward Mockler-Ferryman in 1973.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
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Conditions governing access:
Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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A gift of Mockler-Ferryman, December 1974.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999-09-02 Simon McKeon