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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

ALLFREY, Lt Gen Sir Charles Walter (1895-1964)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Allfrey

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: ALLFREY, Lt Gen Sir Charles Walter (1895-1964)

Date(s): Created 1928-1947

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 box or 0.01 metres cubed

Name of creator(s): Allfrey | Sir | Charles Walter | 1895-1964 | Lieutenant General

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1895; educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; joined Royal Artillery, Aug 1914; served in World War One, 1914-1918; Capt, 1917; Brevet Maj, 1931; served in Northern Kurdistan, 1932; Maj, 1933; Brevet Lt Col, 1935; Col, 1939; commander of 43 Div, North Africa, 1941-1942; acting Lt Gen, 1942; commanded 5 Corps, North Africa and Italy, 1942-1944; Maj Gen and temporary Lt Gen, 1943; General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt, 1944-1948; Lt Gen, 1946; Col Commandant, Royal Artillery, 1947-1957; retired in 1948; Col Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery, 1948-1957; died in 1964.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Memoranda, 1941-1942, circulated to 43 Div by commanders of 12 Corps; transcripts of speeches by Allfrey, 1942-1944; papers relating to the Tunisian campaign, 1942-1943, including operational reports; Italian campaign, 1943-1944, including diaries; miscellaneous papers, 1943-1944, including texts of German propaganda leaflets; miscellaneous correspondence, mainly photocopies, 1942-1944; additional papers copied from scrap album, 1928-1947 including confidential report by Gen Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, 1947.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The papers are arranged chronologicaly in sections according to military service. Transcripts of speeches, miscellaneous correspondence and papers copied from the scrap album are grouped together.

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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue available on-line here and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1976.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
War | International conflicts
War propaganda | Propaganda | Persuasion | Communication process
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Allfrey | Sir | Charles Walter | 1895-1964 | Knight | Lieutenant General
Dempsey | Sir | Miles Christopher | 1896-1969 | Knight | General

Corporate names
British Army

Places
Italy | Western Europe | Europe
Tunisia | North Africa