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

CAWTHRA, R Adm Arthur James (1911-2005)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Cawthra

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

Title: CAWTHRA, R Adm Arthur James (1911-2005)

Date(s): Created 1940-1941

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Cawthra | Arthur James | 1911-2005 | Rear Admiral

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1911; joined RN, 1930; Engineering Capt, Naval Ordnance Department, Admiralty, 1955; Imperial Defence Course, 1956; Commanding Officer of HMS FISGARD, Naval Artificers' Training Establishment, Torpoint, 1958-1960; Director of Underwater Weapons, Admiralty, 1960-1963; R Adm, 1964; Adm Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Devonport, 1964-1966; retired, 1967; died, 2005.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Three photographs of HMS ORIBI, HMS HOOD and HMS PRINCE OF WALES, 1940-1941.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English captions

System of arrangement:

1 file

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:

Summary Guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/archives, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by Cawthra in 1992.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: CB

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Photographs | Visual materials
Ships | Vehicles | Transport
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Cawthra | Arthur James | 1911-2005 | Rear Admiral

Corporate names
HMS Hood
HMS Oribi
HMS Prince of Wales
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy

Places