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GAVIN, Maj Gen James Merricks Lewis (1911-2000)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Gavin

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

Title: GAVIN, Maj Gen James Merricks Lewis (1911-2000)

Date(s): Created 1942

Level of description:

Extent: 0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres

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CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1911; educated at Uppingham School, Royal Military Academy and Trinity College, Cambridge; 2 Lt, Royal Engineers, 1931; member of the Mount Everest expedition, 1936; instructor, Royal Military Academy, 1938; Capt, 1939; served during World War Two in the Far East, Middle East, Italy and France, including special operations; member of the British Joint ServicesCommission, Washington, 1948-1951; Commanding Officer, 1951-1953; Col, Staff College, Camberley, 1953-1955; British Army of the Rhine, 1956-1958; Commandant, Intelligence Centre, Maresfield, 1958-1961; Maj Gen, 1964; Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence),Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe, 1964-1967; Col Commandant, Royal Engineers, 1968-1973; died in Aug 2000.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Report by Gavin on 101 Special Training School, 1942, including details of its formation, organisation, training and operations in the Far East, May 1941-Mar 1942. The School aimed to train all types of personnel, whether military, civilian, European or native, in irregular warfare.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Single item

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 entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top, anddetailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Placed in the Centre by Maj Gen James Gavin in 1991.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Guerilla activities | Political movements
Military education | Higher science education
Special forces | Armed forces | State security
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Gavin | James Merricks Lewis | 1911-2000 | Major General

Corporate names

Places
China | East Asia