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

MAN, Maj Gen Christopher Mark Morrice (1914-1989)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Man

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

Title: MAN, Maj Gen Christopher Mark Morrice (1914-1989)

Date(s): Created 1945

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1914; educated at Eastbourne College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Lt, Middlesex Regt, 1936; served with 1 Bn, Middlesex Regt, 1937-1945; commanded Army Air Transport Training and Development Centre, 1953-1955; General Staff Officer Grade 1, War Office, 1955-1957; commanded Infantry Junior Leaders' Bn, 1957-1959; commanded 125 Infantry Bde(Territorial Army), 1959-1962; Head of Commonwealth Liaison Mission, UN Command, Korea and British Military Attaché, Seoul, 1962-1964; General Officer Commanding, 49 Infantry Div, Territorial Army and North Midland District, 1964-1967; Col, Middlesex Regt, 1965-1966; President, Regular Army Commission, 1967-1969; Deputy Col, Queen's Regt, 1967-1969, and Honorary Col, 1970-1971; died in 1989.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Two official Admiralty photographs of the Hong Kong Surrender Ceremony, 1945.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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/lhcma/top.htm, anddetailed catalogue available 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 the family in 1990.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Imperial War Museum holds diary written as a POW, Kobe Camp, 1943-1945, and other notes concerning hisexperiences as a POW, 1942-1945. National Army Museum holds papers relating to his service with theMiddlesex Regt (Ref: 9404-9437).

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Photographs | Visual materials
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Peace

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
China | East Asia
Hong Kong | East Asia
Japan | East Asia