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

OWEN, Capt Hilary Dorsett, RN (1894-1980)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Owen

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

Title: OWEN, Capt Hilary Dorsett, RN (1894-1980)

Date(s): Created ND. Covers events in 1916.

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1894; attended Royal Naval Colleges, Osbourne and Dartmouth; Midshipman, 1912; served at sea in World War One, and later commanded HMS APHIS in China and HMS ROCHESTER on the Africa Station; Cdr, 1930; Naval Attaché, Lisbon, 1938-1944; SHAEF, 1944-1945; died in 1980.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copy of typescript account of Battle of Jutland, May 1916, ND.

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/top.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1980.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: CMG

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy

Places
Jutland | Denmark | Northern Europe | Western Europe | Europe