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

PHILLPOTTS, Adm Edward Montgomery (1871-1951)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Phillpotts

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

Title: PHILLPOTTS, Adm Edward Montgomery (1871-1951)

Date(s): Created 1930, ND

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s):

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1871; served in Benin, West Africa, 1897; Superintendent of Signals Schools, 1911; Naval Assistant to 2nd Sea Lord, 1916; served in World War One, 1914-1917; commanded HMS WARSPITE in Battle of Jutland, 1916; R Adm, 1918; President of Ordnance Committee, 1920-1923; retired list, 1923; died in 1951.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Copies of papers relating to his naval career, 1886, 1890 and 1916, some dated 1930, principally comprising an undated account of the role of HMS WARSPITE in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May-1 Jun 1916, written by Cdr Humphrey Walwyn.

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 entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/htm.top

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe in 1986.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 1997


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

Personal names
Walwyn | Sir | Humphrey Thomas | 1879-1957 | [Knight] | Vice Admiral and colonial governor

Corporate names
HMS Warspite
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy

Places
Jutland | Denmark | Northern Europe | Western Europe | Europe
North Sea