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DANIELL, Brigadier Robert Bramston Thesiger (1901-1996)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Daniell

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

Title: DANIELL, Brigadier Robert Bramston Thesiger (1901-1996)

Date(s): c 1979

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Daniell | Robert Bramston Thesiger | 1901-1996 | Brigadier

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1901; passed out of the Royal Military Academy, 1920; joined 1st Battery, Royal Artillery, served in India, 1920-1928; posted to 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and, as a jockey, twice won the Gunner Gold Cup at Sandown; rejoined regiment in 1937 and served in Palestine; Battle of Sidi Barrani, 1940; second in command of South Nottinghamshire Hussars, 1940, and served in North Africa; sole survivor of Battle of the Cauldron, Gazala Bir Hachem, Libya, 1942; command of 3rd Royal Horse Artillery, 1942; command of 13th Honourable Artillery C, Royal Horse Artillery, 1943; served in Normandy landings, France, Belgium, Holland and northern Germany, 1943-1945; helped liberate Belsen concentration camp, 1945; held commands with Norfolk and Kent regiments, 1945-51; appointed to the Sovereign's Body Guard as a Gentleman at Arms, 1951-1971; died 1996.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Bound photocopy typescript of "Memories of the long and happy life of Robert Bramston Thesiger Daniell, Brigadier, Royal Horse Artillery", a memoir of his life and career, 1901-1979, notably his wartime service in Palestine, Egypt and Libya, 1940-1942, and in Western Europe, 1943-1945, where he helped liberate Belsen concentration camp, in 1945.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

single volume

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a letter of introduction.

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 Archives and Corporate Records Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection level description

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Acquired by the Centre in 2001.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

The Imperial War Museum and the Naval and Military Club also hold copies of the memoir

Related material:

The Imperial War Museum holds typescript accounts of Daniell's experiences as second-in-command of South Nottinghamshire Hussars during the Siege of Tobruk, February 1941; the Battle of Cauldron in the Western Desert, June 1943; and his entry into the Belsen Concentration Camp while serving in 29th Armoured Brigade HQ. There are also two large volumes containing official documents, photographs, sketch maps, newspaper cuttings, and diary entries relating to his career.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Lottie Clark, 2003

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 2003


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Internment camps | Humanitarian law
Memoirs | Documents | Information sources
War | International conflicts
War prisoners | War victims | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations
Primary documents

Personal names
Daniell | Robert Bramston Thesiger | 1901-1996 | Brigadier

Corporate names
British Army
Royal Horse Artillery

Places
Belsen | Germany | Western Europe | Europe
Egypt | North Africa
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | North Africa
Palestine | Middle East