IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Revell-Smith
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: REVELL-SMITH, Major General William Revell (1894-1956)
Date(s): 1939-1940
Level of description: collection level
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Smith | William Revell Revell- | 1894-1956 | Major General
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1894; educated at Charterhouse school; volunteered with Westminster Dragoons, 1914; served with Egyptian Expeditionary Force; commissioned into Royal Artillery, 1916; promoted to battery commander; married Norma Flowerdew Lowson, 1920; served in India, 1920-1938, leading expeditions to Kashmir, Sikkim and Western Tibet; commander, 53 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 1939; commanded all anti-aircraft forces during invasion of Normandy; promoted to Major General, 1945; General Officer Commanding Troops in Malta and North Africa, 1948-1949; retired 1949; died 1956.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Personal letters to Maj Gen William Revell-Smith's sister in law, `Tricia' (Ann Patricia Lowson, 1919-2003, wife of Sir Denys Colquhoun Flowerdew Lowson, 1st Bt, 1906-1975), as Commander, 53 Light Anti Aircraft Regt, British Expeditionary Force, UK and France, 1939-1940. Includes reference to recruiting his wife Norma (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry 1914-1918 and 1939-1945), to give gas training to militia troops, July 1939. With signed photograph of Revell-Smith in uniform.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One file as above.
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification.
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 Information Management.
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Summary guide entry on-line.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Placed in the Centre by the family, June 2006.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Decorations: CB, CBE, DSO, MC, AM, French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Katharine Higgon.
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2007