IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Ryland
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: RYLAND, John Patrick (1922-1994 )
Date(s): 1916-1944
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres
Name of creator(s): Ryland | John Patrick | 1922-1994
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born; 1922, studied history at King's College London, 1941-1944, Captain in the Home Guard during World War Two; died 1994.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of John Patrick Ryland, comprising papers relating to the Home Guard, 1940-1944 and collected material relating to World War One, 1916-1918, Home Guard papers, 1940-1944, comprise published material including Home Guard instructions on training 1940-1944; regulations, 1942, and training manuals, 1940-1944 and unpublished material including instructions for training exercises; notes from training courses and Home Guard examination papers; map of 'Hazebrouck 5a, Belgium', edition 2, scale 1:100,000, Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2364, published by Ordnance Survey ,1916; map of the Somme, France entitled 'Special Sheet, edition 2 A' showing British and enemy trenches corrected from information received up to 24 Jun 1918, scale 1:20,000, published by the Field Survey Co. No. 3790; German map of France, Belgium and the Netherlands entitled 'Spezialkarte der Nördlichen Westfront' Flemmingskriegskarte No 23, scale 1:320,000, 1916 and 120 degree panoramic photograph Number 304 of the Somme from North North West to East created for the Fourth Army, 16 Nov 1916 and Daily Telegraph War Map of Europe, World War Two, specially prepared for The Daily Telegraph by the London Geographical Institute, displaying neutral and belligerent countries, scale 50 miles = 1 inch.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and some German
System of arrangement:
Original order
Conditions governing access:
Open. Visitors are required to provide proof of ID and sign an undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided 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, King's College London.
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Ryland's connection to the World War One material is unknown.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bequeathed by John Patrick Ryland to King's College London, 1994.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 2008