WOOLNER, Maj.-Gen. C.G., CB (Companion of the Order of the Bath), MC (Military Cross), 1944-1992

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Comprises:

(fols. i-x) address card and correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP)
(fols. 1-62) xerox copy of a Report by Woolner on the 81 (West Africa) Div. in Burma (Myanmar), 1944
(fols. 63-108) draft chapters of Official History of the War against Japan on events in Arakan (Burma (Myanmar)), with related correspondence
(fols. 11-14) copy of Appendix F of Woolner's report with note by J.A.L. Hamilton (1992).

Dates

Creation: 1944-1992

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1734 (403)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Gen. C.G. Woolner, CB, MC, born 1893. Educated at Marlborough College, Royal Military Academy. Obtained a commission with the Royal Engineers, 1912. War service, 1914-1918; Survey Duty in Gold Coast (Ghana), 1920-1923; served in the UK, 1924-1927; in India 1930-1934; in the British Expeditionary Forces, 1939.

Commander, 81 (West Africa) Div. in India and Burma (Myanmar), 1943-1945.