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Dempsey, Sir Miles Christopher, (1896-1969), Knight, Knight General

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Surname: Dempsey
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Miles Christopher
Gender: Male
Date: 1896-1969
Title: Knight
History: Military general. Saw active service in war of 1914-1918. Commanded 13th Infantry Brigade in France, 1940. In command of XIII Corps, Eighth Army in North Africa & Italy, 1943. In command of 2nd Army, D-Day 1944. Received surrender of Hamburg, 1945.
Biography: ODNB link for Dempsey, Sir Miles Christopher (1896-1969) Knight General
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275592 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P143872 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1944-1969: War Office: General Miles Christopher Dempsey: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
WO 285
2
1944-45: military papers
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
KCLMA Dempsey
NRA 11383 Dempsey
3
1944-69: personal war diary, intelligence summaries etc, corresp with historians
The National Archives
WO 285
4
1951-63: corresp with Sir BH Liddell Hart
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
KCLMA Liddell Hart B H
NRA 19291
5
1946-63: corresp (17 letters) with Sir Harold Pyman
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
KCLMA PYMAN
NRA 23085
6
1947: corresp with Sir Alan Lascelles (1887-1981), King George VI’s private secretary, rel to Army uniform and the retention of the Sam Browne belt and the officer’s sword
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
NAM.2016-01-10
See Annual Return 2016