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Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Evans KBE CBE DSO

Catalogue reference: GCE

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This record is about the Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Evans KBE CBE DSO dating from 1940 - 1945.

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Reference: GCE
Title: Lieutenant General Sir Geoffrey Evans KBE CBE DSO
Date: 1940 - 1945
Description: Ts papers, December 1940 - June 1945, relating to his service in the Western Desert, Eritrea, and Burma, including: accounts of operations of 11th Indian Brigade (4th Indian Division) in the Western Desert, culminating in the capture of Sidi Barrani (December 1940) and at Keren in Eritrea (February 1941 - March 1941); the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment during the capture of Sidi Omar and operations near Benghazi (November 1941 - January 1942), the 7th Indian Division at the crossing of the Irrawaddy at Nyaungu (February 1945); in the Arakan (February 1944 - May 1944) by Lieutenant General Hanaya (GOC 55th Japanese Division); the 33rd Japanese Division (July 1944 - March 1945) by its commander, Lieutenant General Tanaka; and the Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade (April 1945 - June 1945).
Held by: Imperial War Museum Department of Documents
Language: English
Creator(s): <persname>Evans, Sir, Geoffrey Charles, 1901-1987, Knight, Lieutenant General</persname>
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Physical condition: Original documents
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7cf923c1-f660-4946-95ef-e522f3978a74/