Collection WELLS - WELLS, Wg Cdr Maurice Clunes (1912-1992)

Key Information

Reference code

WELLS

Title

WELLS, Wg Cdr Maurice Clunes (1912-1992)

Date(s)

  • [1982-1988] (Creation)
  • 1955 (Creation)
  • [1940-1945] (Creation)
  • [1931-1932] (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

1 file

Scope and content

Copies of extracts from 'Wells, a family history', produced by Tessa J Harfield, 1988, principally comprising a brief account of the life and RAF career of Sidney McLeod Wells (Wg Cdr Maurice Clunes Wells' brother), 1906-1941, written by Harfield in 1988; transcription of Brig (then Lt) Brian Gordon Wells' account of a big game hunt in Northern Rhodesia, 1931, written in [1931-1932], with his record of service, 1923-1955, dated 1955; transcription of 'My career in the RAF, 1935-1950' written by Wg Cdr Maurice Clunes Wells, written in [1980-1985]. Original manuscript of 'My career in the RAF, 1935-1950'. Photographs relating to Wg Cdr Maurice Clunes Wells' army career, dated [1940-1945] and [1980-1988], notably his internment as a POW, [1940-1945].

System of arrangement

1 file.

General Information

Name of creator

(1912-1992)

Biographical history

Born in 1912; joined RAF in 1935; No 15 Sqn, RAF Abingdon, 1935-1938; Flying Officer, 1938; 103 Sqn, 1938; took part in bombing raids in North West Europe, 1939-1940; captured by Germans and held as POW in Germany, 1940-1945; Commanding Officer, 213 Fighter Sqn, Cyprus, 1946-1947; Movements Department, HQ Middle East, 1947; Senior Administration Officer, Nicosia, Cyprus, 1947-1949; Senior Administrative Officer, RAF Duxford; retired from RAF, 1950, and started a career in farming; died in 1992.

Custodial history

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1994.

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.

Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Finding aids

This collection level description.

Existence and location of originals

Off-campus collection

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Lt Brian Gordon Wells' account of big game hunting in Northern Rhodesia, 1931, is held in the Royal Artillery Institution (Ref: MD 1947).

Related materials

The Royal Artillery Institution also holds photographs relating to Brig Brian Gordon Wells (Photographic Archives - Album 605).

Related descriptions

Note

Compiled Nov 1996

Alternative identifier(s)

Genre access points

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.

Script(s)

Accession area