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WHEELER - Wheeler Archive
S - Second World War
2 - Official army memoranda, bulletins and instructions
StorageSite
UCL Special Collections
Level
File
Reference Number
WHEELER/S/2/42
Title
'Fire Orders'
Date
c1942-c1943
Description
Army papers consisting of 'fire orders' for troops at RAF stations at Kabrit and Kasfareet in Egypt, standing instructions for anti-aircraft defence, memorandum on gunnery policy, standing orders for anti-aircraft defences at Tripoli, paper entitled 'Report No. 7 on Experiences in Employment of AA Unites in Middle East'.
Extent
1 file
AdminHistory
Wheeler spent the early years of the Second World War in Britain and in north Africa, raising and training the 48th light anti-aircraft battery which swelled into the 42nd Royal Artillery regiment.
AccessStatus
Open
AccessConditions
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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