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Ramsbotham, Dated 30 June 1981 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives King's College London Gen Sir David John Ramsbotham Box List BOX 1 - Lecture Notes and Northern Ireland Report on 2nd Bn, Royal Green Jackets, N. Ireland ops Nov 1974-Feb 1975 and related correspondence. Situation report 39th Infantry Bde, Belfast, July 1980. • A report by Brigadier Ramsbotham while commanding 39th Infantry Brigade to Major General Glover Commander Land Forces Northern Ireland dated 15 July 1980. Report titled “Report on the situation in Belfast as at 14 July 1980. • Document from Brigadier Ramsbotham entitled “Concept of Operations. • Two copies of a chart showing chain of command for operations in Northern Ireland. • Operation statistics 6 December 1978-5th December 1979. • End of year message from Brigadier Ramsbotham dated 28 December 1979. • Letter from Brigadier Ramsbotham to Brigadier R.A. Pascoe Northern Ireland Office, dated December 1979. • Transcript of a speech given to the Belfast City Council on 21 November 1979 by teachers at a Ballymurphy school about vandalism • A poem dated 22 September on the subject of Puff Balls. • Report to Brigadier Ramsbotham from J.H. Dunlop dated 7 January 1980 on the subject of education in Belfast. • Notes made for Brigadier Ramsbotham’s review of progress on security/brigade concept of operations • A letter from Captain R.A. Wilson on behalf of Brigadier Ramsbotham to Headquarters Northern Ireland dated 24 September 1971 regarding 39th Airportable Brigade Formation sign • Documents relating to riot and crowd control in Northern Ireland all dated 19 September 1978 • An abstract from the record of CLF’s Study period on Riot control 18 September 1973. • A Loose Minute from Brigadier J.M. Glover BGS (Int) DIS entitled “Northern Ireland Intelligence Summary – 14 July 1978 • A Loose Minute from Lt. Colonel T.S. Sneyd entitled “Northern Ireland Intelligence Summary – 11 August 1978.” • A Loose Minute from Brigadier J.M. Glover BGS (Int) DIS entitled “Northern Ireland IntelligenceDRAFT Summary – 16 June 1978.” . • “Northern Ireland Intelligence Summary – 19 May 1978” from Lt. Colonel T.S. Sneyd • “Northern Ireland Intelligence Summary: 21 April 1978” by Brigadier J.M. Glover BGS (Int) DIS • “Northern Ireland Intelligence Summary: 22 March 1978” from Brigadier J.M. Glover BGS (Int.) DIS. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives King's College London • Personal letter from Lt. Colonel A.C. Vivian 1st Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers to Brigadier Ramsbotham dated 3 July. • Notes for a lecture to JDSC on the 12 May 1975 by Brigadier Ramsbotham. The lecture looks at the 2nd battalion The Royal Green Jackets time in Ireland between 1st November 1974 and 28 February 1975. • Letter from Colonel A.D. Myrtle to Lieutenant Colonel Ramsbotham commanding 2nd Bn. RGJ dated 2 April 1975 • Letter from Colonel A.D. Myrtle to Lieutenant Colonel Ramsbotham commanding 2nd Bn. RGJ dated 17 March 1975. • A copy of the Order of Service for “A service to mark the end of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Green Jackets tour in Northern Ireland • A seating plan for the service. • A message from Brigade Commander 39 Brigade to the Commanding Officer (Lt. Colonel Ramsbotham) of 2nd Bn. RGJ dated 28 February 1975. • A message from GOC Northern Ireland to 2nd RGJ dated 24 February 1975. • A message from CLF PD to Lt. Colonel Ramsbotham and 2nd RGJ dated 28 February 1975. • The end of tour statistics for 2nd Bn. RGJ tour of Northern Ireland. • A unit feature of the 2nd Battalion RGJ on their departure from Northern Ireland. • A statement by Cpl. C. Bobby regarding an incident on 10 February 1975. • Notes made by Lt. Colonel Ramsbotham a lecture given on 12 May at the Army Staff College. • A Handwritten note by Brigadier Ramsbotham about the problems within society in Northern Ireland. • A speech entitled “The Hungry Sheep of Belfast.” • A set of remarks by Brigadier Ramsbotham while commanding 39 Infantry Brigade entitled “Special Handling.” • A letter to HQ 39 Infantry Brigade from Lt. Colonel dated 13 February 1975. • Report on Operations in Northern Ireland. Part I – Operations and Training. Written by Lt. Colonel Ramsbotham and dated 13 February 1975 • Appendix 5 to the report on operations in Northern Ireland • Appendix 6 to the report on operations in Northern Ireland written by Lieutenant S.P.R Wood OC mortar platoon 2nd RGJ • A letter to the Secretary of State from Major W.S Brownlow and copied to Lt. Colonel Ramsbotham dated January 1975. • Two newspaper articles regarding the problems within Northern Ireland. The first by Paddy Devlin, the second by Fr. Desmond Wilson. • “Pattern of Operations in the Battalion Area.” By Lt. Colonel Ramsbotham dated 26 November 1974 • “Pre Northern Ireland Training Report” to HQ 39 Infantry Bde from Major C.L.G Henshaw for Lt. Colonel Ramsbotham commanding 2nd RGJ dated 1 NovemberDRAFT 1974. • “Recruiting sources and making contacts” by Major D.A.B Williams OC R Company 3rd RGJ to all commanders dated 7 September 1974. • Note entitled “Company Commanders and the running of intelligence in their company borders.” • “Shooting training for Northern Ireland.” To OsC companies from Major C.L.G Henshaw Second in Command 2nd RGJ. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives King's College London • Covering letter for and report on the organisation and operation of Bn. search teams dated 8 August 1974 written by Captain S.C Hearn Bn. Ops Officer. • Covering letter from Major I.G Elliot dated August 1974 Northern Ireland Press cuttings and articles 1971-1980: 1 of 2 • An article in The Readers Digest dated March 1979 entitled “What End to Ulster’s Agony?” by David Reed. • A Special Focus article in The Times dated 17 October 1978 entitled “Making democracy work in Ulster.” • A note written by Brigadier Ramsbotham relating to the Readers digest article quoting an IRA source with his own notes at the bottom. • A letter to Colonel Ramsbotham from the Sunday Times dated 23 June 1978. • A letter dated 25 November 1980 to Brigadier Ramsbotham and his wife from a family friend • An article in the Sunday Times dated 25 June 1978 on the subject of Northern Ireland • An article in the Sunday Times dated 18 June 1978 entitled “What did we promise the provos • An article from the Irish Press dated 20 March 1978 by Una O’Higgins O’Malley entitled “Forget unity until the violence ceases.” • An article from the Times entitled “Impasse again in Ulster.” • An article from the Times entitled “Doomed before the start.” • An article in the Times dated 1975 by David Howell entitled “How the right Englishman showed the right way in Ulster.” • An article from the Daily Express entitled “In a British soldier’s kitbag, a handful of good wishes and a smile of hope for Ulster.” By Alan Bennett dated 5 March 1975 • An article in the Evening Dispatch dated 5 March 1975. • A photocopy of an article in the Ballymurphy News entitled “War or ‘peace.’” • An article in The Times entitled “Ulster speaks…clearly and in contradiction” by Prof. Richard Rose. • An article from the Times entitled “As the violence in Ulster begins again, are the private armies beginning to crack?” by Robert Fisk dated 24 January 1975. • An article from the Independent entitled “Bewildered Belfast!” by Vincent Browne dated 23 February 1975. • An article from the Irish News entitled “Christians in North have not read the signs of the times.” Dated 10 February 1975. • An article entitled “When thieves fall out.” • A newspaper report entitled “Things in Ulster you won’t hear on the news” by David AndersonDRAFT dated 14 February 1975 • A newspaper article entitled “Alliance Party Line up with Unionists for Ulster talk on Council.” • A newspaper article entitled “Striking over Sunningdale.” • Two letters in the “Letters to the Editor” column in The Times dated 17 May 1974 • A cartoon signed CPS Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives King's College London • An article from the Daily Telegraph entitled “Army winning only 2 battlefronts in Ulster.” By Gerard Kemp and dated 14 November 1974 • An article in The Times entitled “Reaching the Limits of a wall-chart war.” By Charles Douglas Home and dated 19 December 1973. • An article from The Times entitled “No soft option in Ulster” and dated 21 June 1973 • An article from The Times entitled “Softly softly catchee terrorist.” Dated 4 May 1973 • A newspaper article from The Sunday Times entitled “A New Perspective on Ulster: Part 2, the year’s lesson: Violence is irreversible.” By John Whale and dated 18 March 1973. • A newspaper article from The Sunday Times entitled “A New Perspective on Ulster: How the IRA blew up its own cause.” By John Whale and dated 11 March 1973. • Sir John Peck’s Valedictory Dispatch dated 15 February 1973 to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office • “The Northern Ireland Insurgency.” Transcript of a talk given to the U.S. Army War College 29 January 1973 by Brigadier Frank Kitson • A page from the Observer dated 3 December 1972 containing two articles about Northern Ireland. The first is entitled “Why I voted against Lynch’s Bill.” By Conor Cruise O’Brien, the second article entitled “The shadow of Mac Stiofain.” By Paul Ferris is a mini biography of Sean Mac Stiofain (John Edward Drayton.) • A speech given by Mr John P. Mackintosh M.P for Berwick and East Lothian during a Parliamentary debate 24 July 1972 entitled “The Irish Disaster.” • An article from the Observer dated October 1972 by Conor Cruise O’Brien. • An article in the Observer Review entitled “Gun-running for the IRA.” Dated 10 September 1972. • An article from The Times entitled “Army sees a glimmer of hope in Ulster” by Henry Stanhope and dated September 1972.
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