LLOYD – PHILLIPS GB165-0183 Reference code: GB165-0183 Title: Ivan Lloyd Phillips Collection Name of creator: Phillips, Ivan Lloyd- (1910-1984) Dates of creation of material: 1925-1929; 1938 Level of description: Fonds Extent: 1 box

Biographical history: Lloyd Phillips, Ivan (1910-1984) Born June 1910, son of Revd. A. Lloyd Phillips. Educated Worksop College; Selwyn College, Cambridge; Balliol College, Oxford (DPhil). Appointed Colonial Administrative Service, 1934; served Gold Coast, 1934-38; Palestine, 1938-47; District Commissioner, Gaza-Beersheba, 1946-47; Colonial Office, 1947-48; Cyprus, 1948-51; Commissioner, Nicosia-Kyrenia, 1950-51; Singapore, 1951-53; Commissioner-General’s Office, 1951-52; Dep. Secretary for Defence, 1952-53; Malaya, 1953-62; Secretary to Chief Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, 1955-57; Secretary, Ministry of the Interior, 1957-62. OBE 1959; CBE 1963. Deputy Director, Oxford Colonial Records Project, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Oxford University, 1965-70. Married, 1941, Faith Onslow: 1 son. Died 14 January 1984.

Scope and content: Report by R.E.H. Crosbie on conditions in the Southern District of Palestine, September 1938; two series of Ordance Survey maps compiled 1925-29 by the Historical Section (Military branch) showing the dispositions of British/Ottoman troops in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War. System of arrangement: Report; maps

Access conditions: Open Language of material: English

Conditions governing reproduction: No restriction on copying or quotation other than statutory regulations and preservation concerns

Custodial history: In the possession of Ivan Lloyd Phillips Immediate source of acquisition: Received as a gift from Ivan Lloyd Phillips in April 1964

1 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF LLOYD – PHILLIPS GB165-0183 Finding aids: In Guide; Handlist Archivist’s note: Fonds level description created by C. Brown 11 March 1999 and revised by D. Usher 15 March 2004

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File 1 Report by R.E.H. Crosbie on conditions in the southern Sept 1938 district of Palestine

File 2 Series of Ordinance Survey maps compiled by the Historical Section (Military Branch) 1550/29 1250/32 Nos.1-15 Map 1 ‘Map of Egypt’ 1/2,000,000. Part of G.S.G.S. 1792 1925 Map 2 ‘Southern Palestine’ 1/250,000. Part of G.S.G.S. 2321. 1925 Map 3 ‘Turkish Attack on the Suez Canal. February 1915’ 1924 Map 4 ‘Turkish Attack on the Suez Canal. 3 February 1915. Lake 1925 Timsah to Great Bitter Lake’ Map 5 ‘Western Desert (Matruh-es Sallum) Theatre of operations 1927 against the Senussi December 1915- March 1916’ Map 6 ‘The Affair of the Wadi Majid. December 25 1915’ 1925 Map 7 ‘Suez Canal Defences. July 1916’ not dated Map 8 ‘The Desert Campaign’ 1925 Map 9 ‘Battle of Romani’ 1925 Map 10 ‘Battle of Romani. Position at 4.00pm 4 August’ 1925 Map 11 ‘Action of Rafah January 9 1917’ 1925 Map 12 ‘First battle of Gaza 1917’ 1925 Map 13 ‘Second battle of Gaza. The battlefield’ 1925 Map 14 ‘Second battle of Gaza. Operations of 17 April 1917’ 1927 Map 15 ‘Second battle of Gaza. Operations of 19 April 1917’ 1927

File 3 Series of Ordinance Survey maps compiled by the Historical Section (Military Branch) 3000/30 1024/33 Nos. 1-23 Map 1 ‘Palestine’ 20cm = 5 miles 1927 Map 2A ‘Palestine’ compiled from W.O. 1924 (corrections to 1916. Boundaries and railways to 1924) 1" = 3.96 miles. G.S.G.S. 3743 Map 3 ‘Syria – Beirut’. From W.O. 1910. 1/250,000. G.S.G.S. 2321 1928

3 ©Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford. OX2 6JF LLOYD – PHILLIPS GB165-0183 Map 4 ‘Third battle of Gaza 1917. Gaza – Beersheba line. Turkish 1927 Defences and Dispositions. October 1917.’ Map 5 ‘The capture of Beersheba. 31 October 1917. Approach, 1927 March and Deployment of XX Corps’ Map 6 ‘Third battle of Gaza 1917. Operations of XXI Corps. 1-2 1927 November’ Map 7 ‘Third battle of Gaza 1917. Operations north of Beersheba. 4 1927 November’ Map 8 ‘Attack on Sheria position by XX Corps. 6 November 1917 1927 and subsidiary attack by 53rd Division on Tell Khuweilfe showing dispositions prior to attack’ Map 9 ‘The capture of junction station 13-14 November 1917’ 1927 Map 10 ‘Battle of Nabi Samweil. 21 November 1917’ 1928 Map 11 ‘The capture of Jerusalem’ 1928 Map 12 ‘Passage of the Nahr el 'Aija 20 and 21 December 1917’ 1928 Map 13 ‘The Defence of Jerusalem’ 1928 Map 14 ‘The Action of Tell Asur 9-12 March 1918’ 1928 Map15 ‘Operations of XXI Corps 12 March 1918’ 1928 Map16 ‘The Raid on Amman 21 March – 2 April 1918’ 1929 Map17 ‘Projected offensive of XXI Corps and attack of the 9 April 1928 1918’ Map18 ‘The second raid into Transjordan. Situation on the morning 1929 of the 1 May 1918’ Map 19 ‘Megiddo. 1918. The battles of Sharon and Nablus. Turkish 1929 dispositions at zero hour on the 19 September 1918’ Map 20 ‘Megiddo. 1918. The battles of Sharon and Nablus 19 1929 September 1918’ Map 21 ‘The envelopment of the seventh and eight Turkish armies 1929 by the Desert Mounted Corps 19-25 September 1918’ Map 22 ‘Operation of Chaytor’s Force 20-29 September 1918’ 1929 Map 23 ‘Railway map of the Near East 1914-1919’ 1929

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