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Alt Ref No	MR4/17/307
Acc No	3898
	3899
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Title	Lieutenant Colonel Rex King-Clark MBE MC (Rex King-Clark)
Description	This series contains five subseries including: Jewish Special Night Squads (1938-2001); the 2nd Battalion the Manchester Regiment in Burma (1939-1995); material relating to Lieutenant Colonel Jack Churchill (1983-1994), Miscellaneous material (1939-1994); non military material (relating to aeroplanes and racing cars (1936-1937).
Date	1938-2001
Extent	5 series
AdminHistory	Robert 'Rex' King-Clark was born on 27 November 1913. He served in the Manchester Regiment from 1934. He became a pilot and flew a Miles Whitney Straight aircraft. This took him to Egypt, Singapore and Bali. In 1937, he flew aerial reconnaissance flights over Benghazi in Africa. The photographs he took at this time were later used by the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. During 1936-1938, he commanded one of Orde Wingate's three Special Night Squads in Palestine. He fought Arab guerillas and was awarded the Military Cross. He served in France during the Second World War and fought in the Battle of France and was evacuated from Dunkirk. He later fought in the Battle of Kohima. His accounts of this time have been published as "The Battle for Kohima" and "Forward From Kohima". He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1942 and Major in 1947, although he was already acting in that rank. He retired from the Manchester Regiment in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1958.
Related Material	See also: MR1/3/1/17, Operations account of the 2nd Battalion in Assam, compiled by Major R. King Clark. Includes roll of honour, battle casualties list, maps, photographs of COs and terrain, and decorations roll. (Typescript, later published as "Battle for Kohima"), 1 Apr - 1 Jul 1944. qL355.2, Forward from Kohima : a Burma diary, November 1944 - May 1945 by Rex King-Clark, Fleur-de-Lys publishing, 2003. MR1/3/2/9, Papers relating to the Korean War, compiled by Major R King Clark, 1st Battalion, 1953. MR1/16/25, Papers of Major R King Clark relating to various ceremonies for the presentation of new colours, 1954. MR3/16/73, Letter from Major Edward Hickey, POW, to Major Rex King Clark, 10 Feb 1941. MR3/24/47, Interview tapes re the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment in Palestine 1937-1938. Lieutenant R King-Clark, Sgt Howbrook, 1937-1938 MR4/3/1/89, "The Battle For Kohima 1944. The Narrative Of The 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment. The Machine Gun Battalion of the British 2nd Division." by R. King-Clark, 1995
CustodialHistory	Previously in the custody of Rex King-Clark. Retained by his widow after his death and deposited on her behalf by Captain Robert Bonner.
Format	Manuscript
AccessConditions	There are some access restrictions applied to material which contains personal sensitive information. Please see individual items for specific details.
Type	Archive
Ref No	GB131.MR/17/308