Jeffrey Lockett's Memoir

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 TOW/2/1/3
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d. [post-1945]
  • Physical Description
    • Four folders, 291 pages.

Scope and Content

Four folders of manuscript by Lt.Col. Jeffrey Lockett (1913-1960) who served with Calvert's brigade during Chindit operations. An important manuscript, which Tulloch reproduced verbatim in chapter 5 of Wingate in Peace and War as "Jeffrey Lockett's account".

  • 1. Chindit I
  • 2. After Chindit I and Chindit II
  • 3. Chindit II
  • 4. Mainly relates to Lockett's service with the Arab legion during Arab-Israeli War 1948-9, but also includes a brief report by Lockett on counter-insurgency during the Malayan Emergency [early 1950s].