HOBJ3561 Accession Number: HOBJ3561

Description

Lieutenant General W Bridgeford, Commander in Chief, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) (left), meets Major General (Maj Gen) M M A R West, General Officer Commanding (GOC) designate, 1st Commonwealth Division, on his arrival at the Tokyo international airport. Maj Gen West, the new Commander of the 1st Commonwealth Division was the former British Military Commander in Austria. He was en route to Korea to take over from Major General A J H Cassels.

Details

Accession Number
HOBJ3561
Photographer
Phillip Oliver Hobson
Subject
General Michael West GCB, DSO & Two Bars
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: 4x5"
Support: Acetate
Date Made
1 September 1952
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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