Ref NoBUFFS/POUL/PER
CollectionQueen's Own Buffs: The Royal Kent Regiment Collection
TitlePersonal
Name of creatorPoulsen, Niels Derek, 1921-2011
Date1939-1973
Extent1 folder + 2 boxes
DescriptionTyped biography of Wilfrid Baldwin Harmon (1897-1917) of the Yeoman Rifles.
2 copies of a typied piece by Poulsen entitled The Influence of the Chinese Communist Revolution on the Malayan Communist Party, 1954.
2 copies of a typed piece by Poulsen entitled The Spread of Communism in the Far East. Its Cause and Cure, written 1949/1950.
2 copies of a typed piece by Poulsen entitled Some Thoughts on the Communist Threat to Sierra Leone, writen 1960.
Alphabetical list of West African surnames and the tribes they traditionally come from, prepared by Poulsen in 1961.
Newspaper cuttings from the Kentish Gazette, Adscene and The Times relating to Poulsen and the Buffs.
RMC Sandhurst intake list for 1939, including Poulsen.
Programme for the Sovereign's Banner Parade, 17th June 1989, along with invitation to the 50th Anniversary of The Gentleman Cadets being held at the event, and a photograph of the reunion.
Various correspondence to and from Poulsen.
Photographs of the visit of Hsu Ming-hsin to Bristol Aircraft Co. which Poulsen assisted with, and a thank you letter, 1957.
Photocopy of a handwritten biography of Poulsen, with photocopy of typed bullet point biography and photocopy of his obituary in the Daily Telegraph.
2 photocopies of a photograph of the 81 West Africa Division Annual Reunion in 1972.
Poulsen's identity card from his time with the Cyprus Police Force.
Loose diary page from 1964 with annotations.
Photographs from Poulsen's visit to Rangoon's war cemetary, undated (1970s?).
Photograph of a police dinner at Seremban in 1952.
Photographs of Poulsen's visit to Greece in 1956.
Invitation to a dinner at the London Hilton held by The Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma, 1973.
Photograph of the reunion of The Gentleman Cadets in 1994.
Photocopy of a C.V. for Poulsen post 1973.
C.V. for Poulsen post 1961.
Photocopy of an identity card belonging to Poulsen.
Four boxes of hand painted Mandarin characters, created by Poulsen's Mandarin tutor Mr. Chou Yi-Min when he was in Beijing between 1946 and 1948. With a photograph of Chou Yi-Min with Hollywood actress Anna May Wong, before the Second World War. (In two boxes).
Photocopy of Poulsen's certificate of naturalisation from 1937. (Poulsen was born in China to a Danish father and English mother).
Photocopy of a letter from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming Poulsen's date and place of birth.
Photograph of the Officers of the 2nd. Battalion East Surrey Regiment, including Captain Poulsen, 1945. (In seperate box).
Photograph of Offcers and Staff of Special Branch H.Q., Malaya 1954. (In seperate box).
Photograph of "B" Company Officer Cadet Training Unit ,Sandhurst, 1939. (In seperate box).
Certificate of Poulsen's commission to Second Lieutenant in 1939, signed by George VI. (In seperate box).
Certificate of Poulsen's MBE, in 1955, signed by Elizabeth II. (In seperate box).
Related OrganisationBuffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Access conditionsThis collection is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU. Deposited material is open for use and research without restriction although some material may be closed under the Data Protection Act 1998; these will be identified at file level.
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