GB 0099 KCLMA Beaumont-Nesbitt - BEAUMONT-NESBITT, Maj Gen Frederick George (1893-1971)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Beaumont-Nesbitt Created [1930-1945], [1950-1970] Collection (fonds) 1 file Nesbitt , Frederick George , Beaumont- , 1893-1971 , Major General x Beaumont-Nesbitt , Frederick George
Born in 1893; educated at Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined Grenadier Guards, 1912; Lt, 1914; Capt, 1915; Adjutant, Divisional Base Depot, 1915; ADC to Commander, 11 Army Corps, France, 1915-1916; General Staff Officer Grade 3, 4 Army, France, 1917-1918; Bde Maj, 3rd Guards Bde, France, 1918; Adjutant, Dispersal Unit, 1919; Staff Capt, 2 Guards Bde, UK, 1919-1920; taught English at a French military school, 1920-1921; Adjutant, Grenadier Guards, 1921-1922; General Staff Officer Grade 3, War Office, 1922-1924 and Grade 2, 1926-1930; commanded 2 Bn, Grenadier Guards, 1932-1935; Military Attaché, Paris, 1936-1938; Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office, 1938-1939, and Director of Military Intelligence, 1939-1940; Military Attaché, Washington DC, 1941; Maj Gen, General Staff, British Army Staff, Washington DC, 1941-1943; Maj Gen, General Staff, Middle East, North Africa and Italy, 1943-1945; ADC to King George VI, 1944-1945; Liaison Officer on staff of FM Hon Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1945; retired pay, 1945; Gentleman Usher to the Queen, 1959-1967; died in 1971.

Copies made by the Centre from originals loaned by the family in 1995.

Memoir covering his life and career, 1893-[1918], notably his time at Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and his service in the Grenadier Guards, 1912-[1918], including his experiences in France, 1914-[1918], written in [1950-1970]. Photographs, mainly of Grenadier Guardsmen and other army personnel, [1930-1945].

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be suppplied for research use only. Requests to publish original amterial should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Decorations: CVO, CBE, MC
Nov 1996 Armed forces British Army Documents Grenadier Guards Higher science education Information sources International conflicts International relations Memoirs Military education Military organizations Nesbitt , Frederick George , Beaumont- , 1893-1971 , Major General x Beaumont-Nesbitt , Frederick George Organizations Photographs State security Visual materials War World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events) Primary documents

Copies made by the Centre from originals loaned by the family in 1995.

Memoir covering his life and career, 1893-[1918], notably his time at Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and his service in the Grenadier Guards, 1912-[1918], including his experiences in France, 1914-[1918], written in [1950-1970]. Photographs, mainly of Grenadier Guardsmen and other army personnel, [1930-1945].

1 file.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be suppplied for research use only. Requests to publish original amterial should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

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English

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Decorations: CVO, CBE, MC

Decorations: CVO, CBE, MC

• anglais