GB 0099 KCLMA Blagrove P - BLAGROVE, Capt Peter (1889-1969)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Blagrove P

Title

BLAGROVE, Capt Peter (1889-1969)

Date(s)

  • 1915-1917, 1969-1970 (Creation)

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1 file

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Born in 1889; served in Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve, 1916-1920; 2nd Lt, 1916; served with Royal Field Artillery, 12 Div and X/12 Trench Mortar Battery in France, 1916-1918; Lt, 1917; died in 1969.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Blagrove P 1915-1917, 1969-1970 Collection (fonds) 1 file Blagrove , Peter , 1889-1969 , Captain
Born in 1889; served in Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve, 1916-1920; 2nd Lt, 1916; served with Royal Field Artillery, 12 Div and X/12 Trench Mortar Battery in France, 1916-1918; Lt, 1917; died in 1969.

Copies made by the Centre in 1984 from originals loaned by the family.

Copies of papers relating to his service in France, 1917, principally comprising orders and summaries of operations for Royal Field Artillery, 12 Div, 1917, orders, maps and timetables relating to trench mortar batteries on the Somme front, Jul-Sep 1917, and General Staff publications on wiring, signalling, the employment of guns and trench mortars captured from the enemy, and 2 Army operations, 1917; copies of correspondence, 1915-1917, 1969-1970, mainly letters written by Blagrove from the Somme front to his father, Col Henry John Blagrove, 1916-1917.

1 file

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

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

The Centre also holds the papers of Blagrove's father, Col Henry John Blagrove (GB99 KCLMA Blagrove H J) and his sister-in-law, Superintendent Edith Gordon Blagrove (later Edith Gordon Brind, 2nd wife of Adm Sir (Eric James) Patrick Brind) (GB99 KCLMA Blagrove E G).

Decorations: MC
Mar 1997 Artillery Blagrove , Henry John , 1854-1925 , Colonel Blagrove , Peter , 1889-1969 , Captain British Army Europe France International conflicts Military equipment Royal Field Artillery Somme War Weapons Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events) Equipment

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Copies made by the Centre in 1984 from originals loaned by the family.

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Copies of papers relating to his service in France, 1917, principally comprising orders and summaries of operations for Royal Field Artillery, 12 Div, 1917, orders, maps and timetables relating to trench mortar batteries on the Somme front, Jul-Sep 1917, and General Staff publications on wiring, signalling, the employment of guns and trench mortars captured from the enemy, and 2 Army operations, 1917; copies of correspondence, 1915-1917, 1969-1970, mainly letters written by Blagrove from the Somme front to his father, Col Henry John Blagrove, 1916-1917.

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1 file

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

Conditions governing reproduction

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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The Centre also holds the papers of Blagrove's father, Col Henry John Blagrove (GB99 KCLMA Blagrove H J) and his sister-in-law, Superintendent Edith Gordon Blagrove (later Edith Gordon Brind, 2nd wife of Adm Sir (Eric James) Patrick Brind) (GB99 KCLMA Blagrove E G).

Finding aids

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

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Decorations: MC

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Decorations: MC

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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Language(s)

  • English

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