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- Created [1888], [1896], [1900]-1902, 1905, 1907-[1914] (Creación)
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2.5 boxes or 0.025 cubic metres
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Born in 1863; joined Army, 1882; Capt, 1891; served with Chitral Relief Force, 1895; attended Staff College, 1897; Maj, 1898; attached to Egyptian Army, 1897-1899; served in Sudan, 1898; Staff Capt (Intelligence), Army HQ, 1899; Deputy Assistant Adjutant, later Assistant Adjutant General, South Africa, 1899-1902; Professor, Staff College, Camberley, 1902-1904; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Staff College, Camberley, 1904-1905; Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India 1906-1911; Brig Gen commanding 13 Infantry Bde, Irish Command, 1911-1914; Inspector of Infantry, 1914; commanded 7 Div, Western Front, 1914; promoted to command 12 Corps but died of wounds sustained in Battle of Loos, 1915.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Capper T Created [1888], [1896], [1900]-1902, 1905, 1907-[1914] Collection (fonds) 2.5 boxes or 0.025 cubic metres Capper , Sir , Thompson , 1863-1915 , Knight , Major General
Born in 1863; joined Army, 1882; Capt, 1891; served with Chitral Relief Force, 1895; attended Staff College, 1897; Maj, 1898; attached to Egyptian Army, 1897-1899; served in Sudan, 1898; Staff Capt (Intelligence), Army HQ, 1899; Deputy Assistant Adjutant, later Assistant Adjutant General, South Africa, 1899-1902; Professor, Staff College, Camberley, 1902-1904; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Staff College, Camberley, 1904-1905; Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India 1906-1911; Brig Gen commanding 13 Infantry Bde, Irish Command, 1911-1914; Inspector of Infantry, 1914; commanded 7 Div, Western Front, 1914; promoted to command 12 Corps but died of wounds sustained in Battle of Loos, 1915.
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1971.
Papers created or collected by Maj Gen Sir Thompson Capper during the course of his military career, [1896-1914], dated [1888], [1896], [1900]-1902, 1905, 1907-[1914] , principally comprising papers relating to his work at Staff College, Quetta, [1908]-1911; printed pamphlets and notes on operations in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, dated [1908-1914]; printed pamphlet and notes relating to operations against Dervish rebels in British Somaliland in 1913, dated [1913]; papers relating to his service with 13 Infantry Bde, notably including printed training instructions, 1907 and 1909, and his circular to officers of 3 Infantry Bde summarising the official report on army manoeuvres, Dublin, 1910. Three printed books, 1888, 1902 and 1908, comprising books on Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte) and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and The Second Afghan War (John Murray, London, 1908), an official account produced in the Intelligence Branch, Army HQ, India, annotated by Capper.
This material is catalogued as sections 1 and 2 of the Capper family collection. Sections 3 and 4 consist of papers relating to Capper's brother Maj Gen Sir John Edward Capper.
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
Detailed catalogue available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Decorations: KCMG, CB, DSO
Dec 1996 Armed forces British Army British Somaliland Capper , Sir , Thompson , 1863-1915 , Knight , Major General China Dublin East Africa East Asia Europe Higher science education International conflicts International relations Ireland Manchow Manchuria Military education Military organizations Organizations Pakistan Quetta Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) Somalia South Asia State security War Western Europe Wars (events)
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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1971.
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Papers created or collected by Maj Gen Sir Thompson Capper during the course of his military career, [1896-1914], dated [1888], [1896], [1900]-1902, 1905, 1907-[1914] , principally comprising papers relating to his work at Staff College, Quetta, [1908]-1911; printed pamphlets and notes on operations in Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, dated [1908-1914]; printed pamphlet and notes relating to operations against Dervish rebels in British Somaliland in 1913, dated [1913]; papers relating to his service with 13 Infantry Bde, notably including printed training instructions, 1907 and 1909, and his circular to officers of 3 Infantry Bde summarising the official report on army manoeuvres, Dublin, 1910. Three printed books, 1888, 1902 and 1908, comprising books on Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte) and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 and The Second Afghan War (John Murray, London, 1908), an official account produced in the Intelligence Branch, Army HQ, India, annotated by Capper.
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This material is catalogued as sections 1 and 2 of the Capper family collection. Sections 3 and 4 consist of papers relating to Capper's brother Maj Gen Sir John Edward Capper.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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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.
Idioma del material
- inglés
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- latín
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English
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Detailed catalogue 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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