GB 0099 KCLMA Clive G S - CLIVE, Lt Gen Sir (George) Sidney (1874-1959)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Clive G S

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CLIVE, Lt Gen Sir (George) Sidney (1874-1959)

Date(s)

  • 1914-1918 (Création/Production)

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1 box or 0.01 cubic metres

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Notice biographique

Born in 1874; educated at Harrow School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; 2nd Lt, Grenadier Guards, 1893; Lt, 1897; served in Nile Expedition, 1898, and South Africa, 1899-1902; Capt, 1900; passed Staff College, 1903-1904; General Staff Officer, War Office, 1905-1909; Maj, 1909; General Staff Officer, London District, 1910-1914; head of British missions, General HQ, France, 1915-1918; Military Governor, Cologne, 1918-1919; commanded 1 Infantry Bde, Aldershot, 1920; British Military Representative, League of Nations, Geneva, 1920-1922; Military Attaché, Paris, 1924-1927; Director of Personal Services, 1928-1930; Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War, 1930-1934; retired, 1934; died in 1959.

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GB 0099 KCLMA Clive G S 1914-1918 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres Clive , Sir , George Sidney , 1874-1959 , Knight , Lieutenant Colonel

Born in 1874; educated at Harrow School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; 2nd Lt, Grenadier Guards, 1893; Lt, 1897; served in Nile Expedition, 1898, and South Africa, 1899-1902; Capt, 1900; passed Staff College, 1903-1904; General Staff Officer, War Office, 1905-1909; Maj, 1909; General Staff Officer, London District, 1910-1914; head of British missions, General HQ, France, 1915-1918; Military Governor, Cologne, 1918-1919; commanded 1 Infantry Bde, Aldershot, 1920; British Military Representative, League of Nations, Geneva, 1920-1922; Military Attaché, Paris, 1924-1927; Director of Personal Services, 1928-1930; Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War, 1930-1934; retired, 1934; died in 1959.

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1971.

Letter book containing letters and telegrams received and sent by Clive as head of British missions, General HQ, France, 1917-1918, including letters concerning the movement of troops and administration, supplies of artillery and equipment, French infantry resources and liaison between French and British High Commands; letter from [Maj Gen Frederick Barton] Maurice, War Office, 18 Aug 1917, concerning move to establish Allied General Staff in Paris and possible transfer of troops from British front to Italy. Diaries, 1914-1918, containing detailed descriptions of daily events at General HQ, France, 1914-1918.

Arranged in sections as above.

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.
Mainly English, with some correspondence in French.

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

Papers of FM Sir William (Robert) Robertson, 1st Bt contain unofficial notes by Clive on the views of officers of the French General Staff on proposed military operations on the Western Front, Jun 1915 (Ref: Robertson 3/1/13); letters from Clive to Robertson, on Allied forces at Salonika, Dec 1915 (Ref: Robertson 7/12/3), and the General Reserve controlled by the Allied Supreme War Council at Versailles, Feb 1918 (Ref: Robertson: 8/5/95); telegrams between Robertson and Clive concerning the sending of troops to, and operations at, Salonika, Oct 1916 (Ref: Robertson 4/4/48-50) .

Decorations: GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO
Dec 1996 Clive , Sir , George Sidney , 1874-1959 , Knight , Lieutenant Colonel Diaries Diplomacy Documents Europe Foreign relations France Information sources International conflicts International relations Italy Literary forms and genres Literature Maurice , Sir , Frederick Barton , 1871-1951 , Knight , Major General and author Military engineering Military intelligence Military liaison Military missions Nonfiction Paris Primary documents Prose War Warfare Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events) Military science Social sciences

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1971.

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Portée et contenu

Letter book containing letters and telegrams received and sent by Clive as head of British missions, General HQ, France, 1917-1918, including letters concerning the movement of troops and administration, supplies of artillery and equipment, French infantry resources and liaison between French and British High Commands; letter from [Maj Gen Frederick Barton] Maurice, War Office, 18 Aug 1917, concerning move to establish Allied General Staff in Paris and possible transfer of troops from British front to Italy. Diaries, 1914-1918, containing detailed descriptions of daily events at General HQ, France, 1914-1918.

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Arranged in sections as above.

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Conditions d'accès

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

Conditions de 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.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

Mainly English, with some correspondence in French.

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

Papers of FM Sir William (Robert) Robertson, 1st Bt contain unofficial notes by Clive on the views of officers of the French General Staff on proposed military operations on the Western Front, Jun 1915 (Ref: Robertson 3/1/13); letters from Clive to Robertson, on Allied forces at Salonika, Dec 1915 (Ref: Robertson 7/12/3), and the General Reserve controlled by the Allied Supreme War Council at Versailles, Feb 1918 (Ref: Robertson: 8/5/95); telegrams between Robertson and Clive concerning the sending of troops to, and operations at, Salonika, Oct 1916 (Ref: Robertson 4/4/48-50) .

Instruments de recherche

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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Decorations: GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO

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Decorations: GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO

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Mots-clés - Lieux

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

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Langue(s)

  • anglais

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