Collection GB 0099 KCLMA Isacke - ISACKE, Maj Gen Hubert (1872-1943)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Isacke

Title

ISACKE, Maj Gen Hubert (1872-1943)

Date(s)

  • Created 1893-1943 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1½ boxes or 0.015 cubic metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Born 1872; educated at King's School, Canterbury, Kent, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst;commissioned into The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1892; served with Malakand Field Force, North West Frontier, India, 1897-1898; Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902; Capt, 1902; Brevet Maj, 1902; General Staff Officer 2, War Office, 1910-1912; Maj, 1912; Brevet Lt Col, 1913; Staff College, Quetta, India, 1913-1914; served in World War One, 1914-1918; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Meerut Div, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), 1914-1915; General Staff Officer 1, 14 Div, 1915-1916; awarded CMG, 1915; Director of Staff Duties and Training, Army Headquarters, India, 1916-1920; Col, 1917; awarded CSI, 1919; Bde Commander,India, 1920-1923; awarded CB, 1922; Maj Gen, 1923; District Commander, India, 1925-1927; commanded 56 (1 London) Div, Territorial, Army 1927-1931; retired 1931; died 1943.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Isacke Created 1893-1943 collection 1½ boxes or 0.015 cubic metres

Born 1872; educated at King's School, Canterbury, Kent, and Royal Military College, Sandhurst;commissioned into The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 1892; served with Malakand Field Force, North West Frontier, India, 1897-1898; Second Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1902; Capt, 1902; Brevet Maj, 1902; General Staff Officer 2, War Office, 1910-1912; Maj, 1912; Brevet Lt Col, 1913; Staff College, Quetta, India, 1913-1914; served in World War One, 1914-1918; Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Meerut Div, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), 1914-1915; General Staff Officer 1, 14 Div, 1915-1916; awarded CMG, 1915; Director of Staff Duties and Training, Army Headquarters, India, 1916-1920; Col, 1917; awarded CSI, 1919; Bde Commander,India, 1920-1923; awarded CB, 1922; Maj Gen, 1923; District Commander, India, 1925-1927; commanded 56 (1 London) Div, Territorial, Army 1927-1931; retired 1931; died 1943.

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1983.

54 manuscript, narrative diaries, relating to Isacke's career in the UK, India, South Africa and France, 1893-1943.

Contained in 54 volumes

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 entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/archives/ and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

 Sep 1998 Armed forces British Army Diaries Documents Information sources International conflicts International relations International security Literary forms and genres Literature Military organizations Nonfiction Organizations Primary documents Prose State security War World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1983.

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Scope and content

54 manuscript, narrative diaries, relating to Isacke's career in the UK, India, South Africa and France, 1893-1943.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

Contained in 54 volumes

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

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

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English

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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/archives/ and published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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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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