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- Created 1909-1919 (Creación)
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1 box or 1 cubic metre
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Born in 1862; educated in Ireland and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; entered Royal WarwickshireRegiment, 1882; adjutant of 2 Battalion, 1886-1890; Staff College, 1893-1894; Instructor at Royal Military College, 1895-1897; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, South Eastern District, 1897-1899; served in Boer War on staff of Sir Redvers Buller, on HQ Staff at Pretoria, and as Assistant Adjutant General, Harrismith District and Natal, 1899-1902; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Staff College,1904-1907; revised Operations of War by Sir Edward Bruce Hamley (William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1866 revised 1907); General Staff Officer Grade 1 at Army HQ, 1907-1909; Brig Gen in charge of administration, Scottish Command, 1909; Director of Staff Duties, War Office, 1909-1913; Commandant, Staff College, Camberley, 1913-1914; Director of Home Defence, War Office, 1914-1915; Chief of General Staff, British Armies in France, 1915-1918; Lt Gen, 1917; General Officer Commanding and Lt Governor, Guernsey, 1918-1920; retired, 1920; died in 1954.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Kiggell Created 1909-1919 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 1 cubic metre
Born in 1862; educated in Ireland and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; entered Royal WarwickshireRegiment, 1882; adjutant of 2 Battalion, 1886-1890; Staff College, 1893-1894; Instructor at Royal Military College, 1895-1897; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, South Eastern District, 1897-1899; served in Boer War on staff of Sir Redvers Buller, on HQ Staff at Pretoria, and as Assistant Adjutant General, Harrismith District and Natal, 1899-1902; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Staff College,1904-1907; revised Operations of War by Sir Edward Bruce Hamley (William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1866 revised 1907); General Staff Officer Grade 1 at Army HQ, 1907-1909; Brig Gen in charge of administration, Scottish Command, 1909; Director of Staff Duties, War Office, 1909-1913; Commandant, Staff College, Camberley, 1913-1914; Director of Home Defence, War Office, 1914-1915; Chief of General Staff, British Armies in France, 1915-1918; Lt Gen, 1917; General Officer Commanding and Lt Governor, Guernsey, 1918-1920; retired, 1920; died in 1954.
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1966.
Letters dated 1909-1914 from FM Earl Haig, Chief of General Staff in India and Commander-in-Chief at Aldershot, including potential candidates for appointments and Indian Army policy including reorganisation and recruitment; letters dated 1914-1918 from Haig, General Officer Commanding 1 Corps and Commander-in-Chief, British Armies, France, referring to operations including Dardanelles, Verdun; letters dated 1914-1918 from FM Sir Henry Wilson, British military representative at SupremeWar Council, Versailles, including French war effort; correspondence dated 1915-1921 with FM Sir William Robertson, General HQ British Armies in the Field including shortage of supplies and troops; Kiggell's demi-official correspondence when Chief of General Staff, 1916-1919, with various commanders on subjects including administration, planned operations, supply of guns and ammunition to Belgium, France and Russia and staff appointments; recollections dated 1919 of Chantilly conference, Nov 1916, to consider planned operations in 1917.
Arranged chronologically into section according to correspondent. Kiggell's correspondence while Chief of General Staff and papers relating to the conference at Chantilly, 1917, have been grouped together. The index to the papers is arranged in sections covering people, places, military service units and subjects.
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.
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Detailed catalogue available on line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and also in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Jun 1996 Armed forces Belgium British Army Chantilly Dardanelles Eastern Europe Europe France Haig , Douglas , 1861-1928 , 1st Earl Haig , Field Marshal x Haig , 1st Earl International conflicts International relations Mediterranean Sea Middle East Military engineering Military logistics Military operations Military organizations Military strategy Organizations Robertson , Sir , William Robert , 1860-1933 , 1st Baronet , Field Marshal Russia Seas State security Turkey Verdun Versailles War Warfare Western Europe Wilson , Sir , Henry Hughes , 1864-1922 , Knight , Field Marshal and politician World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events) Crimea Military science Social sciences
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Placed in the Centre by the family in 1966.
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Letters dated 1909-1914 from FM Earl Haig, Chief of General Staff in India and Commander-in-Chief at Aldershot, including potential candidates for appointments and Indian Army policy including reorganisation and recruitment; letters dated 1914-1918 from Haig, General Officer Commanding 1 Corps and Commander-in-Chief, British Armies, France, referring to operations including Dardanelles, Verdun; letters dated 1914-1918 from FM Sir Henry Wilson, British military representative at SupremeWar Council, Versailles, including French war effort; correspondence dated 1915-1921 with FM Sir William Robertson, General HQ British Armies in the Field including shortage of supplies and troops; Kiggell's demi-official correspondence when Chief of General Staff, 1916-1919, with various commanders on subjects including administration, planned operations, supply of guns and ammunition to Belgium, France and Russia and staff appointments; recollections dated 1919 of Chantilly conference, Nov 1916, to consider planned operations in 1917.
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Arranged chronologically into section according to correspondent. Kiggell's correspondence while Chief of General Staff and papers relating to the conference at Chantilly, 1917, have been grouped together. The index to the papers is arranged in sections covering people, places, military service units and subjects.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Condiciones
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.
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- 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 also in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
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