GB 0099 KCLMA Norton - NORTON, Edward Felix (1884-1954)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Norton Created 1909-1912, 1914-1919, 1940-1941 Collection (fonds) 3 files

Born in 1884; joined Royal Artillery, 1902; served in India, [1909-1912]; served in France and Belgium, 1914-1919; Bde Maj, France, 1915; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, France, 1915-1917; member of Mount Everest expedition, 1922; Bde Maj, Turkey, 1922-1923; leader, Mount Everest expedition, 1924; publication of The fight for Everest, 1924 (E Arnold and Co, London, 1925); General Staff Officer Grade 2, War Office, 1926-1928; Instructor, Staff College, Quetta, 1929-1932; Commander, Royal Artillery, 1 Div, Aldershot, 1932-1934; Brig, General Staff, Aldershot Command, 1934-1938; ADC to King George VI, 1937-1938; Commander, Madras District, India, 1938-1940; Acting Governor, Hong Kong, 1940-1941; commanded Western (Independent) District, India; retired pay, 1942; Col Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery, 1947-1951; died in 1954.

Copies made by the Centre from originals loaned by the family in 1994.

Copies of photographs relating to his service with the Royal Artillery in India, 1909-1912, and in France and Belgium, 1914-1919; photographs and press cuttings relating to Norton's service as Acting Governor, Hong Kong, 1940-1941.

3 files

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/lhcma/htm.top

Decorations: CB, DSO, MC
Nov 1996 Communications media Armed forces Artillery Belgium British Army China Colonial countries Diplomacy East Asia Europe Foreign relations France Hong Kong India International conflicts International relations Military equipment Military organizations Newspapers Organizations Periodicals Photographs Political systems Publications South Asia State security Visual materials War Weapons Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events) Information sciences Equipment

Copies made by the Centre from originals loaned by the family in 1994.

Copies of photographs relating to his service with the Royal Artillery in India, 1909-1912, and in France and Belgium, 1914-1919; photographs and press cuttings relating to Norton's service as Acting Governor, Hong Kong, 1940-1941.

3 files

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.

• inglês

• latim

English

Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/htm.top

Decorations: CB, DSO, MC

Decorations: CB, DSO, MC

• inglês