GB 0099 KCLMA Poore - POORE, Brig Gen Robert Montagu (1886-1938)

3 boxes or 0.03 cubic metres

GB 0099 KCLMA Poore Created 1887-1931, 1977, 1985, 1988 Collection (fonds) 3 boxes or 0.03 cubic metres Poore , Robert Montagu , 1886-1938 , Brigadier General
Born in 1866; Lt, 3 Bn, Wiltshire Regiment (Militia), 1883; joined 1 Bn, 1886; transferred to 7 Hussars, 1886; served in India, 1886-1895; ADC to Governor of Bombay, 1892-1895; served in South Africa, 1895-1906; Staff Captain, Natal 1896; Capt, 1898; Provost Marshal, South African Field Force, 1899-1902; Maj, 1901; Lt Col, 1911; commanded 7 Hussars, 1911-1915; served in India, 1911-1919; Col, 1914; commanded Jhansi Bde, 1915-1919; retired pay, 1921; noted amateur cricketer; died in 1938.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1988. A further deposit was made in 1989 by Mr Jeremy S J Lonsdale.

Papers relating to his life and career, [1891]-1931, dated [1891]-1931, 1977, 1985, 1988, principally comprising diaries, 1899-1900, and letters to his family, 1900-1902, describing his service as Provost Marshal with the South African Field Force; memorandum to Col Duff, Assistant Adjutant General, South African Field Force, concerning the functions of the Provost Marshal, 1900; photographs, [1891-1931], mainly of Poore and his family; 'The new cavalry sword and mounted swordsmanship', copy of an article by Poore from The Cavalry Journal, Apr 1911; copies of published articles relating to his cricketing career, 1899, [1920], 1985, 1988. Papers relating to his wife Lady Flora Poore, 1899-1900, 1916, comprising her diaries, 1899-1900; lists of work completed and statements of accounts of the Jhansi Cantonments Comforts to Troops Fund, 1915-1916.

Arranged in the following sections: diaries; correspondence; memoranda; photographs; cricketing articles; Lady Flora Poore; miscellaneous.

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 in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

The Centre also holds the papers of his father, Maj Robert Poore, and his brothers, Philip Poore and Lt Col Roger Alvin Poore. The National Army Museum holds papers relating to both Brig Gen Robert Montagu Poore, 1896, 1911, [1920], [1935] (Ref: 7404-44-1) and Maj Robert Poore, 1854-1858 (Ref: 7509-60, 61).

Decorations: CIE, DSO
Mar 1997 Colonial countries Diaries Documents Information sources International conflicts Leisure Leisure time activities Literary forms and genres Literature Nonfiction Periodicals Photographs Political systems Poore , Flora , fl 1899-1916 , Lady , wife of Brig Gen R M Poore Poore , Robert Montagu , 1886-1938 , Brigadier General Primary documents Prose Publications Second Boer War, 1899-1902 South Africa South African Field Force Southern Africa Sport Visual materials War Communications media Information sciences Wars (events)

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1988. A further deposit was made in 1989 by Mr Jeremy S J Lonsdale.

Papers relating to his life and career, [1891]-1931, dated [1891]-1931, 1977, 1985, 1988, principally comprising diaries, 1899-1900, and letters to his family, 1900-1902, describing his service as Provost Marshal with the South African Field Force; memorandum to Col Duff, Assistant Adjutant General, South African Field Force, concerning the functions of the Provost Marshal, 1900; photographs, [1891-1931], mainly of Poore and his family; 'The new cavalry sword and mounted swordsmanship', copy of an article by Poore from The Cavalry Journal, Apr 1911; copies of published articles relating to his cricketing career, 1899, [1920], 1985, 1988. Papers relating to his wife Lady Flora Poore, 1899-1900, 1916, comprising her diaries, 1899-1900; lists of work completed and statements of accounts of the Jhansi Cantonments Comforts to Troops Fund, 1915-1916.

Arranged in the following sections: diaries; correspondence; memoranda; photographs; cricketing articles; Lady Flora Poore; miscellaneous.

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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The Centre also holds the papers of his father, Maj Robert Poore, and his brothers, Philip Poore and Lt Col Roger Alvin Poore. The National Army Museum holds papers relating to both Brig Gen Robert Montagu Poore, 1896, 1911, [1920], [1935] (Ref: 7404-44-1) and Maj Robert Poore, 1854-1858 (Ref: 7509-60, 61).

Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Decorations: CIE, DSO

Decorations: CIE, DSO

• English