GB 0099 KCLMA Stevens - STEVENS, Brig Gen George Archibald (1875-1951)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Stevens

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STEVENS, Brig Gen George Archibald (1875-1951)

Date(s)

  • 1914-1918 (Création/Production)

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Étendue matérielle et support

1 volume

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Notice biographique

Born 1875; Scots Greys, 1894-1898; 2nd Lt Royal Fusiliers, 1898; Capt, 1904; Major, 1915; Bt Lt-Col, 1917; Lt-Col, 1924; Col, 1928; served Ashanti, 1900; World War One, 1914-1919 (Adjt, 8 Durham Light Infantry, 1915; Cdr, 6 Durham Light Infantry, 1915-1916; Cdr, 2 Royal Fusiliers, 1916-1917; Cdr, 90 Infantry Bde, 1917-1919); operations, Waziristan, 1920; Commanded 2 Bt, Royal Fusiliers, 1924-1928; Instructor, Senior Officers' School, Sheerness, 1928-1930; Inspector-General of West Indian Local Force and Officer Commanding the troops, Jamaica, 1930-1932; retired, 1932; died 1951.

Histoire archivistique

GB 0099 KCLMA Stevens 1914-1918 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Stephens , George Archibald , 1875-1951 , Brigadier General
Born 1875; Scots Greys, 1894-1898; 2nd Lt Royal Fusiliers, 1898; Capt, 1904; Major, 1915; Bt Lt-Col, 1917; Lt-Col, 1924; Col, 1928; served Ashanti, 1900; World War One, 1914-1919 (Adjt, 8 Durham Light Infantry, 1915; Cdr, 6 Durham Light Infantry, 1915-1916; Cdr, 2 Royal Fusiliers, 1916-1917; Cdr, 90 Infantry Bde, 1917-1919); operations, Waziristan, 1920; Commanded 2 Bt, Royal Fusiliers, 1924-1928; Instructor, Senior Officers' School, Sheerness, 1928-1930; Inspector-General of West Indian Local Force and Officer Commanding the troops, Jamaica, 1930-1932; retired, 1932; died 1951.

Collection presented to the Centre by the family of Brig Gen Stevens

Comprising a single volume of typescript letters by George Archibald Stevens to his parents from the Western Front, Nov 1914 - Nov 1918; notably including accounts of Second Battle of Ypres, Apr-May 1915, and Battle of the Somme, Jul-Nov 1916; photographs of Stevens, a group photograph of fellow officers, family, billet, bombed countryside and one unidentified aerial photograph; mostly uncaptioned.

Single volume containing letters as outlined 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 for Archive Services.
English

Summary guide entry online at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm and on hard copy in the Centre's Reading Room.

The family may retain the original letters.

The Liddell Hart Centre holds numerous accounts of the Western Front, notably including the papers of the Gen the Hon Sir (John) Francis Gathorne-Hardy, Brig Arthur Gibson, Gen Sir Alexander Godly, Lt Col Archibald Gracie, Brig George Ellenberger, FM Sir John Dill, Lt Col Kenneth Cousland, Gen Sir (Henry De) Beauvoir De Lisle, FM Edmund Allenby, Maj Gen Sir John Kennedy, Lt Col Edmund Thornhill and Lt Col Hugo Burnaby.

The Imperial War Museum, Department of Documents, London, holds papers relating to his service on the Western Front, 1914-1918.

Decorations: CMG, DSO
Sources: Who's who. Entry compiled by Geoff Browell for the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April 2003 Wars (events) Armed forces Battle of the Somme (1916) Belgium Europe France International conflicts International relations Military organizations Organizations Photographs Somme State security Stephens , George Archibald , 1875-1951 , Brigadier General Visual materials War Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Ypres

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Collection presented to the Centre by the family of Brig Gen Stevens

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Portée et contenu

Comprising a single volume of typescript letters by George Archibald Stevens to his parents from the Western Front, Nov 1914 - Nov 1918; notably including accounts of Second Battle of Ypres, Apr-May 1915, and Battle of the Somme, Jul-Nov 1916; photographs of Stevens, a group photograph of fellow officers, family, billet, bombed countryside and one unidentified aerial photograph; mostly uncaptioned.

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Mode de classement

Single volume containing letters as outlined above.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

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 for Archive Services.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

The Liddell Hart Centre holds numerous accounts of the Western Front, notably including the papers of the Gen the Hon Sir (John) Francis Gathorne-Hardy, Brig Arthur Gibson, Gen Sir Alexander Godly, Lt Col Archibald Gracie, Brig George Ellenberger, FM Sir John Dill, Lt Col Kenneth Cousland, Gen Sir (Henry De) Beauvoir De Lisle, FM Edmund Allenby, Maj Gen Sir John Kennedy, Lt Col Edmund Thornhill and Lt Col Hugo Burnaby.

Instruments de recherche

Summary guide entry online at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm and on hard copy in the Centre's Reading Room.

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Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Unités de description associées

The Imperial War Museum, Department of Documents, London, holds papers relating to his service on the Western Front, 1914-1918.

Descriptions associées

Note de publication

Decorations: CMG, DSO

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Decorations: CMG, DSO

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Mots-clés - Lieux

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Mots-clés - Genre

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Identifiant du service d'archives

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

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

Langue(s)

  • anglais

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    Sources

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