GB 0099 KCLMA Wintour - WINTOUR, Maj Gen Fitzgerald (1860-1949)

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Reference code

GB 0099 KCLMA Wintour

Title

WINTOUR, Maj Gen Fitzgerald (1860-1949)

Date(s)

  • Created 1898-1918 (Creation)

Level of description

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0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Born in 1860; entered Army, 1880; served in Egypt, 1882; Sudan, 1884-1885 and 1885-1886; Capt, Royal West Kent Regt, 1887; served on North West Frontier, India, 1897; served in Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1901; Maj, 1900; Lt Col, Norfolk Regt, 1904; Col, 1908; commanded brigade in France, World War One, 1914-1915; Deputy Assistant and Quarter Master General, Headquarters, 2 Army, 1915; retired, 1918; died in 1949.

Archival history

GB 0099 KCLMA Wintour Created 1898-1918 Collection (fonds) 0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres

Born in 1860; entered Army, 1880; served in Egypt, 1882; Sudan, 1884-1885 and 1885-1886; Capt, Royal West Kent Regt, 1887; served on North West Frontier, India, 1897; served in Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1901; Maj, 1900; Lt Col, Norfolk Regt, 1904; Col, 1908; commanded brigade in France, World War One, 1914-1915; Deputy Assistant and Quarter Master General, Headquarters, 2 Army, 1915; retired, 1918; died in 1949.

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1990.

Photocopies of memoir covering military service, 1860-1918; published account of Tochi Valley expedition, Afghanistan, 1897-1898; complaint relating to conditions in trenches, Western Front, World War One, 1915.

Arranged in sections as in scope and content.

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 available on line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Decorations: CB, CBE
Jun 1996 Afghanistan Armed forces British Army Documents East Africa Egypt Europe France India Information sources International conflicts International relations Memoirs Middle East Military engineering Military logistics Military organizations North Africa Northwest Frontier Organizations Pakistan Second Boer War, 1899-1902 South Africa South Asia Southern Africa State security Sudan Tochi War Warfare Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events) Primary documents

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1990.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Photocopies of memoir covering military service, 1860-1918; published account of Tochi Valley expedition, Afghanistan, 1897-1898; complaint relating to conditions in trenches, Western Front, World War One, 1915.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged in sections as in scope and content.

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

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Summary guide available on line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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Decorations: CB, CBE

Notes area

Note

Decorations: CB, CBE

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Institution identifier

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

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Language(s)

  • English

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