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

BARTHOLOMEW, Gen Sir William Henry (1877-1962)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Bartholomew

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

Title: BARTHOLOMEW, Gen Sir William Henry (1877-1962)

Date(s): Created 1917-1950

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres

Name of creator(s): Bartholomew | Sir | William Henry | 1877-1962 | Knight | General

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1877; educated at Newton College, south Devon and Royal Military Academy,Woolwich; joined Royal Artillery, 1897; graduated Staff College, Quetta, India, 1909-1910;served in World War One, 1914-1918; General Staff Officer, Grade 1, 4 Div, and Brig Gen,General Staff, 20 Corps, 1917-1918; Brig Gen, General Staff, Egyptian Expeditionary Force,1918; commanded 6 Infantry Bde, 1923-1926; Aide de Camp to the King and Maj Gen, 1926;Director of Recruiting and Organisation, War Office, 1927-1928; Commandant, ImperialDefence College, 1929-1931; Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office,1931-1934; Col Commandant, Royal Artillery, 1934-1937; Lt Gen, 1933; Chief of GeneralStaff, India, 1934-1937; Gen, 1937; General Officer Commanding in Chief, Northern Command,1937-1940; Aide de Camp General to the King, 1938-1940; retired, 1940; North EasternRegional Commissioner for Civil Defence, 1940-1945; died 1962.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to operations of 20 Corps in Palestine, 1917-1918, including third Battle of Gaza; correspondence including with Gen Sir Kenneth Wigram, 1935, and FM Sir Philip Chetwode, 1926-1936, with related papers, 1911-1950; Bartholomew Committee, Jun 1940 including operations in Flanders, organisation and training of troops; Northern Command and civil defence, 1940-1945.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in sections as above.

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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

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

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1975.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: GCB, CMG, DSO

Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Civil defence | Defence | State security
Nonbook materials | Documents | Information sources
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Civil defence x Defence
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Bartholomew | Sir | William Henry | 1877-1962 | Knight | General
Chetwode | Philip Walhouse | 1869-1950 | 1st Baron Chetwode of Chetwode | Field Marshal x Chetwode | 1st Baron
Wigram | Sir | Kenneth | 1875-1949 | Knight | General

Corporate names
British Army
Indian Army

Places
Belgium | Western Europe | Europe
Dunkirk | France | Western Europe | Europe
Flanders | Western Europe | Europe
Gaza | Gaza Strip | Israel | Middle East
Jerusalem | Israel | Middle East
Palestine | Middle East