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BEAUMONT-NESBITT, Maj Gen Frederick George (1893-1971)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Beaumont-Nesbitt

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

Title: BEAUMONT-NESBITT, Maj Gen Frederick George (1893-1971)

Date(s): Created [1930-1945], [1950-1970]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Nesbitt | Frederick George | Beaumont- | 1893-1971 | Major General x Beaumont-Nesbitt | Frederick George

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1893; educated at Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; joined Grenadier Guards, 1912; Lt, 1914; Capt, 1915; Adjutant, Divisional Base Depot, 1915; ADC to Commander, 11 Army Corps, France, 1915-1916; General Staff Officer Grade 3, 4 Army, France, 1917-1918; Bde Maj, 3rd Guards Bde, France, 1918; Adjutant, Dispersal Unit, 1919; Staff Capt, 2 Guards Bde, UK, 1919-1920; taught English at a French military school, 1920-1921; Adjutant, Grenadier Guards, 1921-1922; General Staff Officer Grade 3, War Office, 1922-1924 and Grade 2, 1926-1930; commanded 2 Bn, Grenadier Guards, 1932-1935; Military Attaché, Paris, 1936-1938; Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office, 1938-1939, and Director of Military Intelligence, 1939-1940; Military Attaché, Washington DC, 1941; Maj Gen, General Staff, British Army Staff, Washington DC, 1941-1943; Maj Gen, General Staff, Middle East, North Africa and Italy, 1943-1945; ADC to King George VI, 1944-1945; Liaison Officer on staff of FM Hon Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1945; retired pay, 1945; Gentleman Usher to the Queen, 1959-1967; died in 1971.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Memoir covering his life and career, 1893-[1918], notably his time at Eton College and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and his service in the Grenadier Guards, 1912-[1918], including his experiences in France, 1914-[1918], written in [1950-1970]. Photographs, mainly of Grenadier Guardsmen and other army personnel, [1930-1945].

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 file.

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 suppplied for research use only. Requests to publish original amterial 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:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Copies made by the Centre from originals loaned by the family in 1995.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: CVO, CBE, MC

Date(s) of descriptions: Nov 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Memoirs | Documents | Information sources
Military education | Higher science education
Photographs | Visual materials
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
International relations
Military organizations
Primary documents

Personal names
Nesbitt | Frederick George | Beaumont- | 1893-1971 | Major General x Beaumont-Nesbitt | Frederick George

Corporate names
British Army
Grenadier Guards

Places