IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Blagrove H J
Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
Title: BLAGROVE, Col Henry John (1854-1925)
Date(s): 1899-1904
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Blagrove | Henry John | 1854-1925 | Colonel
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1854; educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford; entered 13 Hussars, 1875; served in East Indies, 1875-1878, 1879-1880, 1881-1882 and in Afghanistan, 1880-1881; attached to 19 Hussars and served as orderly officer in 1 Cavalry Brigade during Egyptian Expedition, 1882; engaged in action at Kassassin and Battle of Tel-el-Kebir and took part in march to, and occupation of Cairo; Capt, 1883; Maj, 1890; Lt Col, 1896; commanded 13 Hussars, 1896-1901; served in South Africa, 1899-1901; present at the Relief of Ladysmith, including actions at Colenso, Spion Kop, Vaal Kranz, and Pieters Hill, 1900, and served during operations in the Transvaal, 1900-1901, and Orange River Colony, 1901; Brevet Col, 1900; Commandant, POW camp, Leigh, 1915-1917; died in 1925.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Copies of papers relating to his service in the Boer War, 1899-1901, notably two letters from E A Wiggin, giving an account of operations around Greylingstad, July 1900, sketches and notes on scenes of action, [1900], including Spion Kop; notes by way of transcript of statements of witnesses, including Kriegler himself, in the trial of S G Kriegler, a Boer spy, [1899-1901], war news bulletins published by the Boers, 1899-1900, two letters to Col Blagrove from Lt C E Jenkins, a prisoner in Piet Retief Jail, 1900, and printed minutes of Burgher Peace Committee meeting, 20 Dec 1900.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Mainly English, with some items in Afrikaans.
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 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:
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 in 1984 from originals loaned by the family.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The Centre also holds the papers of Blagrove's son, Capt Peter Blagrove (GB99 KCLMA Blagrove P), and those of his daughter-in-law, Superintendent Edith Gordon Blagrove (Lady Brind) (GB99 KCLMA Blagrove E G). Canterbury Museum holds papers relating to the Boer War, 1899-1902.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Decorations: CB, CBE
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 1996