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BLOXHAM, Rev John Francis (1873-1928)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Bloxham

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

Title: BLOXHAM, Rev John Francis (1873-1928)

Date(s): Created 1917-1918, 1928

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Bloxham | John Francis | 1873-1928 | Reverend

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1873; educated at Winchester College, Exeter College, Oxford and Ely Theological College; ordained in 1897; served at St Agnes, Kennington, 1897-1902, St Andrew's, Worthing, 1902-1904, St Cyprian's, Marylebone, 1902-1905 and St Mary's, Graham Street, 1905-1922; appointed as Chaplain to the Forces and served on the Western Front, 1916-1918; Vicar of St Saviour's, Hoxton, 1922-1927; died in 1928.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Two letters written to his sister describing action at Menin Road, third Battle of Ypres, Sep 1917, and battle of the Selle, Oct 1918; typescript copies of extracts from The Times relating to the award of his MC, 1917, and bar, 1918; card from Maj Gen Reginald John Pinney, Maj Gen Commanding 33 Div, BEF, commending Bloxham for his distinguished service, 1918; two obituaries cut from newspapers, 1928.

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 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:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1984.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: MC

Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 1997


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names
Bloxham | John Francis | 1873-1928 | clergyman and Army Chaplain
Pinney | Sir | Reginald John | 1867-1939 | Major General

Corporate names
British Army

Places
Selle, River | France | Western Europe | Europe
Ypres | Belgium | Western Europe | Europe