BOWRING, Maj Gen John Humphrey Stephen (1913-1998)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0099 KCLMA Bowring |
Held at | : Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma › |
Full title | : BOWRING, Maj Gen John Humphrey Stephen (1913-1998) |
Date(s) | : Created 1963, 1968 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Bowring | John Humphrey Stephen | 1913 - 1998 | Major General |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1913; educated at Downside, Royal Military Academy Woolwich and Trinity College, Cambridge; commissioned into the army in 1933; served in Palestine, 1936; India, 1937-40; Middle East, 1940-42; and India and Burma, 1942-46; British Military Mission to Greece, 1947-1950; UK, 1951-1955; Commander, Royal Engineers, 17 Gurkha Division, Malaya, 1955-1958; Col, General Staff, War Office, 1958-1961; Brig and Chief Engineer, Far East Land Forces, 1961-1964; Brigadier General Staff, Ministry of Defence, 1964-1965; Engineer-in-Chief, 1965-1968; Col, Gurkha Engineers, 1966-1971; Col Commandant, Royal Engineers, 1968-1973; died 1998.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Photocopy of a report on role of engineers of Far East Land Forces in Borneo, 1963, following the Brunei rebellion, 1962; and photocopy of a directive relating to recruitment and training within the Engineering Corps, 1968.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Arranged chronologically.
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.
Finding aids:
This collection description.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Placed in the Centre by Bowring in 1991.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
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Description Notes
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Date(s) of descriptions:
Jun 1996
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