FERRIER, Maj Gen James Archibald (1854-1934)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0099 KCLMA Ferrier |
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 | : FERRIER, Maj Gen James Archibald (1854-1934) |
Date(s) | : c 1920, 1995 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : one file |
Name of creator(s) | : Ferrier | James Archibald | 1854-1934 | Major General |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1854; educated, St James' School , Jersey and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Lt, Royal Engineers (RE), 1873; Capt, 1885; Adjutant, Royal Engineers, 1888-1892; Maj, 1892; Lt Col, 1898; Afghanistan, 1878-1880; Sudan (Nile) Expedition, 1884-1885; Sudan, 1885-1886; Tirah and North West Frontier Expedition, India, 1897-1898; Col, 1903; Commanding Troops, Natal, 1904; Chief Engineer, Coastal Defence, Eastern Command 1905-1908; Commandant, School of Military Engineering and Commander, Royal Engineers Depot, 1908-1910; Maj Gen, 1910; General Officer Commanding troops in Sierra Leone, 1911-1914; Garrison Commander, Humber Defences, 1915-1917; retired, 1917; died 1934.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Unpublished memoir of the life and military career of Maj Gen James Archibald Ferrier including: service with Royal Engineers, India, 1875-1878; Afghanistan, 1878-1880; Sudan (Nile) Expedition, 1884-1885; Sudan, 1885-1886; Tirah and North West Frontier Expedition, India, 1897-1898; Natal, 1904; Sierra Leone, 1911-1914; UK, 1915-1917. Includes epilogue and notes written by Ferrier's grandson, James Llay Ferrier, 1995.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
1 file
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of a letter of introduction.
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 Archives and Corporate Records Services.
Finding aids:
Collection level description online.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Placed in centre by family Nov 2003
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by James Pugh.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD (G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Mar 2004
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