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Unpublished memoir of the life and military career of Maj Gen James Archibald Ferrier including: service with Royal Engineers, India, 1875-1878; Afghanistan, 1878-1880;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:

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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