Copies of papers and photographs relating to Hobbs' career, 1888-1912, including eighteen manuscript letters home from Singapore, 1892, and from the Sudan, 1897-1900. Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, obituaries and records of service, 1888-1912, including newspaper cuttings relating to the campaign in the Sudan, 1897-1898, notably the Battle of Omdurman, Sep 1898, and manuscript letter to Hobbs from Col Sir (Francis) Reginald Wingate, Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, on Hobbs' resignation from the Egyptian Army, 5 Nov 1901. Thirty photographs, [1888]-1908, notably the officers of HMS MERCURY, 1893, and soldiers of 11 Sudanese Bn, Sudan, 1902.
HOBBS, Maj Frederick Manoli Baltazzi (1867-1911)
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- ReferenceGB 99 KCLMA Hobbs, F M B
- Dates of Creation1888-1912
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Descriptionu box or 0.015 cubic metres
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Administrative / Biographical History
Born 1867; commissioned into the Royal Marines Light Infantry, 1886; served on HMS ASIA, 1889-1890; service in Singapore, 1892; served on HMS MERCURY, 1893; Superintendent of Gymnasia, Western District, 1893-1895; served in Chatham, Kent, 1896; Capt, 1896; Nile Expedition, Egypt and the Sudan, 1897-1898, including capture of Abu Hamed and the re-occupation of Berber, Sudan, Aug-Sep 1897; served with Egyptian Army, 1897-1901; Staff Officer, Water Transport, to Commander-in-Chief, Nile Expedition, 1898; service on HM Gunboat FATEH, Battle of Omdurman, Sep 1898; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, 1900; Commanding Officer, 1 Egyptian Bn, and 11 Sudanese Bn, 1900-1902; service with the Colonial Contingent, Alexandra Palace, London, for the Coronation of HM King Edward VII, 1902; Superintendent, Gymnasia Depot, Deal, Kent, 1903-1906; Maj, 1905; served on HMS PRINCE GEORGE, 1907; Commandant, Royal Naval School of Music, Eastney, Hampshire, 1909-1911; died 1911.
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Copies made by the Centre from originals loaned by the family in 1986.
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