Photocopies of memoir covering military service, 1860-1918; published account of Tochi Valley expedition, Afghanistan, 1897-1898; complaint relating to conditions in trenches, Western Front, World War One, 1915.
WINTOUR, Maj Gen Fitzgerald (1860-1949)
This material is held atLiddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
- Reference
- GB 99 KCLMA Wintour
- Dates of Creation
- 1898-1918
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Born in 1860; entered Army, 1880; served in Egypt, 1882; Sudan, 1884-1885 and 1885-1886; Capt, Royal West Kent Regt, 1887; served on North West Frontier, India, 1897; served in Boer War, South Africa, 1899-1901; Maj, 1900; Lt Col, Norfolk Regt, 1904; Col, 1908; commanded brigade in France, World War One, 1914-1915; Deputy Assistant and Quarter Master General, Headquarters, 2 Army, 1915; retired, 1918; died in 1949.
Arrangement
Arranged in sections as in scope and content.
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1990.
Other Finding Aids
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Conditions Governing Use
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.