Shelfmark
MS 549
Title
Collection of letters relative to General Sir John Steven Cowans, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Quarter Master General of the forces, member of the Army Council, 1912-1919. Addressed to Major Desmond Chapman-Huston in reply to his enquiries prior to writing his book "General Sir John Cowans, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. The Quarter-Master General of the Great War" and presented by him to Mr. E. Millington-Drake for his collection of war books and document destined for the School Library at Eton. August 1914 to October 1918 / T. H. Barnes, Lt. Col. T.D.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Brussels?, 1927.
Physical description
[35] leaves ; 32 cm.
Note
Typed transcrition of original letters.
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Date and place of production assumed from ms. inscription.
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Original letters bound together and also gifted to Eton College.
Note
Loose ms. letter to Provost James from Eugen Millington-Drake explaining the transcription of the letters and gifiting it to Eton College School Library.
Summary, etc.
Scope and content: Letters from: Arthur Balfour, Marquess of Lansdowne, Curzon of Kedleston, Lord French, Earl of Selborne, Viscount Long of Wraxall, Viscount Haldane, Viscount Devonport, Lord Methuen, Lord Plumer, Lord Allenby, Sir Neville Lyttelton, Sir Charles Monro, Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, Sir William Sefton Brancker, prefaced by biographical notes.
Subject
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 Biography.
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James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 correspondent.
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Belgium Brussels.
Identifier
B30740