MS 444
Reference code
MS 444
Title
Clive Feather Collection
Level
Sub-fonds
Administrative / Biographical history
Clive Edward Feather (1915–2003) was a British Army officer and company director. Born in Sussex in December 1915, he was the son of Morris Feather and Sabina Zelinski, Lithuanian and Russian Jewish immigrants. He was educated at Eton College as a King’s Scholar (1930–1934) and at St John’s College, Cambridge (1937–1941). He enlisted in the British Army in 1939 and was commissioned into the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, serving in intelligence in Northern Ireland (1943–1944) and Belgium (1945–1946). After the war he worked as a company director. He died in London in October 2003
Date
c.1918-c.1946
Extent & medium
5 files and 2 volumes
Content description
A collection of papers relating to Clive Feather OE, including documents and photographs relating to his family, education at Eton and St John’s College Cambridge, his World War II service as a British Army officer with the Royal Fusiliers including his work as an intelligence officer in Northern Ireland and Belgium
1.Family photographs: Clive Feather as a child, a schoolboy, on holiday with parents at Cannes and Nice; and with sister Norma Simmons, 1918-1991
2.Education: Clive Feather’s graduation photographs, Cambridge, 1930 - 1941
3.Military Service:
3 /1 Portrait photographs of Clive Feather in uniform, 1939-1946
3/2 Official pass ID and postcards, while intelligence officer in Northern Ireland, May 1943-May 1944
3/3 photographs with his unit in Belgium, Dec 1945-Sep 1946
3/4 Clive Feather’s officer’s Field Service Pocket Book (1939-1941), with his annotations
3/5 Clive Feather’s copy of Field Service Regulations (1939)
1.Family photographs: Clive Feather as a child, a schoolboy, on holiday with parents at Cannes and Nice; and with sister Norma Simmons, 1918-1991
2.Education: Clive Feather’s graduation photographs, Cambridge, 1930 - 1941
3.Military Service:
3 /1 Portrait photographs of Clive Feather in uniform, 1939-1946
3/2 Official pass ID and postcards, while intelligence officer in Northern Ireland, May 1943-May 1944
3/3 photographs with his unit in Belgium, Dec 1945-Sep 1946
3/4 Clive Feather’s officer’s Field Service Pocket Book (1939-1941), with his annotations
3/5 Clive Feather’s copy of Field Service Regulations (1939)
Provenance
Owned by Clive Feather until his death in 2003, then transferred to Eton College in 2010.
Arrangement
Artificial, imposed by archivist.
Associated material
ED 463 | Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s diaries while at Eton
PA-A.226:878-2015 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s leaver’s photograph Eton
MEL.523:01-2010 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s Old Etonian blazer
MEL.523:02-2010 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s Old Etonian braces
MEL.523:03-2010 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s Old Etonian scarf
MEL.523:04-2010 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s Old Etonian tie
Books belonging to Clive Feather are catalogued separately in Eton College Library catalogue
PA-A.226:878-2015 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s leaver’s photograph Eton
MEL.523:01-2010 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s Old Etonian blazer
MEL.523:02-2010 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s Old Etonian braces
MEL.523:03-2010 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s Old Etonian scarf
MEL.523:04-2010 Eton Collections: Clive Feather’s Old Etonian tie
Books belonging to Clive Feather are catalogued separately in Eton College Library catalogue
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