POORE, Brig Gen Robert Montagu (1886-1938)

Poore

POORE, Brig Gen Robert Montagu (1886-1938)

1887-1931; 1977; 1985; 1988

Papers relating to his life and career, [1891]-1931, dated [1891]-1931,1977, 1985,1988, principally comprising diaries, 1899-1900, and letters to his family, 1900-1902, describing his service as Provost Marshal with the South African Field Force; memorandum to Col Duff, Assistant Adjutant General, South African Field Force, concerning the functions of the Provost Marshal, 1900; photographs, [1891-1931], mainly of Poore and his family; 'The new cavalry sword and mounted swordsmanship', copy of an article by Poore from The Cavalry Journal, Apr 1911; copies of published articles relating to his criketing career, 1899, [1920], 1985, 1988. Papers relating to his wife Lady Flora Poore, 1899-1900, 1916, comprising her diaries, 1899-1900; lists of work completed and statements of accounts of the Jhansi Cantonments Comforts to Troops Fund, 1915-1916.

Arranged in the following sections: diaries; correspondence; memoranda; photographs; cricketing articles; Lady Flora Poore; miscellaneous.

<span class="wrapper"><p>The Centre also holds the papers of his father, Maj Robert Poore, and his brothers, Philip Poore and Lt Col Roger Alvin Poore.</p> <p>The National Army Museum holds papers relating to both Brig Gen Robert Montagu Poore, 1896,1911, [1920], [1935] (Ref: 7404-44-1) and Maj Robert Poore, 1854-1858 (Ref: 7509-60, 61).</p> <p>Papers of Maj Robert Poore and Brig Gen Robert Montagu Poore held at the National Army Museum</p> <p>7509-60,61 1854 Jun - 1858 Dec Letters from RP to his parents from the Crimea and from India during the Mutiny. Bound MS &amp; TS.</p> <p>7404-44-1 1896 Jun - Oct Journal kept by RMP during the suppression of the Matabele up-rising, Rhodesia.</p> <p>7404-44-2 1911 Apr 'The Cavalry Sword' by RMP. The Cavalry Journal, vol 6.</p> <p>7404-44-3 c 1920 'A Great Cricketer: Col RM Poore, DSO' by Maj GH Badcock. Fry's Magazine.</p> <p>7404-44-4 c 1935 Account of the polo victory of 7 Hussars over the Royal Scots Greys. Cutting.</p></span>

English

3 boxes or 0.03m³

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 College Archivist.

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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1988. A further deposit was made in 1989 by Mr Jeremy S J Lonsdale.

Born in 1866; Lt, 3 Bn, Wiltshire Regiment (Militia), 1883; joined 1 Bn, 1886; transferred to 7 Hussars, 1886; served in India, 1886-1895; ADC to Governor of Bombay, 1892-1895; served in South Africa, 1895-1906; Staff Captain, Natal 1896; Capt, 1898; Provost Marshal, South African Field Force, 1899-1902; Maj, 1901; Lt Col, 1911; commanded 7 Hussars, 1911-1915; served in India, 1911-1919; Col, 1914; commanded Jhansi Bde, 1915-1919; retired pay, 1921; noted amateur cricketer; died in 1938.