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Brigadier-General Sir Henry Osborne Mance: Papers
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/66
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PRO 30/66
Papers of Brigadier General Sir H Osborne Mance which relate to his career in the Army (1899 to 1918) and as an internationally recognised communications and transport expert.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- PRO 30/66
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Title (The name of the record)
- Brigadier-General Sir Henry Osborne Mance: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1899-1924
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of Brigadier General Sir H Osborne Mance which relate to his career in the Army (1899 to 1918) and as an internationally recognised communications and transport expert.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Not Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Mance, Henry Osborne, 1875-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 33 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Sir Henry Osborne ManceKnight, 1875-1966
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- Topics
- Army
- Personal and family papers
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Brigadier-General Sir Henry Osborne Mance served as a subaltern in the Royal Engineers in the Boer War, as Director of Railways, Light Railways and Roads in the 1914-1918 War and as a communication expert in the British Delegation to the 1919-1920 Peace Conference.
He also served on several League of Nations committees and attended the major conventions dealing with transport problems in post-war Europe.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12012/
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