Papers of Maj Gen Nathaniel Walter Barnardiston, CB, MVO (1858-1919)
Reference code: GB99 KCLMA Barnardiston
Title: BARNARDISTON, Maj Gen Nathaniel Walter (1858-1919)
Dates of creation of material: 1914-1919
Level of description: item level
Extent: 0.005m3 or 0.5 box of papers
Introduction
- Biographical history
- Provenance
- Scope and content
- Arrangement
- Conditions of access and use
- Related material
Brief List
1 Papers relating to the capture of the German port of Tsingtao, North China, by Japanese and British troops during World War One, and a subsequent visit to Japan, mainly official invitations and notes of congratulation, 1914
2 Papers created during Barnardiston's command of 39 Div, 1915-1916
3 Papers created during Barnardiston's time as Chief of the British Military Mission to Portugal, including personal diaries, and material relating to Belgian neutrality, 1916-1919
INTRODUCTION
Born in 1858; joined 77 (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Regt of Foot, 1878; Adjutant 2 Bn Middlesex Regt, 1882-1886; Capt, 1885; graduated Staff College, 1888; Aide de Camp to Governor of Bermuda, 1889-1892; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Eastern District, 1894-1897; Maj, 1896; Staff Captain, Intelligence Div, War Office, 1898-1899; Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Intelligence Div, War Office, 1899-1901; served with 2 Bn Middlesex Regt during Second Boer War, South Africa, 1901-1902; temporary Military Attaché to Brussels and The Hague, 1902-1904; Lt Col, 1904; Military Attaché to Brussels, The Hague, and the Scandinavian Courts, 1904-1906; Military Attaché to Brussels and The Hague, 1906; Assistant Commandant at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and General Staff Officer Grade 2, 1906-1910; Brevet Col, 1907; Assistant Director of Military Training and General Staff Officer Grade 1, 1910-1914; served World War One, 1914-1918; Col, 1910; commanded British troops at the capture of Tsingtao, North China, 1914; Maj Gen, 1914; Commander 39 Div, 1915-1916; Chief of British Military Mission to Portugal, 1916-1919; died 1919.
Publications:
Handbook of the Belgian Army, (War Office Intelligence Department, Stationery Office, London, 1899); Handbook of the French Army, (War Office Intelligence Department, Stationery Office, London, 1901).
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1966.
The papers relate to the later part of Barnardiston's career. Material relating to the capture of Tsingtao, North China, reflects the relationship between Japan and Britain at this time; there are messages of support from the Japanese public, and official invitations to various celebrations whilst on a subsequent tour of Japan. The majority of the collection consists of papers collected whilst Barnardiston was Chief of the Military Mission to Portugal; his personal appointment diaries contain several closely observed descriptions of Portuguese politics and people, and the country's contribution to the war effort. Also included is some correspondence relating to conversations held between Barnardiston and General Ducarne in 1906 regarding Belgian neutrality in the event of war.
The papers are arranged chronologically in sections; the diaries, originally given separate numbers in a brief appraisal conducted when the papers were deposited, have been collected under the period of Barnardiston's post in Portugal, to which they mainly refer.
Access
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copyright
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.
Language
Mostly English, with some Japanese and Portuguese.
Associated materials
Further papers (1859-1919) may be found at the Bury St Edmunds branch of the Suffolk Record Office.
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