Papers of FM Sir Archibald (Armar)
Montgomery-Massingberd, GCB, KCMG (1871-1947)
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Papers relating to Montgomery-Massingberd's
early career, 1891-1900
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1891
Hardback volume containing sketches of, and notes on, examples of fortification, including the preparation of fascines and gabions, trenchwork, and bridge construction, undertaken by Montgomery-Massingberd during the Summer term at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. 1 vol.
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1899-1900
Newspapers reports of the Second Boer War, namely copies of The Standard and Diggers' News, 9 Dec 1899-23 Feb 1900, The Daily Express and Orange Free State Advertiser, 18 Jan 1900 and 8-9 Mar 1900, and The Friend of the Free State and Bloemfontein Gazette (later The Friend), 17 Oct 1899 and 7 Mar-19 Apr 1900. 1 file.
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1903, 1906-1907
Essays and papers mainly created by Montgomery-Massingberd whilst a student at the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, on subjects including 'Alexander Hamilton', 'Strategical routes and centres in Asiatic Turkey', and 'Lessons of 1815, 1862, 1866 and 1870 as confirmed or modified by the war in Manchuria'. 1 file.
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1906 Sep
'Infantry attachment report and report on the practice of two Field Artillery Brigades of 18 pdrs at Okehampton', prepared by Montgomery-Massingberd whilst at the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey. 1 vol.
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1909-1911
Reports on Army manoeuvres, 1909-1910, and Aldershot Command Staff tours, 1910-1911. 1 file, 4 vols.
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1909-1910
Material relating to field-days held at Aldershot Command for the Prince and Princess of Wales, 14 May 1909, and HM King Edward VII on 18 May 1909 and 25 May 1910, including newspaper cuttings, orders, itineraries and notes. 1 file.
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1910 Sep
Material relating to the Army manoeuvres of Sep 1910, notably War Office instructions, orders by Lt Gen Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, Commander-in-Chief, Aldershot, orders for the force under the command of Lt Gen Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, Officer Commanding 5th Division Irish Command, with a report on topographical considerations, intelligence summaries, a narrative of the operations, and a report by Montgomery-Massingberd on Plumer's leadership, newspaper cuttings relating to the concluding conference of the Army manoeuvres and the confidential war diary of the Red Force Headquarters. 1 file.
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1911 Jun
Papers mainly relating to the Coronation of HM King George V, which Montgomery-Massingberd attended as a Gold Staff Officer, notably pamphlets containing instructions and duties for Gold Staff officers; Montgomery-Massingberd's pass into Westminster Abbey for the rehearsal, 17-20 Jun, and the coronation, 22 Jun; the order of ceremony, and plans of the Abbey. 1 file.
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1912 Jan 5-1913 Dec 12
Bound volumes of Orders by Brig Gen W P Braithwaite for the Staff College, Quetta, India. 2 vols.
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1912-1913
Papers relating to the preliminary lecture given by Montgomery-Massingberd at the Staff College, Quetta, including a draft text of that lecture analysing recent international events and predicting war with Germany, 1912; newspaper cuttings from The Pioneer and The Times relating to international events, British military strength, and the First Balkan War, Dec 1912-Mar 1913; a sketch map of the Franco-German and Belgian frontier, on a scale of 1:1,000,000, 1912. 1 file.
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1913
Papers relating to teaching work at the Staff College, Quetta, notably a timetable of lectures; lists of the students taught, and comments on their work for various exercises, 1913; Montgomery-Massingberd's programme of work for Feb-Dec 1913; sketch plans of the Staff College buildings and a General Staff Officer's quarters at Quetta. 1 file.
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1913
Précis and texts of seven lectures by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College, Quetta, India, relating to 'Minor tactics', and his remarks on a tactical exercise on 'The lessons for the future in minor tactics from four South African battles', Mar 1913. 1 file.
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1913
Notes and texts of three lectures for Staff College, Quetta, India, by Montgomery-Massingberd on the writing of operational orders. 1 file.
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1913
Texts of three lectures for Staff College, Quetta, India, by Montgomery-Massingberd on 'Technical details of artillery', with notes on comparisons between French and German artillery organisation, an Army Council 'Memorandum on training of the Royal Horse, Royal Field, and Heavy Artillery, 1912', notes on L'Artillerie aux manoeuvres de Picardie en 1910, by French Gen Percin, and papers relating to a Staff College Junior Division siege operations camp, Aug 1913. 1 file.
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1913
Papers relating to tactical exercises carried out by the students of the Staff College at Quetta, including orders and special ideas, maps, notes and Montgomery-Massingberd's appreciations. 2 files.
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1906, 1913
Papers relating to the Waterloo Campaign of 1815, notably the text of Montgomery-Massingberd's lectures for Staff College, Quetta, India, on the subject, handwritten notes, printed pamphlets, sketch maps, exercises for students, Montgomery-Massingberd's commentary on their answers to those exercises, and copies of his own work on the subject whilst a student at the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey. 2 files.
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1913
Text of lectures by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on the Gettysburg Campaign, with maps and notes on the composition of forces. 1 file.
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1906, 1913
Text of lectures by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on the campaign in Virginia during the American Civil War, 1862, with exercises for students, Montgomery-Massingberd's commentary on their answers to those exercises, and copies of his own work on the subject whilst a student at the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey. 1 file.
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1906, 1912-1913
Text of lectures by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on the Bohemian Campaign of the Austro-Prussian War, 1866, with printed notes on the forces engaged, rulers of Prussia after Frederick the Great, and Moltke's projects for the campaign of 1866, sketch maps, exercises for students, Montgomery-Massingberd's commentary on their answers to those exercises, and copies of his own work on the subject whilst a student at the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey. 1 file.
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1913
Text of lectures by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on the Chancellorville Campaign, American Civil War, 1863, with printed notes on the composition of the forces, and sketch maps. 1 file.
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1913
Text of lectures by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on 'The Development of tactics and strategy', with printed notes, notably on European history in the 17th and 18th centuries, diagrams and sketch maps. 1 file.
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1913
Text of lectures by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on the Austerlitz Campaign of 1805 (War of the Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars), forming part of 'The development of tactics and strategy' series, with sketch maps and diagrams. 1 file.
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1901, 1913
Text of lectures by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on the Jena Campaign of 1806 (War of the Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars), forming part of 'The development of tactics and strategy' series, with sketch maps, printed notes on the positions of the French Army on 5-14 Oct 1806, and copies of his own work on the subject whilst a Captain in the Royal Artillery. 1 file.
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1913
Text of lecture by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on 'Napoleon from 1806-1814', forming part of 'The development of tactics and strategy' series, including sketch maps of the campaigns of 1806-1807. 1 file.
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1913
Text of lecture by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on 'Wellington and the Peninsula War', forming part of 'The development of tactics and strategy' series, with some printed notes on Wellington's Peninsular Army, and sketch maps of various battles. 1 file.
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1913
Text of lecture by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on the Battle of Salamanca, Jul 1812 (The Peninsular War, Napoleonic Wars), forming part of 'The development of tactics and strategy' series, with printed notes on the composition of the Allied forces under Wellington, and sketch maps. 1 file.
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1913
Text of final lecture by Montgomery-Massingberd for Staff College Quetta, India, on 'The development of tactics and strategy, focusing on 1815-1866, with sketch maps of various campaigns and notes on 'The duration of battles'. 1 file.
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1914 Jul
Papers relating a Mountain Warfare Staff Tour in Wales for the Senior Division of the Staff College, Camberley, notably typed memoranda giving the general premise of a punitive expedition against a tribe on the North-West Frontier of India, maps of the area, handwritten notes by Montgomery-Massingberd concerning the supply column, plan of operations, and lists of staff. 1 file.
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1914-1915
Papers relating to the operations of 4 Div, BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in France and Belgium, notably material relating to the initial period of fighting, including a 4 Div Order of Battle, Aug 1914, draft reports by Montgomery-Massingberd, as General Staff Officer, 4 Div, of the action of 4 Div about Fontaine-au-Pire, Haucourt and Ligny, 8 miles west of Le Cateau, 26 Aug 1914, a report by Brig Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding 4 Div Artillery, on operations since 7 Sep 1914 including attempts by the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) to cross the River Marne, and responses of officers of 4 Div to a 3 Corps memorandum requesting suggestions for instructions for those arriving in the theatre of war, based on their experiences so far, 25-28 Sep 1914; army and divisional Routine Orders, 29 Aug 1914 to 18 Feb 1915; 4 Div Operation Orders, 1 Oct 1914-14 Apr 1915, mainly concerning the move from the Aine area to Armentiéres, and the part played by 4 Div in the Battle of Armentiéres, 13 Oct, and the First Battle of Ypres, 19 Oct; printed translations of German documents, Sep 1914; and various other documents including memoranda on the employment of Grenadiers, platoon entrenchments and sanitation, notes on defensive measures taken during recent fighting around Ypres, Nov 1914, papers relating to a visit to 3 Corps by HM King George V, 2 Dec 1914, drawings and telegrams relating to the defences around Missy, Oct 1914, and BEF (British Expeditionary Force) Standing Orders, 9 Aug 1914. 1 file.
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1914 Sep 25-1915 Aug 16
Files containing daily 'Summary of Information', compiled by Maj Gen John Humphrey Davidson, General Staff, 3 Army Corps, Capt Walter William Pitt-Taylor, General Staff, 3 Army Corps, and Capt Theodore John Uzielli, General Staff, 3 Army Corps, relating to events during World War One mostly on the Western Front, including descriptions, sketch maps and extracts from German diaries and French newspapers, on the Battle of the Aisne, Sept 1914; the first Battle of Ypres, Oct-Nov 1914; Neuve Chapelle, Mar 1915; the Second Battle of Ypres, Apr-May 1915. Also containing brief descriptions on conflict on the Eastern Front and in the Dardanelles, including descriptions and sketch maps of Second Battle of Masurian Lakes, Feb 1915; problems with Austria-Hungary's food supplies to her front lines, Feb 1915; Allied Naval bombardment of Turkish defences in the Dardanelles, March 1915; Allied landings in Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Apr 1915; First Battle of Isonzo, Jun-Jul 1915; and Allied landings at Suvla Bay, Dardanelles, Aug 1915. 2 files.
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1914 Aug 22-1915 Aug 18
Typed copy war diary of General Headquarters, 4 Div, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd, as General Staff Officer, 4 Div, including details of the arrival of the division in France; participation in the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 Aug, the Battle of the Marne, 6-9 Sep, the pursuit to the River Aisne, 10-12 Sep, and the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sep; transfer to Flanders during early October; participation in the Battle of Armentiéres, 13-17 Oct, and the First and Second Battles of Ypres, 19 Oct-22 Nov 1914 and 22 Apr-25 May 1915; casualty lists, 1914-1915; maps of Le Cateau and the trench system and defences around Armentiéres; copy reports by Brig Gen Royal Artillery, 4 Div, and 11 Brig, on the attack on Farm 14 on 6 Jul 1915; papers relating to the relief of 4 Div and its move to the Arras area, Jul 1915. 2 files.
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1914 Sep-1915 Aug
File mostly containing trench maps and sketches concerning the operations of 4 Div on the Western Front, notably relating to the Aisne, the area around Armentiéres, and the Ypres Salient; also including details of 4 Div fronts, communications, and trench systems; aerial photographs; casualty lists; memoranda by Montgomery-Massingberd relating to an attack by 11 Infantry Bde on the German Salient south-west of Hill 14 on 6 Jul 1915; and maps relating to the withdrawal of 4 Div from the Ypres salient to hold a line from Achonvillers to La Signy, near Arras, Jul 1915. 1 file.
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1915
Files containing papers relating to planning for an attack by 4 Div on Le Touquet and Frelinghien, Apr 1915, including report entitled, 'Proposals for offensive action by 4 Div', by Maj Gen Sir Henry Fuller Maitland, Officer Commanding 4 Div, with comments by Gen Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, General Officer Commanding, 2 Army; sketch maps and panoramas of Frelinghiem, trenches and the front, and shafts and tunnels between the British and German lines; a timetable of the attack; a diagram of communications; memoranda, notes and reports by the British General Staff, Army commanders and others on principles of attack and defence, especially relating to trench warfare. 2 files.
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1915 Aug 20-1916 Feb 3
Files compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Corps, containing 4 Corps and 1 Army Intelligence Summaries, giving information concerning events on their sector of the line on the Western Front, as well as other fronts. 2 files.
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1915 Oct 1-1916 Jan 31
Typed war diary of 4 Corps, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Corps, notably covering the role of 4 Corps in the Battle of Loos, 25 Sep-9 Nov, and including three trench maps of the Loos area, Dec 1915-Feb 1916. 1 file.
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1915 Sep 3-1915 Oct 13,1926
Papers compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Corps, relating to operations by 4 Corps during the Battle of Loos, notably Operation Orders, 20 Sep 1915, in preparation for an attack between Double Crassier and the Vernelles-Hulluch Road; memoranda outlining orders and instructions for the divisional artillery and the divisions of 4 Corps (1, 15 and 47); notes on the telephone conversations of Lt Gen Sir Henry Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, General Officer Commanding, 4 Corps from the commencement of the attack, 25-28 Sep; report by Capt P R Sanders, Officer Commanding, 187 Company, Royal Engineers, concerning the gas attack on 25 Sep, and a summary of orders and instructions for that gas attack; a 4 Corps casualty list for Oct 1915; a memorandum, 9 Oct 1915, on lessons drawn from recent artillery operations from 21-25 Sep; narratives of the operations of 1 Div, 15 Div and 4 Div from 25 Sep 1915; a newspaper cutting from The Times of 2 Nov 1915 containing a despatch by FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, concerning the British attack at Loos; various trench maps of the area around Loos, with annotations showing the positions of 4 Corps divisions; draft of a letter from Montgomery-Massingberd to [Maurice] concerning the use of the reserves in the Battle of Loos, 13 Oct 1915, and a letter from Brig Gen James Edward Edmonds, Head of Military Branch, Historical Section, Committee of Imperial Defence, on the subject, 17 Feb 1926. 1 file.
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1915-1916
Notebooks by Montgomery-Massingberd containing manuscript lists of 4 Corps Commanding Officers and Staff, from corps to battalion level, including administrative, medical and veterinary, supply and ordnance, signals, engineer services, artillery, cavalry and ammunition columns. Also includes a comprehensive plan of the commanding staff of 1, 2 and 3 Armies. 2 vols.
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1915 Dec
Text of a lecture given on several occasions by Montgomery-Massingberd, as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, concerning the action of 4 Corps at Loos on 25 Sep 1915, including appendices and maps. 1 file.
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1916 Apr 20
Memoranda by French Gen Ferdinand Foch giving general instructions on preparation for, and carrying out of, offensive action. 1 file.
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1916 Jul 91916 Nov 28
Notes and memoranda on lessons learned from the recent Battle of the Somme, 1 Jul-18 Nov, notably by temporary Maj Gen (George) Tom (Molesworth) Bridges, General Officer Commanding 19 Div, temporary Lt Col Charles Parker Deedes, General Staff Officer, 2 Div, temporary Maj Gen John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, General Officer Commanding, 151 Infantry Bde, Maj Gen Frederick Ivor Maxse, General Officer Commanding, 18 Div, Maj Gen William Thomas Furse, General Officer Commanding, 9 (Scottish) Div, Brig Gen Reginald John Kentish, General Officer Commanding, 76 Infantry Bde, Lt Col Cyril John Deverell, General Officer Commanding, 3 Div, and general comments from the Staff of 13 Corps, 10 Corps, 1 Div and 7 Div, on subjects including the slow issue of operational orders, communications, battlefield clearance, reliefs, liaison between infantry and artillery, flank protection, trench warfare, infantry attack formations, consolidation of ground gained in attacks, and the use of bombs and Stokes mortars. Also includes memoranda by Montgomery-Massingberd for the information of 4 Army, on the lessons of the Battle of the Somme regarding infantry attack formations, the employment of specialists, and the use of artillery. 2 files.
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1916 Sep 30-1917 Jan
General Staff (Intelligence) translations of German documents relating to fighting during the Battle of the Somme, notably on German formations employed on the Somme, principles of trench warfare, the construction of field defences, the execution of counter-attacks, and reports by German 14 Reserve Group, the German 4 Corps and other formations concerning lessons learnt from the Somme offensive, including a report on the defence of Gommecourt on 1 Jul 1916. 1 file.
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1916 Feb 6-1916 Jun 23,1916 Nov-1917 Mar 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the periods Feb-Jun 1916 and Nov 1916-Mar 1917, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, the creation of 4 Army in Feb 1916 and the takeover of the Somme Front by 4 Army; also papers on the German withdrawal to the Hindenberg Line and the British advance, Mar 1917, and summaries of artillery usage and transfer of units of 4 Army for Feb-Jun 1916 and Nov 1916-Mar 1917. 1 file.
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1917 Apr 1-1917 Apr 30
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Apr 1917, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, operations to capture the main German outposts and the bombardment of the Hindenburg Line along the whole 4 Army front to coincide with the battles of Arras and Vimy Ridge, Apr 1917; also summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Apr 1917. 1 file.
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1917 May 1-1917 May 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 May 1917 describing operations of 4 Army, notably, offensives at Sonnet Farm and La Vacquerie, May 5-6 1917, and summarising artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for May 1917. 1 file.
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1917 Jun 1-1917 Jun 30
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Jun 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army; also including maps showing trench formations of 4 Army, and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Jun 1917. 1 file.
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1917 Jul 1-1917 Jul 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Jul 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army, notably the move of 4 Army to Flanders to take control of the coastal sector in preparation for the Flanders offensive (Third Battle of Ypres); report on the German use of mustard gas at Nieuport, 21-22 Jul 1917, by Capt A J Allmand, Chemical Advisor, 49 Div, 15 Corps; and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Jul 1917. 1 file.
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1917 Aug 1-1917 Aug 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Aug 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army, and also including map showing distribution of 4 Army, and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Aug 1917. 1 file.
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1917 Sept 1-1917 Sept 30
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Sept 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army, and also including summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Sept 1917. 1 file.
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1917 Oct 1-1917 Oct 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Oct 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army, also including map showing distribution of 4 Army, and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army Oct 1917. 1 file.
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1917 Nov 1-1917 Nov 9
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-9 Nov 1917, summarising operations of 4 Army, notably, the start of Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson's, Officer Commanding 4 Army, command of 2 Army, during Gen Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer's time as General Officer Commanding, British Forces in Italy, 9 Nov 1917, and absorption of 4 Army into 2 Army as a result; also summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for 1-9 Nov 1917. 1 file.
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1917 Nov 10-1917 Nov 30
War diary of 2 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Maj Gen, General Staff, 2 Army, for the period 10-30 Nov 1917, during Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson's command of 2 Army, during Gen Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer's time as General Officer Commanding, British Forces in Italy; including descriptions of operations of 2 Army, notably, the takeover of the Ypres front, 14 Nov 1917; also report by Montgomery-Massingberd entitled, 'Organization of Army Front during Winter 1917-1918', describing proposed offensives by 2 Army on Gheluvelt Spur and Becelaers Spur, and also summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 2 Army for 10-30 Nov 1917. 1 file.
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1917 Dec 1-1917 Dec 19,1917 Dec 20-1917 Dec 31
War diaries of 2 Army, British Armies in France for the period 1-19 Dec 1917, and of 4 Army, British Armies in France, 20-31 Dec 1917 compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, summarising operations of 2 and 4 Army; detailing the designation of 2 Army as 4 Army on 20 Dec 1917; and also including maps showing distribution of 2 Army and 4 Army, and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 2 Army and 4 Army for Dec 1917. 1 file.
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1918 Jan 1-1918 Jan 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Jan 1918, summarising operations of 4 Army; report produced by General Staff 4 Army, entitled, 'Policy n the Army Front 1918', describing defensive measures such as the numbering and naming of trenches and outlining offensive objectives around the Gheluvelt Spur and Becelaers Spur; and also including maps showing the distribution of 4 Army, and summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Jan 1918. 1 file.
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1918 Feb 1-1918 Feb 28
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-28 Feb 1918, summarising operations of 4 Army; also reporting the appointment of Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Officer Commanding 4 Army, as British Representative to the Supreme War Council at Versailles, Feb 1918; also including summaries of artillery usage, casualties and transfer of units to and from 4 Army for Feb 1918. 1 file.
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1918 Mar 26,1928, 1934
Papers relating to the Army Commanders' Conference at Doullens, including rough manuscript notes taken by Montgomery-Massingberd, who was acting for Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Officer Commanding 4 Army, relating to discussion between British and French commanders and politicians concerning the Allied response to the German Spring Offensive, notably the need for French reinforcements south of the Somme to counter the German attack against British 5 Army, the British pledge to hold the line from Arras to the Somme and protect Amiens, and the appointment of French Gen Ferdinand to co-ordinate the operations of the Allied Armies on the Western Front. Later papers comprise correspondence with Brig Gen James Edward Edmonds, Head of Military Branch, Historical Section, Committee of Imperial Defence, and Violet Milner, Marchioness Milner, discussing Montgomery-Massingberd's manuscript notes on the Doullens Conference and including a copy of the official report of the meeting as amended by FM Sir Douglas Haig. 1 file.
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1918 Mar 28-31
Summary of the operations of 5 Army after the return of Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson to command the 5 Army (renamed 4 Army) in place of Gough, following the initial attacks of the German Spring Offensive, 28 Mar 1918. 1 file.
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1918 Apr 1-1918 Apr 30
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Apr 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably the defence of Amiens by counter attacks at Villers Bretoneux, 24-27 Apr 1918; report by Maj L E Beaves, 53 Battery, Australian Field Artillery, on the destruction of the aeroplane of German Capt Manfred Freiherr von Richtofen; also including summaries of artillery usage and the transfer of units of to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
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1918 Apr 1-1918 Apr 30
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Apr 1918, containing daily situation maps showing distribution of 4 Army and also German army. 1 file.
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1918 May 1-1918 May 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 May 1918, summarising operations of 4 Army, also including weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; report by Montomery-Massingberd on fighting on the Rheims and Soissons front, and lessons to be drawn on this regarding the uses of Artillery; and also including summaries of artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
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1918 May 1-1918 May 31
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 May 1918, containing daily situation maps showing distribution of 4 Army and also German army. 1 file.
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1918 Jun 1-1918 Jun 30
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Jun 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, attacks by the Australian Corps on German forces in the Morlancourt area, Jun 1918; weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; also including summaries of artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
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1918 Jun 1-1918 Jun 30
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Jun 1918, containing daily situation maps showing distribution of 4 Army and also German army. 1 file.
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1918 Jul 1-1918 Jul 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Jul 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, offensives of 4 Australian Div at Hamel and Vaire Woods, 4 Jul 1918; weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; map showing ground gained by 4 Army from 4-12 Jul 1918; and also including summaries of artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
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1918 Jul 1-1918 Jul 31
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Jul 1918, containing daily situation maps showing distribution of 4 Army and also German army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/25/1]
1918 Aug 1-1918 Aug 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Aug 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, Amiens offensive, begun 8 Aug 1918; map showing land gained during Amiens offensive, 8-31 Aug 1918, and also including summaries of casualties, artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/25/2]
1918 Aug 1-1918 Aug 31
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Aug 1918, containing extracts from letters and conferences dealing with the Amiens offensive, Aug 1918, including copy of letter sent by Gen Sir H Rawlinson to GHQ, 17 Jul 1918, proposing offensive on 4 Army front; copy of proceedings of conferences held at 4 Army Headquarters, Flixecourt, discussing proposed Amiens offensive, 25-27 Jul 1918; operational orders by Montgomery-Massingberd issued to Corps Commanders, 31 Jul 1918, outlining aims of Amiens offensive. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/25/3]
1918 Aug 1-1918 Aug 31
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period Aug 1918, listing the units and formations joining 4 Army prior to the Amiens offensive, 8 Aug 1918. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/25/4]
1918 Jul 31-1918 Aug 6
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period Aug 1918, containing operational instructions for 4 Army by Montgomery-Massingberd relating to the Amiens offensive, 8 Aug 1918. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/25/5]
1918 Aug 1-1918 Aug 31
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Aug 1918, containing daily situation maps showing distribution of 4 Army and also German army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/26/1]
1918 Sept 1-1918 Sept 30
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Sept 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, crossing of the Somme by the Canadian Corps, 4-5 Sept 1918; weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; map showing land gained by 4 Army during 1-30 Sept 1918, and also including summaries of casualties, artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/26/2]
1918 Sept 1-1918 Sept 30
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Sept 1918, containing operational instructions for 4 Army by Montgomery-Massingberd relating to attacks on the Hindenburg Line between St Quentin and Venduile. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/26/3]
1918 Sept 1-1918 Sept 30
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-30 Sept 1918, containing daily situation maps showing distribution of 4 Army and also estimates of distribution of German army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/27/1]
1918 Oct 1-1918 Oct 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Oct, including descriptions of operations of 4 Army, notably, Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, 3-5 Oct 1918; participation of 4 Army in the pursuit of the German Army, including the Second Battle of Cambrai, 8-9 Oct, and the Battle of the Selle, 17-25 Oct 1918; weekly reports on German gas shelling of 4 Army front; map showing land gained by 4 Army during 1-31 Oct 1918, and also including summaries of casualties, artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/27/2]
1918 Oct 1-1918 Oct 31
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period Oct 1-31 1918, containing operational instructions for 4 Army by Montgomery-Massingberd relating to operations resulting in the capture of Sequehart, Ramicourt, Viancourt, Gouy and Le Catelet, 3 Oct 1918; attack on Montbrehain and Beaurevoir, 3-5 Oct 1918; advance to and capture of Le Cateau and the La Selle River, Oct 8-19 1918, by 4 Army; and attack on Bois L'Eveque and advance to the Oise Canal, 23-24 Oct 1918. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/27/3]
1918 Oct 1-1918 Oct 3 1
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-31 Oct 1918, containing daily situation maps showing distribution of 4 Army and estimates of distribution of German army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/28/1]
1918 Nov 1-1918 Nov 13
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period Nov 1918, describing operations of 4 Army, notably, the Battle of the Sambre, 4 Nov 1918; the pursuit of the German Army across the Belgian border by mobile force of Maj Gen Sir (Hugh) Keppel Bethell, Officer Commanding 66 Div, 4th British Army, 9 Nov 1918; operational orders for 4 Army during Nov 1918, by Montgomery-Massingberd; map showing land gained by 4 Army during 1-11 Oct 1918, and also including summaries of casualties, artillery usage and the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/28/2]
1918 Nov 13-1918 Nov 21
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period Nov 1918, containing orders and instructions by Montgomery-Massingberd, and maps of the Western Front, for the advance to the Rhine of 4 Army, as part of the march of the Allied Armies of Occupation from the Armistice Line to the Rhine, 17 Nov 1918. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/28/3]
1918 Nov 1-1918 Nov 30
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period Nov 1918, containing daily situation maps showing distribution of 4 Army and estimates of distribution of German army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/29/1]
1918 Dec 1-1918 Dec 31
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period Dec 1-31 1918, summarising operations of 4 Army, including the question of the disarming of the civil population of Charleroi and Namur; and also including the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/29/2]
1918 Dec 1-1918 Dec 28
Appendix to war diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1-28 Dec 1918, containing daily situation maps showing distribution of 4 Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/30]
1919 Jan 1-1919 Jan 27
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period Jan 1- 27 1919, summarising operations of 4 Army as part of International Army of Occupation, and also summarising the transfer of units to and from 4 Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/31]
1919 Feb 1-1919 Mar 24
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army, for the period 1 Feb 1919-24 Mar 1919, summarising operations of 4 Army to the disbandment of 4 Army following four months in occupation in Belgium, Mar 1919; also including maps showing distribution of 4 Army 1 Feb - 24 Mar 1919. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/32]
1914-1918
Various papers collated by Montgomery-Massingberd during World War One, notably copy signals from Maj Gen Charles 'Tim' Harington Harington, General Staff Officer, Grade 2, 3 Corps, relating to a change in the position of 4 Div to a line La Bassee-Neuve Eglise, to counter the German forces attempting to envelop the left flank of the Allied Armies, 22 [Oct 1914]; 'Further report on the treatment by the Germans of Prisoners of War taken during the Spring Offensives of 1918' (HMSO, 1918), and 'Report on the treatment by the enemy of British officers, Prisoners of War, in camps under the 10th (Hanover) Army Corps, up to March 1918', (HMSO, 1918); various letters and memoranda regarding the quality of training in Army schools, Oct-Nov 1918; General Staff pamphlet entitled 'The story of a great fight: being an account of the operations of the 47th, 2nd and 56th Divisions in the neighbourhood of Bourbon and Moeuvres, on the 30th November 1917'; letter from Guy Dawnay to Montgomery-Massingberd enclosing a draft copy of White's 'The division in defence', 22 Jun 1918; copy letters from Montgomery-Massingberd to Maj Gen John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, on 4 Army operations from 21 Mar-28 Oct, dated 8 Jul and 28 Oct 1918. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/33]
1914-1920
File contaning General Staff pamphlets relating to training of units during World War One, notably on infantry attack formations, the employment of specialists during the attack, tactical schemes of 4 Army, and the training of platoons, companies, battalions and divisions for offensive action. Also including pamphlet on Mountain warfare produced by General Staff India, 1920. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/34]
1916 Nov-1917 May
Indexed file containing papers relating to training exercises of 4 Army, including General Staff memoranda on the tactical employment of trench mortar batteries, instructions for patrol work by aeroplanes, notes on machine gun 'barrage' fire, artillery lessons drawn from the Battle of the Sommel and notes on dealing with hostile machine gun fire. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/35]
1917 Jun-1917 Oct
Indexed file containing notes and memoranda on recent operations, including those of 4 Army, Apr and May 1917, and 2 Army, Jun-Oct 1917, especially relating to the Battle of Messines, in particular report by Maj Gen C H Harington, 2 Army, General Staff, on role of Army Centre, 2 Army, during Battle of Messines, Jun 1917; preliminary notes by Maj Gen C H Harington on 2 Army operations, Jun 1917; notes by General Staff on co-operation between Allied aircraft and Artillery divisions during operations on Western Front, May-Jun 1917. Also including a typescript memorandum by Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Officer Commanding 4 Army, in reply to OB/2089 issued by Advanced General Headquarters, relating to modifications required in attack dispositions, and recommending a battle of attrition with limited objectives, 9 Aug 1917. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/36]
1917 Feb-1918 Oct
Indexed file containing translations made by the General Staff Intelligence Branch of German documents dated 1917-1918, including memoranda on the fighting at Verdun, Feb 1917, and on the Somme, May 1917, general defensive tactics in trench warfare, instructions for counter-attacks, artillery tactics, the construction of field defences, and the use of machine guns. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/37]
1918 Apr 5-1918 Nov 6
File containing translations made by the General Staff Intelligence Branch of German documents, Apr- 1918, including notes on the conduct of infantry offensives, and the use of machine guns; also including General Staff regular printed memoranda entitled 'Notes on recent fighting', Nos 14-24, dated 5 Apr-6 Nov 1918, including discussion of anti-tank defence, artillery barrages in the attack, machine gum transportation, the use of gas by the enemy, the German attack on the British front on the Aisne, 27 May 1918 and the Australian Corps attack near Hamel, 4 Jul 1918. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/38]
1917 Nov-1918 Jun
File containing papers relating to training and tactics of 4 Army, including memorandum issued by General Staff on lessons learnt from Cambrai operations, 30 Nov-6 Dec 1917; typescript notes on the Australian Corps policy relating to the employment of machine guns; typescript notes by Brig Gen N W Webber, Canadian Corps, on the organization and deployment of machine gun battalions; and typescript notes by Lt Gen F H Lister, British Mission, French 1 Army, on the Montdidier-Noyon Battle, 9-12 Jun 1918. 1 file
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/39]
1916 Jun 24-1916 Nov 5
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, [compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army] for the period 24 Jun-5 Nov 1916, relating to the Battle of the Somme, summarising preparations by 4 Army for Allied offensive after taking over from 3 Army at the Gommecourt salient, Mar 1916; including copies of operational orders; plans for role and objectives of 4 Army in offensive; notes from conferences in Army Headquarters, particularly the use of intense artillery bombardment of German defences prior to the offensive and copies of correspondence between Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, Joffre, Sir Douglas Haig. Also including notes on the use of gas and smoke during the offensive, and the importance of wind conditions to a successful offensive. 2 files. 2 copies.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/40]
1916 Jun 24-1916 Jul 13
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, [compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army] for the period 24 Jun-13 Jul 1916, relating to the Battle of the Somme, summarising operations of 4 Army for allied offensive, including descriptions of patrols, raids and artillery bombardment of German lines 24-30 Jun 1916, with notes on the parallel use of gas on German trenches, wire-cutting of German defences, and information on German positions obtained from captured German prisoners; descriptions of operations of 4 Army during Battle of the Somme, including detailed summary of operations, 1 Jul 1916 of 30 Div, 13 Corps, 7 Div, 15 Corps, 21 Div 15 Corps 4 Div 8 Corps, with comments on casualties, morale and reasons for failure of offensive, and statistics of ammunition expenditure; descriptions of operations of 4 Army, 2-13 Jul 1916, detailing the continuation of the Allied offensive; operational orders written by Montgomery-Massingberd, 2-13 Jul 1916; notes on visit of Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson to 4 Army Headquarters, 2 Jul 1916, describing the success of the first day of the offensive. 2 files. 2 copies.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/41]
1916 Jul 14-1916 Aug 16
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, [compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army] for the period 14 Jul-16 Aug 1916, relating to the Battle of the Somme, daily summarising operations of 4 Army, notably offensive on German lines at Pozieres, 23 Jul 1916 attack on Delville Wood, Longueval, 27 Jul 1916; and attack on Guillemont in conjuntion with French 20 Corps, 8 Aug 1916; including movements of Corps of 4 Army, descriptions of operations of Allied aircraft, numbers of German prisoners captured, numbers of allied casualties and details of ammunition expenditure; and casualties by Divisions for Jul 1916. 2 files. 2 copies.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/42]
1916 Aug 17-1916 Sept 14
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, [compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army] for the period 17 Aug-14 Sept 1916, relating to the Battle of the Somme, summarising operations of 4 Army, notably, attack on German defences near Guillemont and Longueval by divisions of 4 Corps (14, 15 and 3) on 18 Aug 1916, attack on front from Combles Ravine to High Wood, 3 Sept 1916; including movements of Corps of 4 Army, maps with Allied positions marked on them, descriptions of operations of Allied aircraft, numbers of German prisoners captured, numbers of allied casualties and details of ammunition expenditure for Aug 1916; notes on Allied organization and equipment, in particular describing the allocation of tanks to 4 Army, and their tactical deployment. 2 files. 2 copies.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/43]
1916 Sept 15-1916 Oct 12
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, [compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army] for the period 15 Sept-12 Oct 1916, relating to the Battle of the Somme, summarising operations of 4 Army, notably, offensive on 15 Sept 1916, to break through German defences to Gueudecourt and Lesboeufs; attack on 25 Sept 1916 by Allied forces between the Somme and Martinpuich; attack on 7 Oct 1916 by 4 Army from Lesboeufs to Destremont Farm; including movements of Corps of 4 Army, descriptions of operations of Allied aircraft, numbers of German prisoners captured, numbers of allied casualties, details of ammunition expenditure and report on German aircraft ectivity during Sept 1916. 2 files. 2 copies.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 7/44]
1916 Oct 13-1916 Nov 16
War diary of 4 Army, British Armies in France, [compiled by Montgomery-Massingberd as Chief of General Staff, 4 Army] for the period 13 Oct-16 Nov 1916, relating to the Battle of the Somme, summarising operations of 4 Army, notably, offensive by 4 Army, 18 Oct 1916, on Grid Trench, north east of Gueduecourt;including movements of Corps of 4 Army, descriptions of operations of Allied aircraft, numbers of German prisoners captured, numbers of allied casualties and details of ammunition expenditure. 2 files. 2 copies.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/1]
1919 Oct-1920 Feb
Manuscript and typescript correspondence relating to the publication of The Story of the Fourth Army in the Battles of the Hundred Days, August 8th-November 11th by Montgomery-Massingberd, (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1920). 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/2]
1920 Mar-1920 Apr
Typescript notes for series of lectures delivered by Montgomery-Massingberd at Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, entitled, 'The Western Front in the Great War', including manuscript maps outlining Allied offensives against German forces at the Marne, France, Sep 1914, the Somme, Belgium, Jul 1916; Arras, April, France, 1917; and Cambrai, France, Nov 1917. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/3]
1920 Mar-1920 Jun
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Mar-Jun 1920, including correspondence with Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India; Maj Gen Andrew Skeen, Kohat, North West Frontier Province, India; Maj Gen Seymour Hulbert Sheppard,Officer Commanding 1 Indian Div, and Maj Gen Louis Ridley Vaughan, Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India, on the Indian Army, in particular policy towards unrest in Waziristan, India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/4]
1920 Apr-1946 Jan
Manuscript and typescript correspondence relating to the publication of The Story of the Fourth Army in the Battles of the Hundred days, August 8th-November 11th by Montgomery-Massingberd, (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1920), including commission cheques, and newspaper reviews of The Story of the Fourth Army, from The Sunday Times, the Spectator, and The Daily Telegraph. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/5]
1920 Jul-Aug
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Jul-Aug 1920, including correspondence with Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India; Maj Gen Louis Ridley Vaughan, Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India; Maj Gen Seymour Hulbert Sheppard, Officer Commanding 1 Indian Div; and Maj Gen Sir Charles Harington, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, on the Indian Army, in particular civil unrest in Peshwar, India causing emigrations to Afghanistan. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/6]
1920 Sept
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Sept 1920, including correspondence with Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India; Maj Gen Louis Ridley Vaughan, Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India; Maj Gen Seymour Hulbert Sheppard, Officer Commanding 1 Indian Div; and Maj Gen Sir David Campbell, Officer Commanding 4 (Quetta) Div, Quetta, India, on the Indian Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/7]
1920 Oct
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Oct 1920, including correspondence with Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India; Maj Gen Louis Ridley Vaughan, Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India; Maj Gen Sir David Campbell, Officer Commanding 4 (Quetta) Div, Quetta, India; and Maj Gen Seymour Hulbert Sheppard, Officer Commanding 1 Indian Div, on the Indian Army, and also rumours of friendly relations between Afghanistan and Russia and possible effects of this relationship on British military policy on the North West Frontier, India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/8]
1920 Nov
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India,Nov 1920, including correspondence with Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India; Maj Gen Sir John (Theodosius) Burnett-Stuart, Officer Commanding Madras District, Wellington, India; Lt Gen Sir Philip Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; and Maj Gen Sir David Campbell, Officer Commanding 4 (Quetta) Div, Quetta, India, on the Indian Army, in particular the effect of a reduced Army budget on imperial defence in India, and descriptions of operations against the Wana Wazirs on the North West Frontier, India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/9]
1920 Dec
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Dec 1920, including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Maj Gen Sir David Campbell, Officer Commanding Baluchistan District, Quetta, India; and Lt Gen Sir Alec Godley, Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War, on the Indian Army, in particular the effect of a reduced Army budget on imperial defence in India, and fears of Russia establishing closer ties with Afghanistan. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/10]
1921 Jan
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Jan 1921, including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Maj Gen Thomas Astley Cubitt, Officer Commanding Presidency and Assam District, Calcutta, India; Maj Gen Sir Torquil George Matheson, Officer Commanding Waziristan Force, Dera Ismail Khan, India; and Lt Gen Sir Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India, on the Indian Army, in particular proposed cuts to the budget of the Indian Army, also including a description of the North West Frontier following a tour there by Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India, Chief of General Staff, India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/11]
1922 Feb
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Feb 1921, including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Maj Gen Sir Torquil George Matheson, Officer Commanding Waziristan Force, Dera Ismail Khan, India; Maj Gen Sir John (Theodosius) Burnett-Stuart, Officer Commanding Madras District, Wellington, India; and Maj Gen Louis Ridley Vaughan, Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India, on the Indian Army, in particular proposed cuts to the budget of the Indian Army, and their effects on operations in Waziristan, India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/12]
1921 Mar
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Mar 1921, including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Maj Gen Sir David Campbell, Officer Commanding Baluchistan District, Quetta, India; Lt Gen Sir Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India, and Maj Gen Sir Torquil George Matheson, Officer Commanding Waziristan Force, Dera Ismail Khan, India, on the Indian Army, in particular diplomatic discussions between UK and Afghanistan, the employment of Afridi and Mahsud tribesmen in the Indian Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/13]
1921 Apr
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Apr 1921, including correspondence with Gen Sir Claud (William) Jacob, Chief of the General Staff, Simla, India; Lt Gen Sir Philip Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Lt Gen Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India, and Maj Gen Sir John Humphrey Davidson, General Staff, on the Indian Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/14]
1921 May
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, May 1921, including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Lt Gen Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India; Maj Gen Sir Torquil George Matheson, Officer Commanding Waziristan Force, Dera Ismail Khan, India and Maj Gen Louis Ridley Vaughan, Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India, on the Indian Army, in particular discussions relating to the possible reduction in the number of British troops in the Indian Army, the cost of Indian Army manpower in enforcing law in Waziristan, and also including a description of outbreaks of civil unrest in UK, caused by industrial action by coalminers. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/15]
1921 Jun
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Jun 1921, including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Lt Gen Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India; Maj Gen Andrew Skeen, Officer Commanding Kohat District, Kohat, India and Maj Gen Louis Ridley Vaughan, Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India, on the Indian Army, in particular diplomatic discussions between UK and Afghanistan, operations in Waziristan, India, against the Wana Wazirs, the possible permanent occupation of Waziristan, India, by the Indian Army, and also including a description of the effects of the coal strike on the UK, and a description of political developments in Ireland, Turkey and Poland. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/16]
1921 Jul
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Jul 1921, including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Lt Gen Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India; Maj Gen Sir John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, Officer Commanding Central Provinces District, India; Maj Gen Sir Herbert Crofton Campbell, Uniacke, General Officer Commanding 1 Indian Div; Maj Gen Sir John Humphrey Davidson, General Staff, on the Indian Army, in particular the possible withdrawal of Indian Army troops from Waziristan, India, and reductions of British troops in Inda, and also including a description of the Irish War of Independence by Lt Gen Sir Philip Chetwode. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/17]
1921 Aug
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Aug 1921, including correspondence with including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Gen Sir Claud William Jacob, Aide de Camp General to King George V; Col Walter William Pitt-Taylor, Colonel on the Staff, General Staff, Simla, India, and Maj Gen Sir Andrew Skeen, Officer Commanding Kohat District, Kohat, India, on the Indian Army, in particular the proposed Indianisation of the Indian Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/18]
1921 Sept
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Sept 1921, including correspondence with including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Maj Gen Sir Torquil George Matheson, Officer Commanding Waziristan Force, Dera Ismail Khan, India; Lt Gen Sir Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India, and Maj Gen Sir John (Theodosius) Burnett-Stuart, Officer Commanding Madras District, Wellington, India, on the Indian Army, in particular civil unrest in Moplah, India, concern over Russian influence in Afghanistan, the possible Indianisation of the Indian Army, and also including a discussion of the effect Irish Home Rule would have on British Army garrisons in Ireland. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/19]
1921 Oct
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Oct 1921, including correspondence with including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Lt Gen Sir Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India; Maj Gen Louis Ridley Vaughan, Commandant, Staff College, Quetta, India and Lt Gen Kenneth Wigram, on the Indian Army, in particular civil unrest in Moplah, India, and the possible consequences of the arrest of Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/20]
1921 Nov
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Nov 1921, including correspondence with including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Gen Sir Claud (William) Jacob, Chief of the General Staff, Simla, India; Maj Gen Sir John (Theodosius) Burnett-Stuart, Officer Commanding Madras District, Wellington, India; Lt Gen Sir Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India and Maj Gen Sir David Campbell, Officer Commanding Baluchistan District, Quetta, India, on the Indian Army, an outbreak of civil unrest near Moplah, India, discussion of an agreement signed between UK and Afghanistan, and the fear that insurrection in India will proceed in a similar fashion to Ireland. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/21]
1921 Dec
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence of Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, Nov 1921, including correspondence with including correspondence with Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Gen Sir Claud (William) Jacob, Chief of the General Staff, Simla, India; Lt Gen Sir Walter Braithwaite, Officer Commanding Western Command, Karachi, India; Maj Gen Walter Clarence Black, Military Secretary, Army Headquarters, India and Lt Gen John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, General Officer Commanding Central Provinces District, India, on the Indian Army, in particular arguments for a reduction in the number of Commands in the Indian Army and also a description by Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, of the International Conference on disarmament held by League of Nations in Washington, USA. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/22]
1921 Jun-1921 Nov
File containing official typescript correspondence between Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, and Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Jun 1921-Nov 1921, on the Indian Army and the Anglo-Irish War, also including letters written by Lt Col Sydney Frederick Muspratt to Montgomery-Massingberd and forwarded to Chetwode, describing negotiations between UK and Afghanistan toward a treaty of amity. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/23]
1921 Feb-1921 Jun
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence between Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, and Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Feb 1921-Jun 1921, on the Indian Army, in particular proposed budget cuts to the Indian Army, negotiations between UK and Afghanistan toward a treaty of amity, also including General Staff Memoranda from Gen Claud (William) Jacob, Chief of the General Staff, relating to the possible threat to security in North West India from Russian influence in Afghanistan. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/24]
1920 Nov-1921 Nov
File containing official manuscript and typescript correspondence between Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, and Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Nov 1920-Nov 1921, on the Indian Army, in particular proposed budget cuts to the Indian Army, fear of Russian influence on Afghanistan, operations in Waziristan, India, against the Wana Wazirs, also including letters written by Lt Col Sydney Frederick Muspratt to Montgomery-Massingberd and forwarded to Chetwode, describing negotiations between UK and Afghanistan toward a treaty of amity, and typescript copy of report by Montgomery-Massingberd suggesting gradual occupation of North West Frontier, India, by Indian Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/25]
1920 May-1920 Nov
File containing manuscript and typescript letters to Montgomery-Massingberd from Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India, on the Indian Army, and also including discussion of British policy in the Middle East, following establishment of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as President of Turkey, and fears of closer ties between Turkey and Russia. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/26]
1921 Dec-1923 Feb
File containing manuscript and typescript letters to Montgomery-Massingberd from Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India, on civil unrest in Moplah, India, and Waziristan, India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/27]
1922 Feb-1923 Nov
File containing manuscript and typescript letters to Montgomery-Massingberd from Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India, on the Indian Army, in particular operations in Waziristan, India; the arrest of Mohandas (Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi; proposed cuts to the budget of the Indian Army, and also discussion of the Anglo-Irish War and Irish Civil War, and comparisons between nationalist movements in Ireland and India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/28]
1922 Feb-1923 Jul
File containing typescript letters to Montgomery-Massingberd from Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India, on the Indian Army, in particular policy regarding peacekeeping and the building of roads in Waziristan, India, meetings relating to reductions to the budget of the Indian Army, civil unrest in Kohat, India, and possible reductions in the number of British troops in the Indian Army, and also discussion of the Irish Civil War. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/29]
1925 Mar-1928 Apr
File containing papers relating to the death of Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India, including letters to Montgomery-Massingberd, Officer Commanding 1 Div, Aldershot Command, concerning Rawlinson's death from Gen Sir George de Symons Barrow, Aide de Camp General to King George V; and Gen Sir Alexander Godley, Aide de Camp General to King George V; also including lithograph pencil sketch of Rawlinson from 1917, typescript minutes of the first meeting of the Lord Rawlinson Memorial Committee, copies of a pamphlet by Montgomery-Massingberd entitled, General Lord Rawlinson of Trent: An Appreciation (1925, London: William Clowes), newspaper cuttings on Rawlinson's funeral, phototograph of Rawlison's funeral cortege crossing Westminster Bridge, London, and typescript order of service for the unveiling of a memorial to Rawlinson, April 1928. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/30]
[1920-1921]
File containing typescript lists entitled, 'Invasions of India', 'Important dates in North-West Frontier History' and 'Principal North-West Frontier Expeditions since 1857', giving a brief history of Britsh involvement in the North-West Frontier, India, and also chart entitled, 'Geneaological Tree of the Chief Branches of Pathan Nation', outlining the relations between ethnic groupings in Afghanistan and the North-West Passage, India. 4pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/31/1]
1906
Ordnance Survey map, 'Afghanistan', (Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire). Scale 1:1,520,640. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/31/2]
1907
Ordnance Survey map, 'Sketch Map of Waziristan', (Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire). Scale 1:253,440. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/31/3]
1910
Map, 'The North-West Frontier Province', (Surveyor General of India, Calcutta, India). Scale 1:1,013,760. 1 map. 2 copies, 1 copy with pencil notes on ethnic groupings in area.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/31/4]
1912
War Office map, 'Persia and Afghanistan', (War Office, GS/GS No 2149, London). Scale 1:4,055,040. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/31/5]
1918
Untitled Indian General Staff map of Persia, Afghanistan and North-West India, (General Staff India, Calcutta, India). Scale 1:4,055,040. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/31/6]
1920
Indian Army map, 'Jandola to Makin and Kaniguram', (Wazir Force Surveys, India). Scale 1:63,360. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/32]
1919 Jun
Typescript report entitled, 'Strategical considerations affecting the Alignment of the North-West Frontier of India', outlining Britsh policy in the North-West Frontier, with respect to relations with Afghanistan, by Lt Gen George (Macaulay) Kirkpatrick, Chief of the General Staff, with introduction by Gen Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, Commander in Chief, Indian Army, and map of North-West Frontier, India. 20pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/33]
1920 Nov
Typescript report by the General Staff, Indian Army, entitled, 'North-West Frontier Policy', outlining the history of Britain's involvement in North-West India, giving descriptions of ethnic groupings and offering proposals regarding future policy in the area with respect to possible Russian influence in Afghanistan, with introduction by Gen Sir Charles Carmicheal Monro, Commander in Chief, Indian Army. 17pp. 6 copies.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/34]
1922 Aug-1927 Dec
File containing papers relating to the Indian Army policy for the North-West Frontier, India, including typescript notes by Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, India, on the history of Afghanistan, typescript description of army life in North-West India entitled, 'Impressions of Waziristan', by Gen Kenneth Wigram, Officer Commanding Delhi Brigade Area, typescript General Staff note entitled, 'Note on Waziristan', outlining the policy of road building in Waziristan, India, also including correspondence between Montgomery-Massingberd and Lt Col Charles A'Court Repington, military correspondent, discussing Indian Army policy in Waziristan, India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/35]
1921 Jan-1921 Oct
File containing manuscript letters sent to Montgomery-Massingberd, Deputy Chief of General Staff, India, by Lt Col Sydney Frederick Muspratt, from Kabul, Afghanistan, describing negotiations between UK and Afghanistan toward a treaty of amity, containing descriptions of the journey from India to Afghanistan, the meetings between British and Afghanistan diplomats and the fears of the British delegation of Russian influence on Afghanistan. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/36]
1921
Typescript report by Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India, entitled, 'Waziristan and the Lessons of the last 60 years', (Government Central Press, Simla, India), outlining the history of British policy regarding Waziristan and the North-West Passage, India. 27pp. 3 copies.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/37]
1921 Oct
Typescript report by Montgomery-Massingberd entitled, 'The North West Frontier Problem', discussing reports in The Times criticising British policy in India and outlining his fears of Russian influence on Afghanistan. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/38]
1919-1922
File containing papers relating to the Indian Army policy for the North-West Frontier, India, including typescript report on the Indianization of the Indian Army by a Committee appointed by Commander-in-Chief, India; typescript memorandum by Gen Claud (William) Jacob, Chief of the General Staff, on the permanent location of troops in the North-West Passage, India, May 1921; typescript notes on Indian political associations such as the Muslim League, and the Sikh league and a typescript note on civil unrest amongst two contending Sikh factions. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/39]
[1919]
Typescript report by Lt Col P Johnson, Tank Corps, entitled, 'Report on the possible use of tanks in India', outlining their particular use for the internal security and in a possible war with Afghanistan. 23pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/40]
1920 Oct
Pamphlet entitled, 'Internal Security Instrucions, India 1920', detailing guidelines for Army Commanders in the event of civil unrest, including sketch map, 'Adminstrative boundaries and places of strategic importnace', scale 1 inch to 80 miles (General Staff, India). 23pp. 3 copies.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/41]
1921
Pamphlet entitled, 'Proceedings of the Military Requirements Committee, 1921 Volume I', (Government Central Press, Simla), outlining the military requirements of India, in relation to factors such as unrest amongst tribes in the North-West passage, India and Russian influence on Afghanistan, also including a discussion on the proposed policy of the gradual Indianisation of the Indian Army. 1 vol.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/42]
1921
Pamphlet entitled, 'Proceedings of the Military Requirements Committee, 1921 Volume II: Minutes of meetings and record of evidence including written memoranda and index to evidence, (Government Central Press, Simla), outlining the military requirements of India, through the evidence presented to the Commitee by witnesses from Indian society. 1 vol.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/43]
1920-1921
File containing typescript copies of correspondence relating to proposed cuts to the budget of the Indian Army, 1920-1921, including letters from Edward (Mitchener) Cook, Financial Secretary to the Government of India, Sir Godfrey (Butler Hunter) Fell, Secretary, Army Department, Indian Government, and Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander-in-Chief, India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/44]
[1922]
Typescript memorandum on the growth of Indian Army expenditure, 1921-1922, illustrating the growth in military expenditure in the Indian Army for the years 1913-1914 and 1921-1922. 17pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/45]
1921-1922
Typescript report estimating expenditure on military services in the Indian Army, 1921-1922, with figures relating to expenditure on maintaining the standing army and the Royal Air Force in India, and also the cost of sustaining educational establishments and hospitals. 91pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 8/46]
1921 Apr-1921 Dec
File containing papers relating to the distribution and position of units of the Indian Army, Apr-Dec 1921, in India and overseas. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9]
Papers of
Montgomery-Massingberd's service as General Officer Commanding,
53 (Welsh) Territorial Div, Western Command, Shrewsbury;
1 Div, Aldershot; Southern Command, Salisbury Plain, 1922-1927
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/1]
1922-1925
File containing manuscript and typescript letters to Montgomery-Massingberd, including letters from Gen Sir John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, General Officer Commanding Central Provinces District, India; Maj Gen John Francis Stanhope Duke Coleridge, General Staff, India and Gen Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Western Command, India, discussing Army life in India, including the role of the Royal Air Force in peacekeeping operations in Central Provinces, India; civil unrest in Waziristan, North-West Passage, India; and discussions on the negotiations at the International conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/2]
1922 Jan-1925 Dec
File containing manuscript and typescript letters to Montgomery-Massingberd, Officer Commanding 1 Div, Aldershot Command, including letters from Col Sydney Frederick Muspratt; Gen Sir Claud (William) Jacob, Aide-de-Camp General to King George V; Maj Gen Sir Walter Stewart Leslie, Aide-de-Camp General to King George V; Col Charles John Cecil Grant, Egypt and Col Walter William Pitt Taylor, Officer Commanding 17 Indian Infantry Brigade, discussing the Indian Army, in particular the policy of withdrawing troops from Waziristan, North-West Passage, India; the posible Indianization of the Indian Army; and description of a tour of India by Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India, 1924. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/3/1]
1924-1927
File containing manuscript and typescript correspondence with Montgomery-Massingberd, including letters from Gen Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson of Trent, Commander in Chief, India; Maj Gen Arthur Solly-Flood, Deputy Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters, India ; FM Sir Claude (William) Jacob, Secretary of Military Department, India Office; mostly concerning Army life in India, including the re-organisation of the Staff College, Quetta, India and the Indianization of the Indian Army, and also letters of congratulation on Montgomery-Massingberd's promotion to Southern Command. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/3/2]
1925 Feb-1925 Dec;1927 Feb-1927 Oct
File containing manuscript letters from Lt Col Kenneth Wigram, Quarter Master General, Northern Command, India, to Montgomery-Massingberd, Officer Commanding 1 Div, Aldershot Command, discussing Army life in India, in particular their fears of the Indianization of the Indian Army, descriptions of Indian Army manoeuvres by Northern Command, India. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/3/3]
1925 Dec-1926 Apr
File containing manuscript letters from Col Sydney Frederick Muspratt, Officer Commanding 4 Indian Infantry Bde, to Montgomery-Massingberd, Officer Commanding 1 Div, Aldershot Command, discussing Army life in India, in particular Gen Sir Claude (William) Jacob's departure, unrest in Waziristan, India, and congratulating Montgomery-Massingberd on his promotion to Lt Gen. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/3/4]
1926 Jan-1926 Dec
File containing manuscript and typescript letters from Gen Sir John Stuart Mackenzie Shea, Aide-de-Camp General to King George V, to Montgomery-Massingberd, Officer Commanding 1 Div, Aldershot Command, discussing Army life in India, in particular, the budget of the Indian Army, and enlistment to the Indian Army. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/3/5]
1926 Feb-1926 Nov;1927 Jan-1927 Oct
File containing manuscript letters from Capt Basil Liddell Hart, military correspondent, to Montgomery-Massingberd, Officer Commanding 1 Div, Aldershot Command, discussing Montgomery-Massingberd's promotion to Lt Gen, the qualities of Fuller as a writer on military affairs, and the importance of tanks to infantry tactics. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/3/6]
1926 Apr-1926 Aug
File containing manuscript letters from Maj Gen John Francis Stanhope Duke Coleridge, Military Secretary, Army Headquarters, India, to Montgomery-Massingberd, Officer Commanding 1 Div, Aldershot Command, discussing the Indian Army, in particular, dismissing the arguments of Gen Sir Andrew Skeen, Chief of the General Staff, Indian Army, in favour of the Indianization of the Indian Army; the quality of Officers graduating from Staff College, Quetta, India; the handling of the General Strike in the UK by Prime Minister Rt Hon Stanley Baldwin MP, and congratulating Montgomery-Massingberd on his promotion to Lt Gen. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/4]
1923 Oct-1923 Nov
File containing papers relating to Montgomery -Massingberd's chairmanship of the Committe on the re-organization of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, including terms of reference of the Committee; typescript report by Maj Gen Webb Gillman, Commandant, Royal Military Academy, into the reamalgamation of the Royal Field Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery; typescript notes on meetings of the Committe; and two copies of the final report by the Committee. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/5/1]
1926 Aug-1926 Dec
File containing papers relating to Montgomery -Massingberd's Chairmanship of the Committee on the re-organization of the Cavalry, including a copy of the interim report and final report of the Committee; and minutes of the first meeting of the Committee, Aug 1926. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/5/2]
1926 Aug-1926 Dec
File containing papers relating to Montgomery -Massingberd's Chairmanship of the Committee on the re-organization of the Cavalry, including the replies to a questionnaire on Cavalry requirements by 1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac and of Totnes, FM Sir William Riddell Birdwood; Maj Gen Charles Alexander Campbell Godwin, Cavalry AHQ, GS Branch; Lt Gen Sir David (Graham Muschet) Campbell, Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War; Col Frederick William Lawrence Sheppard Hart Cavendish, Officer Commanding 1st Cavalry Brigade, Aldershot, Hampshire, and Col Richard Granville Hylton Howard-Vyse. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/5/3]
1926 Aug-1926 Dec
File containing papers relating to Montgomery -Massingberd's Chairmanship of the Committee on the re-organization of the Cavalry, including the replies to a questionnaire on Cavalry requirements by Maj Gen Robert Archibald Cassels, Officer Commanding Peshwar District, India; Maj Gen Sir Henry West Hodgson; Col Henry Cecil Lloyd Howard, Assistant Commandant Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Lt Gen Sir David (Graham Muschet) Campbell, Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/5/4]
1926 Oct-1926 Nov
File containing papers relating to Montgomery -Massingberd's Chairmanship of the Committee on the re-organization of the Cavalry, including minutes of meetings of the Committee, Oct - Nov 1926. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/5/5]
1926 Aug-1926 Dec
File containing papers relating to Montgomery -Massingberd's Chairmanship of the Committee on the re-organization of the Cavalry, including copy of questionnaire sent out to Army staff on cavalry requirements. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/5/6]
1926 Aug-1926 Dec
File containing papers relating to Montgomery -Massingberd's Chairmanship of the Committee on the re-organization of the Cavalry, including collated table of answers to questionnaire on Cavalry requirements. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 9/5/7]
1926 Aug-1926 Dec
File containing papers relating to Montgomery -Massingberd's Chairmanship of the Committee on the re-organization of the Cavalry, including answer to questionnaire on cavalry requirements by Col G M Lindsay, Inspector of the Royal Tank Corps, including his estimate of probable conditions of future war.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/1]
1928 Dec 3
Copy of typescript letter from Montgomery-Massingberd to Gen Philip Walhouse Chetwode, India, discussing reorganisation of the Armoured Force. 4pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/2]
1929 Jan 18
Copy of typescript letter from Montgomery-Massingberd to Gen Philip Walhouse Chetwode, India, discussing political developments in Afghanistan following the abdication of Amir Amanullah. 9pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/3/1]
1929 May 10
Copy of typescript letter from Montgomery-Massingberd to Maj Gen Sir George Aston, discussing a proposed biography of French Marshal Ferdinand Foch by Aston, in particular Montgomery-Massingberd's memories of Foch. 6pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/3/2]
1929 May 14
Manuscript letter from Montgomery-Massingberd to Maj Gen Sir George Aston, discussing a proposed biography of French Marshal Ferdinand Foch by Aston, in particular suggesting to Aston to contact Charles Grant, Officer Commanding 8 Bde, for his memories of Foch. 3pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/4/1]
1935 Aug 17
Typescript letter from Montgomery-Massingberd, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, to Viscount Halifax, Secretary of State for War, describing Montgomery-Massingberd's trip to France, in particular French fortifications on her German and Italian borders, and meetings with French Gen Maurice Gamelin. 10pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/4/2]
1935 Aug 21
Typescript letter from Viscount Halifax, Secretary of State for War, to Montgomery-Massingberd, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, thanking Montgomery-Massingberd for his letter describing French fortifications on her German and Italian borders. 2pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/5]
1935 Sep 2
Typescript letter from Sir Clive Wigram, Private Secretary to HM King George V, to Montgomery-Massingberd, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, thanking Montgomery-Massingberd for his letter describing French fortifications on her German and Italian borders. 1p.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/6]
1936
Typescript notes by Montgomery-Massingberd on handing over the post of Chief of the Imperial General Staff, describing policies of the Army Council, 1933-1936, including Coastal defence in the British Empire, the increases in Air defence, the increase of British forces in Egypt, relations with the French Army, the need of a military force to defend Belgium and the Netherlands, the development of a Field Force, Tank Brigades, reorganization of the Artillery, Infantry and the Cavalry. 20pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/7]
1937 Sep 11
Manuscript letter from French Gen Maurice Gamelin to Montgomery-Massingberd, discussing personal details. In French. 2pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/8]
[1936]
Two newspaper cuttings from The Times, an article entitled 'Promotion in the Army', and a letter from Montgomery-Massingberd criticising the article for omitting the work of the Selection Board in advising the Secretary of State for War on promotions within the Army. 2pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/9/1]
[1937 Nov]
Manuscript telegram by Montgomery-Massingberd to The Times, praising an editorial of the paper's on 1st Earl Haig, and criticising the military correspondent of The Times, Capt Sir Basil Liddell Hart. 1p.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/9/2]
1937 Nov 14,1937 Nov 22
Typescript letters from The Times, to Montgomery-Massingberd, commenting on his letters criticising the military correspondent of The Times, Capt Sir Basil Liddel Hart. 2pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/10]
1940 Jun 15
Copy of open letter by Montgomery-Massingberd to the Members of the Lincolnshire Branches of the British Legion, arguing against criticisms of him by Capt Sir Basil Liddell Hart of his achievements as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1933-1936, in relation to the mechanization and modernisation of the Army. 1p.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/11]
[1946]
Typescript draft of memoirs by Montgomery-Massingberd entitled 'The Autobiography of a Gunner', describing his service in World War One, Army policy regarding peacekeeping on the North West Frontier, India; Indianisation of the Indian Army; his service as General Officer Commanding, 53 (Welsh) Territorial Div, Western Command; reporting on the Ulster Special Constabularly for Lord Derby, Secretry of State for War, 1923; his service as General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Aldershot, Southern Command, 1928; Adjutant General, 1931; Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1933-1936; the Army's readiness for continental war, in particular the role of the Defence Requirement Committee; defensive strategy in Continental Europe, in particular the construction of the Maginot Line; and recruitment for the Home Guard in Lincolnshire during World War Two. 79pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/12]
1917
Typescript copy of address entitled 'Moral' given by Montgomery-Massingberd as Maj Gen, General Staff, 4 Army, to officers of 4 Army School, Flixecourt, Belgium, 1917. 9pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/13]
1958
File containing a typescript excerpt from The Business of War by Gen Sir John Noble Kennedy (Hutchinson, 1957) describing Montgomery-Massingberd's actions as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and also containing two typescript letters from Gen Sir John Noble Kennedy to Lady Montgomery-Massingberd following the publishing of The Business of War. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/14]
1939 Sep 8-1944 Apr 21
File containing manuscript letters sent to Montgomery-Massingberd, from FM Sir John Greer Dill, 1939-1943, describing the outbreak of World War Two, his opinion on the timing of the German invasion of Western Europe; the leadership qualities of Rt Hon Winston (Spencer Leonard) Churchill MP, Prime Minister; and describing his service for the Combined Chiefs of Staff, Washinton, USA. 1 file.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/15]
1945 May 16
Manuscript letter from FM Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre, describing the surrender of Italian forces to 4 Army, May 1945. 2pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 10/16]
1945 Aug 21
Manuscript letter from 1st Baron Alanbrooke, FM Sir Alan Francis Brooke, discussing his peerage, and discussing his fears of Germany forestalling Allied victory in World War Two through developing atomic weapons. 2pp.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 11 ]
Maps, [1914]- 1920
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 11/1]
[1914-1915]
Map, 'Ypres - Salient North West', (4 Div Topographical Section No 14). Scale 1:5000. With trenches and positions of Allied and German forces marked. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 11/2]
[1915]
Ordnance survey map, 'Le Touquet and Frelinghien', (GSGS 3050, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire). Scale 1:5000. Platoon positions of 4 Army marked. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 11/3]
1918
Map, 'Original map for attack of 8 Aug [1918]', illustrating offensive [of 4 Army] against German forces on Western Front, near Harbonnieres, France. With positions of 4 Army marked. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 11/4]
1918
Map, 'Original map for attack of 29 Aug [1918]', illustrating offensive [of 4 Army] against German forces on Western Front, near Belicourt and Gouy. With positions of 4 Army marked. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 11/5]
1920
Ordnance survey map, 'The crossing of the Sambre and Oise Canal, 4 Nov [1918]', (Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire), Map No 17. Scale 1:20,000. With positions of 4 Army marked. 1 map.
[MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD 11/6 ]
1918
Ordnance survey map, 'Ireland', (Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, Hampshire). Scale 1:31,680. 1 map.
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