Summary Guide

BOWRING, Maj Gen John Humphrey Stephen (1913-1998)

3.1 IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

3.1.1 Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Bowring

3.1.2 Title: BOWRING, Maj Gen John Humphrey Stephen (1913-1998)

3.1.3 Date(s): Created 1963, 1968

3.1.4 Level of description: Collection (fonds)

3.1.5 Extent and medium of the unit of description (quantity, bulk or size): 0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres

3.2 CONTEXT AREA

3.2.1 Name of creator(s): Bowring | John Humphrey Stephen | 1913 - 1998 | Major General

3.2.2 Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1913; educated at Downside, Royal Military Academy Woolwich and Trinity College, Cambridge; commissioned into the army in 1933; served in Palestine, 1936; India, 1937-40; Middle East, 1940-42; and India and Burma, 1942-46; British Military Mission to Greece, 1947-1950; UK, 1951-1955; Commander, Royal Engineers, 17 Gurkha Division, Malaya, 1955-1958; Col, General Staff, War Office, 1958-1961; Brig and Chief Engineer, Far East Land Forces, 1961-1964; Brigadier General Staff, Ministry of Defence, 1964-1965; Engineer-in-Chief, 1965-1968; Col, Gurkha Engineers, 1966-1971; Col Commandant, Royal Engineers, 1968-1973; died 1998.

3.2.3 Archival history:

3.2.4 Immediate source of acquisition or transfer:

Placed in the Centre by Bowring in 1991.

3.3 CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA

3.3.1 Scope and content:

Photocopy of a report on role of engineers of Far East Land Forces in Borneo, 1963, following the Brunei rebellion, 1962; and photocopy of a directive relating to recruitment and training within the Engineering Corps, 1968.

3.3.2 Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

3.3.3 Accruals:

3.3.4 System of arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

3.4 CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA

3.4.1 Conditions governing access: Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

3.4.2 Conditions governing reproduction:

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 Director of Archive Services.

3.4.3 Language/scripts of material: English

3.4.4 Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Finding aids:

This collection description.

3.5 ALLIED MATERIALS AREA

3.5.1 Existence and location of originals:

3.5.2 Existence and location of copies:

3.5.3 Related units of description:

3.5.4 Publication note:

3.6 NOTE AREA

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3.7 DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA

3.7.1 Archivist's note:

3.7.2 Rules or conventions:

3.7.3 Date(s) of descriptions: Jun 1996