Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1868-1914 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
2 vols
Scope and content
Papers relating to his life and military career, 1868-1914, principally comprising press cuttings relating to his service in the Afghan War, 1878-1879, and in Waziristan, India, 1881, and China, 1900-1901; photographs relating to his service in China, 1900-1901; typescript translations of letters from Chinese General Li-Antang to Adm Sir James Andrew Thomas Bruce, regarding the surrender of forts by Chinese forces during the Boxer Rebellion, 1900.
System of arrangement
2 vols
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in 1846; entered Indian Army, 1863; Col, 1895; served on North West Frontier of India, 1868, in Afghan War, 1878-1879, and in Waziristan, India, 1881, China, 1900-1901, and India, 1901-1903; retired, 1903; died in 1913.
Repository
Custodial history
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1982.
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.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.
Language of material
- Chinese
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Mainly English, but some Chinese
Finding aids
This collection level description.
Note
Decorations: CB
Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Campbell, Lorn Henry Dick, 1846-1913, Major General (Subject)
- Bruce, Sir James Andrew Thomas, 1846-1921, Knight, Admiral (Subject)
- Li-Antang, fl 1900, Chinese General (Subject)
- Indian Army (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.