Frederick Barton Maurice Military person

Major-General Sir Frederick Barton Maurice, 1st Baronet GCB GCMG GCVO DSO (19 January 1871 – 19 May 1951) was a British general, military correspondent, writer and academic. He was famously forced to resign his commission in May 1918 after writing a letter to The Times criticizing Prime Minister David Lloyd George for making misleading statements about the strength of British forces in France. He also founded the British Legion in 1920, and served as its president from 1932 to 1947.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 19, 1871
Birth place
Dublin
Date of deathMay 19, 1951
Place of death
Cambridge

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
military operations
Battle of Mons
Second Boer War
Tirah Campaign
military unit
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
3rd Mechanised Division (United Kingdom)
Sherwood Foresters
relation
service start1892
service end1918

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Frederick Barton Maurice on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/nicknames/maurice.htm
  2. http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/maurice.htm
  3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/259859
  4. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/cats/maurice/ma90-0.htm
  5. http://www.spartacus-educational.com/FWWmaurice.htm