Frederick Maurice (military historian)
British Army general and writer (1871–1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Major-General Sir Frederick Barton Maurice, KCMG, CB (19 January 1871 – 19 May 1951) was a British Army officer, military correspondent, writer and academic. During the First World War he was forced to retire from the army 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 on the Western Front. He also later founded the British Legion in 1920, and served as its president from 1932 to 1947.
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Sir Frederick Maurice | |
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Birth name | Frederick Barton Maurice |
Nickname(s) | Putty Nose[1] |
Born | 19 January 1871 Dublin, Ireland |
Died | 19 May 1951(1951-05-19) (aged 80) Cambridge, England |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1892–1918 |
Rank | Major-General |
Service number | 55071[2] |
Unit | Sherwood Foresters |
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Spouse(s) |
Margaret Helen Marsh
(m. 1899; died 1942) |
Children | one son, four daughters[3] (including Joan Robinson) |
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Other work | Correspondent, writer, academic |
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