Montgomery-Massingberd, Archibald Armar, 1871-1947

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Name (Latin)
Montgomery-Massingberd, Archibald Armar, 1871-1947
Other forms of name
Massingberd, Archibald Armar Montgomery-, 1871-1947
Mongtomery, Archibald Armar, 1871-1947
Date of birth
1871-12-06
Date of death
1947-10-13
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 2843120
Wikidata: Q633396
Library of congress: n 98034041
Sources of Information
  • NUCMC data from North Carolina Division of Archives and History, Archives and Records Section for Hoch family collection : Arthur Campbell Yate papers, 1833-1926(General Archibald A. Montgomery; correspondent)
  • DNB, 1941-1950(Montgomery-Massingberd, Sir Archibald Armar, 1871-1947; b. Archibald Armar Montgomery; added Massingberd to his own in 1926 when his wife inherited the Massingberd estates)
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Wikipedia description:

Field Marshal Sir Archibald Armar Montgomery-Massingberd, (6 December 1871 – 13 October 1947), known as Archibald Armar Montgomery until October 1926, was a senior British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) from 1933 to 1936. He served in the Second Boer War and in the First World War, and later was the driving force behind the formation of a permanent "Mobile Division", the fore-runner of the 1st Armoured Division.

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