Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Herbert, Edward Sidney
Dates of creation: 1892-1923
Extent: 0.5 box
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Herbert, Edward Sidney
Language:
English
(1866 - 1936)
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| British Army Career | |
| 1887 | Commissioned in the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) |
| 1892-1896 | Adjutant 1st Battalion |
| 1894-1906 | Captain |
| 1906-1914 | Major |
| 1914-1918 | Lieutenant Colonel |
| 1918 | Colonel |
| 1920 | Retired from British Army as Brigadier-General |
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| Egyptian Army Career | |
| 1898 | Commissioned in the Egyptian Army (Bimbashi, 11th Sudanese) |
| 1898 | Battles of Atbara and Omdurman and Fashoda Crisis |
| 1899 | Battle of Um Dibaykarat (Assistant Adjutant-General) |
| 1900-1902 | Officer Commanding the 9th Sudanese (Kaimakam) |
| 1902- ? | Assistant Adjutant-General for Recruiting |
| ? - 1913 | Officer Commanding Cairo District (Miralai) |
| 1913-1917 | Officer Commanding Cairo District (Lewa) |
| 1914-1917 | War Service including Egypt and with the 42nd Division in Gallipoli (Assistant Adjutant and Quarter-Master General) |
| 1917-1923 | Commandant Cairo District |
| 1923 | Retired from the Egyptian Army |
1. Official Papers
2. Personal Papers
3. Photographic Material
4. Museum Objects
5. Newspaper Cuttings
Presented by Mrs E. Seymour, 1994
Catalogue
1. Official Papers
SAD.864/3/1-38; SAD.864/4/1-36
1899-1923
Papers concerning E.S. Herbert's decorations, the extensions to his contract, and his appointment to the post of Senior Military Officer in Cairo in 1917 (SAD.864/4/12-13) (photocopies of originals)
SAD.864/3/1-6
1899
Imperial Order of the Medjidieh (4th Class)
SAD.864/3/7-13
1900
Imperial Order of the Osmanieh (4th Class)
SAD.864/3/23-26
1908
Imperial Order of the Medjidieh (3rd Class)
SAD.864/4/1-8
1916
Order of the Nile (2nd Class)
SAD.864/4/9-10, 18
1917
C.M.G. (Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George)
SAD.864/4/14-17
1919
Mentions in Despatches, 1916-1919
SAD.864/4/19-20
1919
C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)
SAD.864/4/21, 27
1920
Order of the Star of Rumania (2nd Class)
2. Personal Papers
SAD.864/5/16-17
n.d.
Miscellaneous genealogical papers concerning E.S. Herbert's family
3. Photographic Material
SAD.856/3/1-8
[c1899]
Photographs of the 11th Sudanese, including E.S. Herbert and colleagues
Copies made from originals still in the possession of Herbert's family
SAD.856/3/2-3
E.S. Herbert and friends drinking
SAD.856/3/4
E.S. Herbert and colleagues
SAD.856/3/5
1899 Mar 3
Sir Herbert William Jackson at Omdurman
SAD.856/3/6-8
Group photographs of the 11th Sudanese
4. Museum Objects
5. Newspaper Cuttings
SAD.864/5/1-15
1892-1923
Photocopies of cuttings from various newspapers:
SAD.864/5/1
14 Jun 1892
Article in
The Morning Post concerning a Queen's Levée attended by E.S. Herbert
SAD.864/5/2-5
Articles in
The London Gazette (30 Sep 1898) and
The Irish Times concerning the Battle of Omdurman and including the names of those mentioned in Despatches, including
E.S. Herbert
SAD.864/5/14-15
Cutting from an unspecified Egyptian paper concerning E.S. Herbert's farewell tea party
