LE@RNING FROM MILIT@RY HISTORY

According to two British Colonels on the eve of the Great War

Sir Fr_^_ri]k B[rton M[uri]_ (1871-1951),
"The value of the study of military history as training for command in war", pp. 133-147.

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Ltn. Col. N. M[l]om,

"The practical application of military history", pp. 148-155 in Naval and Military Essays,
being papers read in the Naval and Military Section at the International Congress of Historical Studies 1913

Cambridge, at the University Press, 1914,

Frederick Barton Maurice 1871-1951

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Nickname Born Died Service/branch Years of service Rank Unit Battles/wars Relations Other work Putty Nose[1] 19 January 1871Dublin 19 May 1951 (aged 80) Cambridge British Army 1892-1918 Major General The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) 3rd Division Staff Imperial General Staff Tirah Campaign Second Boer War Battle of Mons Frederick Maurice (grandfather) John Frederick Maurice (father) Joan Robinson (daughter) Correspondent Writer Academic

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.

Early life and military career Maurice was born in Dublin, the son of John Frederick Maurice, a British Army officer and military historian. He attended St. Paul's School and Sandhurst before joining the Derbyshire Regiment in 1892. His first overseas posting was to India in 1897-98 during the Tirah Campaign.[2] During this time, he served as aide-de-camp to his father, Major-General John Frederick Maurice. After a promotion to captain in 1899, he fought in the Second Boer War.[1] After returning from South Africa, he entered the Staff College in 1902.[3] Later that year, he was posted to the War Office and, before 1911, promoted to major.[3][4] Two years later, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1913 and transferred to the Staff College as an instructor.[1] World War I On the outbreak of war in 1914, Maurice was posted to France and assigned to 3rd Infantry Division as a staff officer.[3] He saw action at the Battle of Mons in August 1914.[5] In early 1915, following the appointment of William Robertson as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Maurice was posted to London as Director of Military Operations for the Imperial General Staff, and in 1916 he was promoted to major general.[3] Resignation Following the dismissal of William Robertson in February 1918, Maurice became convinced that troops were being withheld from the Western Front in order to undermine the position of Douglas Haig.[2] When David Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons that British troop levels on the Western Front were at all-time highs, Maurice believed that he was deceiving both Parliament and the British public.[2] In his capacity as Director of Military Operations, Maurice knew that the troop statistics available to his office did not bear out Lloyd George's claims, and he wrote to Robertson's successor, Henry Wilson, to outline his position.[2] After Wilson failed to respond, Maurice wrote a letter to The Times, criticizing Lloyd George for misleading the public about the state of the British Expeditionary Force during the German Spring Offensive. The publication of this letter on 7 May caused a minor political storm, and members of the Liberal opposition, including former Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, called for a debate.[5] This subsequently occurred on 9 May, and Lloyd George was able to imply that the source of confusion was, in fact, Maurice's office, rather than the Prime Minister's.[5] Maurice was initially suspended, and ultimately forced to retire; he was also denied a court martial.[5] Postwar life Following his forced resignation, Maurice served as a military correspondent, initially for the Daily Chronicle, and later for the Daily News. In 1921, he was one of the founders of the British Legion, and although he was not initially very active in the organization, he would later serve as the president from 1932 to 1947.[2] The following year, he was appointed principal of the Working Men's College in London, a position he held until 1933, when he left to take a similar post at East London College.[2] He was also appointed as a professor of military studies at the University of London in 1926, and taught both there and at Trinity College until the end of his life.[2] Maurice died on 19 May 1951, in Cambridge well cared for by his daughter, the economist Joan Robinson. Publications The Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878 (Special Campaign Series, 1905) Sir Frederick Maurice: a record of his work and opinions (Edward Arnold, London, 1913) Forty Days in 1914 (Constable and Co, London, 1919) The Last Four Months (Cassell and Co, London, 1919) The Life of Lord Wolseley (William Heinemann, London, 1924) Robert E. Lee, the soldier (Constable and Co, London, 1925) Governments and War (William Heinemann, London, 1926) An aide-de-camp of Lee (Little, Brown and Co, London, 1927) The Life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent (Cassell and Co, London, 1928) British Strategy (Constable and Co, London, 1929) The 16th Foot (Constable and Co, London, 1931) The History of the Scots Guards (Chatto and Windus, London, 1934) Haldane (Faber and Faber, London, 1937, 1939) The Armistices of 1918 (Oxford University Press, London, 1943) The Adventures of Edward Wogan (G Routledge and Sons, London, 1945) Notes Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Frederick B. Maurice 1. ^ a b c Frederick Maurice at the University of Birmingham Centre for First World War studies 2. ^ a b c d e f g Biography of Frederick Maurice at Spartacus Educational 3. ^ a b c d Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 4. ^ The table of contents for vol. XI, c. 21 of The Cambridge Modern History published in 1909 shows him as already a major. 5. ^ a b c d Biography of Frederick Maurice at First World War.com References World War I portal Biography of Frederick Maurice at First World War.com Biography of Frederick Maurice at the Centre for World War I studies at the University of Birmingham Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives Biography of Frederick Maurice at Spartacus educational

Books by Sir Frederick Maurice

The system of field manoeuvres, 1872, pp. 174 On the connection between the ordinary work of soldiers in ...1874 War: reproduced with amendments from the article in the last .., 1891, pp. 155 Report on the cycling manoeuvres in the Brighton district on 4th, ... The diary of Sir John Moore 1904 The Russo-Turkish war, 1877: a strategical sketch, 1905, pp. 300 History of the war in South Africa, 1899-1902 1907 The duties of the General staff, Paul Leopold Eduard Heinrich Anton Bronsart von Schellendorff, Friedrich Heinrich Bruno Julius Bronsart von Schellendorff, Sir Frederick Maurice, - 1907 - 567 pp Sir Frederick Maurice: a record of his work and opinions, 1913 - 287 Alphabetical French-English, English-French list of technical ..., E. Ruf, Marius Deshumbert, John Frederick Maurice (sir.)1914, pp. 106. The last four months: the end of the war in the west, 1919, pp. 259. The history of the 13th Tank Battalion 1920 - pp. 112. Forty days in 1914, 1921 - pp. 226. Intrigues of the War ; Startling revelations hidden until 1922. ... Sir Frederick Maurice, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes Crewe (Marquis of), written at the special request of the Editor of the " Westminster Gazette.", 1922 - 41 The life of Lord Wolseley, Sir Frederick Maurice, Sir George Arthur, 1924, pp. 374. Disarmament 1924 - 32 p Robert E. Lee, the soldier With portraits, maps, and plans, 1925 - pp. 309; 1972, pp. 313. Governments and war: a study of the conduct of war, delivered as the Lees Knowles' Lectures for 1925-26 at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1926 - pp. 171. Statesmen and soldiers of the Civil War: a study of the conduct of ... 1926 - pp. 173. Soldiers and statesmen of the Civil War: II. Lincoln and Grant 1926, pp 13 The life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent, from his journals and ... 1926 Lincoln as a strategist 1926 - pp. 169. The world crisis, by Baron George Sydenham Clarke Sydenham of Combe, Sir Reginald Bacon, Sir Frederick Maurice, 1927, pp. 191. On the uses of the study of war, 1927, pp. 11. Aide-de-camp of Lee; being the papers of Colonel Charles Marshall, sometime ... 1927 - pp. 287. Lee's Aide-de-Camp - Charles Marshall, Sir Frederick Maurice, Gary W. Gallagher - 2000 - pp. 287. The world crisis, by Sir Winston Churchill, Reginald Bacon (Admiral Sir.), Sir Frederick Maurice - 1928 The Life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., 1928, pp. 373. Soldier, Artist, Sportsman: The Life of General Lord Rawlinson of ... - Major General Sir Frederick Maurice, General Tasker H. Bliss - 2004 - pp. 432. Belgium and Luxembourg Findlay Muirhead, Marcel Monmarch, Sir Frederick Maurice - 1929 - pp. 248. Principles of strategy: a study of the application of the ..., 1930, pp, 243. The 16th foot: a history of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire ... , 1931, pp. 240. The campaign of Marathon 1932 - pp. 12. The fifth annual Haldane memorial lecture, Frederick Barton Maurice (sir.), Sir Frederick Maurice, 1933, pp. 48. The History of the Scots Guards, from the creation of the regiment, 1934, 2 voll Haldane 1856-1915: The life of viscount Haldane of Cloan K.T., O.M. Vol 1 : 1856-1915, 1937 British strategy: a study of the application of the principles of ..., 1940, pp. 248. Lessons of allied co-operation: naval, military and air, 1914-1918, Royal Institute of International Affairs - 1942 - pp. 195. Scholar's Bookshelf reprint 2006 - pp. 195. The Armistices of 1918. (Repr.) Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1943 - pp. 104. The adventures of Edward Wogan, [With maps and a bibliography.].1945, pp. 168. The history of total war English Association 1945 - pp. 34 The Christian life in the Middle Ages and other essays Frederick Maurice Sir Powicke 1968 - pp. 182. The Maurice case: from the papers of Major-General Sir Frederick, Sir Frederick Maurice, Nancy Maurice, 1972, pp. 245.