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Title
1940 - Sir John Bagot Glubb
Date(s)
- 1939 - 1943 (Creation)
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Biographical history
John Bagot Glubb was born in Preston, Lancashire, in 1897. He was educated at Cheltenham College before joining the Royal Engineers in 1915. He served on the Western Front in World War One and was transferred to Iraq in 1920. He became an officer of the… read more
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
An administrative document and correspondence concerning the conferment of the Burton Memorial Medal on Sir John Bagot Glubb.
System of arrangement
Two sub-series were created for administrative documents and for correspondence.
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Language of material
- English
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Related units of description
The Minutes of the Council Meeting may provide additional details of the award to Sir John Bagot Glubb. The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1941 (3), p. 294, it was reported that the Burton Medal had been given to Major John Glubb, as part of the… read more