Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Fursdon, Francis William Edward, 1925-2007
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Dates of existence
1925-2007
History
Fursdon, Francis William Edward, brother of George Hume John Fursdon (qv); b. 10 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1937 (G); left July 1942; enlisted RE 1942; RE course Univ. of Birmingham 1943; 2nd Lieut. Mar. 1945, Lieut. Nov. 1947, Capt. May 1952, Maj. 1956, Lieut. -Col. 1962, Brig. 1974, retd. as Maj. -Gen. May 1980; MBE 1958 (gallantry in disposing of explosives); CB Jan. 1980; Roy. West African Frontier Force, India, Burma and Gold Coast, 1945-7; Staff Coll., Camberley; service appointments included dir. Defence Policy, Europe and Nato, Min. of Defence 1974-7, dir., Military Assistance Office 1977-9, and Military Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 1980; Freeman City of London 1987; defence and military correspondent, The Daily Telegraph 1980-6; author Grains of Sands 1971, There are No Frontiers 1973 and The European Defence Community 1980; d. 3 Jan. 2007.
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GB 2014
Rules and/or conventions used
International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Final
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Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Sources
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1937 to Election 2015, Volume 5, London, 2017