Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Fouracres, Charles Edward
Dates of creation: 1986
Extent: 2 files
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Fouracres, Charles Edward
Language:
English
(1897 - 1988)
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| 1915-1917 | Royal Field Artillery, France |
| 1918 | Cypher Officer, War Office |
| 1918-1919 | G.H.Q. British Troops Palestine |
| 1919-1921 | Cairo Mounted British Military Police |
| 1921 | Intelligence Corps, G.H.Q. Cairo |
| 1922-1924 | Sudan Service: Audit Inspector |
| 1924-1927 | Assistant Private Secretary to the Governor-General |
| 1927-1929 | Deputy Assistant Director of Intelligence |
| 1929-1939 | Assistant Controller of Public Security Intelligence |
| 1939-1949 | Assistant Sudan Agent, Cairo |
| 1953-1956 | Information and Press Officer, British Consulate, Amman, Jordan |
| 1956-1958 | Information and Press Officer, British Consulate, Benghazi, Libya |
1. Memoirs
Presented by Fouracres, 1987
Catalogue
1. Memoirs
SAD.815/15/1-52; SAD.815/16/1-47
1986
Memoirs by C.E. Fouracres of his life. Subjects covered include his early life and schooling (SAD.815/15/7-9); experiences of the First World War (SAD.815/15/10-18); postings within the British Army in London, Palestine and Cairo
(SAD.815/15/19-24); application to join the Sudan Political Service (SAD.815/15/23,25); first job as an Audit Inspector touring Kordofan and Upper Nile Province (SAD.815/15/25-28); big game hunting whilst touring (SAD.815/15/29-38); experiences
during the 1924 Mutiny (SAD.815/15/39-42); period as Assistant Private Secretary to the Governor-General (SAD.815/15/43-50); big game hunting in the Red Sea Hills (SAD.815/15/51-52); period in the Intelligence
Department, dealing with subversion by religious movements and Italian espionage (SAD.815/16/1-10); period as Sudan Agent in Cairo (SAD.815/16/11-12); travel through Africa (SAD.815/16/13-15); period at the British Consulate in Jordan
(SAD.815/16/16-17); period at the British Consulate in Libya (SAD.815/16/18- 19); retirement in Cannes (SAD.815/16/20-24); Appendices:
SAD.815/16/25-38
Copies of references and acknowledgements for Fouracre's from George Bredin, Sir Angus Gillan, Sir Harold MacMichael, and others
SAD.815/16/39-45
Genealogical notes, including copies of photographs of Fouracre's and family
