Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the necessity for keeping a large proportion of the Fleet ready for immediate service, stating plans to utilise the 7,000 active service ratings based on yachts, harbour tenders and in harbour establishments. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], asking about the desirability of making a thorough overhaul of the mobilisation arrangements, and suggesting Admiral Sir Reginald Custance to conduct the enquiry; WSC also states his aim to obtain a mobilisation of the Royal Fleet Reserve in the following year. [Carbon].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], on the executive list of War Requirements for 1920, detailing the composition of the 1920 War Fleet. [Carbon; final folio of minute at CHAR 13/6B/452].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on a proposal to create a further Admiral of the Fleet, setting out qualifications for the position: to have served as 1st Sea Lord for more than one year, to have commanded the Principal Fleet for more than 12 months or to have undertaken special war services. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the freedom of German warships to use Norwegian ports, requesting the Foreign Office to write to the Norwegian Government, asking for the same rights to be extended to the British Navy. [Carbon].

Minute from Prince Louis of Battenberg [2nd Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to WSC, on terms of reference for and the composition of a committee to consider the best types of vessel to be created to cope with the "adequate discharge of multifarious duties which fall to HM Ships on foreign stations".

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Controller of the Navy, asking for details of expenditure on submarines in 1912-13. [Hand-written, initialled by WSC, with note of estimated expenditure].

Minute from Prince Louis of Battenberg [2nd Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the "Super Active" class of cruiser, commenting on the number of guns and crew on each cruiser.

Letter from "H of C" [1st Lord Haldane, Secretary of State for War] to WSC on naval policy in the Mediterranean, and its effect on the Foreign Office and War Office.

Letter from Sir [William] Graham Greene, [Secretary, Admiralty], to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the administration of the Controller's Department.

Minute from Prince Louis of Battenberg [2nd Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] (Admiralty), to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the forthcoming naval manoeuvres to be umpired by Admiral Sir William May; also on the advantages of the new fast battleships.

Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], (Admiralty yacht [HMS Enchantress], Naples [Italy]), on the forthcoming naval manoeuvres, investigating the problem of intercepting the German Fleet before it could cover a landing of troops on the east coast.

Letter from Admiral Sir [Archibald] Berkeley Milne [Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean], (HMS Good Hope, Mediterranean Station, Malta), to WSC, on naval policy in the Mediterranean, and particularly the need to reduce the naval establishment in the area.

Letter from 1st Lord Crewe [Secretary of State for India, earlier 2nd Lord Houghton], (? Crewe House [London]), to WSC, on countering Parliamentary Questions in the House of Lords to be put forward by 2nd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer] on naval subjects, including the disposition of the Fleet, and on the advantages of making a statement on the building programmes of other European Powers.

Minute from Prince Louis of Battenberg [2nd Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], to WSC, on the current lack of ships available in the Mediterranean.

Letter from 1st Lord Roberts, (Englemere, Ascot, Berkshire), to WSC, objecting to the policy of withdrawing ships from the Mediterranean to strengthen the Home Fleet.

Minute from Prince Louis of Battenberg [2nd Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] to WSC, on the policy of withdrawing ships from the Mediterranean to strengthen the Home Fleet.

Letter from WSC, (Admiralty), to 1st Lord Roberts, defending the policy of withdrawing ships from the Mediterranean to strengthen the Home Fleet. [Hand-written copy].

Letter from Captain Hugh Watson, [Naval Attache, Berlin, Germany] (British Embassy, Berlin), to Edward Marsh [Secretary to WSC], on the German reaction to British supplementary naval estimates.

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman], on mobilisation plans, particularly the desirability of accelerating the formation of the 6th Battle Squadron and increasing battleship strength in the 2nd Fleet. [Carbon copy].

Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the changes in the new Table of Admiralty business, which was to divide and re-organise the work of the Controller's Department, and relieve the 3rd Sea Lord of day to day administrative duties, leaving him free to concentrate on ship design and clearing delays in shipbuilding. [Hand-written draft, initialled by WSC].

Notes by WSC on the reports of the Finance Committee into the Naval Estimates; includes minute by WSC to the 4th Sea Lord [Captain William Pakenham], Director of Stores and Additional Civil Lord of the Admiralty [Sir Francis Hopwood, later 1st Lord Southborough] asking about consumption of coal and oil. [Carbon].