Letter from Lord Kitchener (War Office) to WSC stating that preparations for land operations [at the Dardanelles] are continuing and hoping that the Navy will engage the forts vigorously so that the Turks expend their ammunition. Typescript copy annotated by WSC for inclusion in a publication.

Part of a letter [from WSC] justifying the increase of establishments in the naval dockyards and thanking the recipient of the letter for his support over the past year. Typescript copy.

Declaration by Captain Fawcet Wray of the Royal Navy defending himself against allegations of cowardice and default made at the Court of Enquiry and Court Martial on Rear-Admiral Ernest Troubridge for allowing the 'Goeben' to escape. Sent with CHAR 2/90/28.

Letter from WSC (Lullenden) to [David Lloyd George] denying that he said anything indiscreet during a recent conversation on naval affairs with Rear-Admiral William Sims of the United States Navy and stating that the First Sea Lord [Sir Eric Geddes] should have contacted him if he had heard reports of his words giving the contrary impression. Draft in WSC's hand.

Letter from Sir Henry Wilson (War Office) to WSC congratulating him on his speech arguing that Britain should keep its naval power intact.

Letter from WSC (Ministry of Munitions) to [David Lloyd George] expressing the desire to be appointed to the Admiralty rather than the War Office and arguing that the development of aircraft will best be undertaken by the Admiralty. Copy in the hand of Edward Marsh.

Note from WSC to James Masterton-Smith asking for the dates when Lord Jellicoe [earlier Sir John Jellicoe] was Director of Naval Ordnance, Third Sea Lord and Second Sea Lord and referring to his responsibility for the design of the 'Invincible' the 'Indomitable' and the 'Queen Mary'.

Note from James Masterton-Smith to [WSC] giving the dates when Lord Jellicoe [earlier Sir John Jellicoe] was Director of Naval Ordnance, Controller of the Navy and Second Sea Lord, assigning to Jellicoe the responsibility for the design of the 'Queen Mary' and stating the accepted reason for the loss of the 'Queen Mary', the 'Indefatigable' and the 'Invincible' at the Battle of Jutland. Annotated typescript.

Statement of the respective strengths of the dreadnought fleets of Great Britain and Germany at the outbreak of war and the subsequent actual and expected reinforcements of the fleets. Printed. Originally attached to CHAR 2/105/8-10.

"Comparison of the armour protection and principal characteristics of HMS "Queen Mary" and the German battle cruiser "Seydlitz"." Printed. Originally attached to CHAR 2/105/8-10.

Letter from Walter Long [later Lord Long] (Admiralty) to WSC informing him that the report of the court of enquiry into the conduct of Commodore Wilfred Henderson during the Antwerp expedition will not be published and that the court has no power to reprimand officers criticised in its report.

Letter from [WSC] to Walter Long [later Lord Long] praising the work at the Admiralty and in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Thomas Jackson and noting that he has received no formal recognition of his war service. Thanks Long for his support that morning. Typescript copy.

Letter from WSC (War Office) to [David Lloyd George] on the need to form the Cabinet, to tax war profits, to cut Government spending, to define future role of the Army, Navy and Air Force and assign the appropriate resources, to check unnecessary spending by the Admiralty, preferably by bringing the Navy as well as the other two services under a Ministry of Defence. Copy in WSC's hand.

Letter from Lord Grey of Fallodon [earlier Sir Edward Grey] (Fallodon, Lensbury, Northumberland) to WSC on the importance of the navy estimates and his decision not to take his nephew Cecil Graves away from his work in the War Office by offering him a temporary job in Washington.

Letter from Sir David Beatty [later Lord Beatty] (Aberdour House, Aberdour, Fife, [Scotland]) to WSC thanking him for his good wishes and expressing the hope that the [Army and Navy] will co-operate more closely together than they have done before.

Letter from Walter Long [later Lord Long] (Admiralty) to WSC congratulating him on his vindication of the Navy and the Admiralty in the Sunday Herald.

Letter from WSC (War Office) to Walter Long [later Lord Long] thanking him for praising his article [in the Sunday Herald] defending the Navy's wartime performance. Typescript copy.

Letter from Lord Lee of Fareham [earlier Sir Arthur Lee] (Admiralty) to WSC congratulating him on his speech on the Navy Estimates.

Letter from [WSC] to ? on the role the 'Canopus' might have played in the engagement off Coronel [Chile]. [See also CHAR 13/52/116].

Letter from [WSC] to Lord Edward Grosvenor on the role the 'Canopus' might have played in the action off Coronel [Chile]. Typescript copy. [See also CHAR 13/52/116].

Letter from [WSC] to Vice-Admiral Thomas Jackson enclosing a letter from Lord Edward Grosvenor on the role the 'Canopus' could have played in the action off Coronel [Chile] [not present], with which WSC disagrees. Typescript copy. [See also CHAR 13/52/116].

Newspaper cuttings on the Battle of Jutland.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir James Masterton Smith enclosing a copy of Sir Julian Corbett's [official history of naval operations during the war] and criticising "its awful flatness and sterility." Typescript copy.

Note from Edward Marsh to WSC referring to the desire of the Navy League of the United States to compile a list of Americans who served in the Royal Navy or Royal Naval Division during the way [see CHAR 2/118/28-29 and CHAR 2/118/30] and suggesting that WSC reply that the Admiralty and the War Office do not have enough staff time to undertake the necessary research.

Letter from L S M Robinson, secretary of the Navy League of the United States (Box 2133, Middle City Station, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) asking for his help in finding the names of those Americans who served in the Royal Navy during the war so that they can be properly honoured. Encloses related leaflet [see CHAR 2/118/30].