Letter from Admiral Sir John Jellicoe [Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], expressing unease about the labour situation on the Tyne and the Clyde, as the short hours worked by the men would affect the Fleet. Jellicoe also asks for a floating dock at Cromarty [Ross and Cromarty, Scotland], wishing that the floating dock at Sheerness [Kent] could be moved north to the Humber, and mentions a measles epidemic in the Fleet.

Letter from Lord Kitchener, War Office, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on Naval control of the Mediterranean, advising against handing over the Medtterranean entirely to France and Italy.

Letter from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Lord Kitchener, War Office, on naval control of the Mediterranean following Italy's entry to the war, stating that if that Italians joined the allied side their C. in C. the Duke of Abruzzi should have supreme command in the Adriatic [handwrittten copy].

Letter from Lord Kitchener, War Office, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, asking about Naval command in the Adriatic following the Italian entry to the war on the allied side.

Letter from [ ] Wain (Ewell Castle, Surrey) to Edward Marsh, Admiralty.

Letter from Patrick Hannon, Navy League to Edward Marsh, Admiralty, asking him to use his influence to secure a commission in the RNVR for Arthur Jackson, son of Arthur Jackson, Chairman of the Sligo harbour Board, who had placed his oal and oil supplies and the services of his steamers at the disposal of the Royal Navy.

Letter from Patrick Hannon, Navy League to Edward Marsh, Admiralty, enclosing a draft scheme for the presentation of the historic Nelson plate to ships which had distinguished themselved in the war, asking for WSC's approval before the launch o fhte public appeal.

Letter from Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, C. in C., Grand Fleet to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the use of destroyers to hunt submarines, with note from Admiral Sir arthur Wilson, stating that the matter of hunting submarines was best left to the C. in C.

Letter from Basil Blackburn, PS to Lord Wimborne to Edward Marsh, Admiralty, thanks for memoramdu, asking if Wimborne could read it as a message from the Admiralty.

Letter from Transport Department, Admiralty, to Edward Marsh, PS to First Lord, on [ ] Payne, an applicant for commission as Assistant Paymaster, RNVR.

Telegram from WSC to John S Churchill, on Lord Fisher's resignation as 1st Sea Lord, largely on Dardanelles questions, and his own departure from the Admiralty, stating that ther two friends (Vice Admiral John de Robeck and Gen Sir Ian Hamilton) would be supported and should not be disheartened [handwritten copy].

Letter from C F Madeley, PS to Lord Dunraven to Edward Marsh, Admiralty, stating that if WSC was too busy to sign letters of introduction. perhaps the Naval Secretary would do so.

Letter from WSC to Prince Louis of Battenberg (later Lord Milford Haven) on his statement to the Press on the mobilisation of the fleet in July 1914 [handwritten draft, signed by WSC].

Letter from WSC to Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, on the need for the truth to be known about "Antwerp, the sinking f the three cruisers and the defeat of Admiral Cradock's squadron off Coronel" [handwritten copy, initialled by WSC].

Letter from Prince Louis of Battenberg (later Lord Milford Haven) to WSC, on WSC's unauthorised publication of a note from Battenberg, as 1st Sea Lord, on the mobilisation of the Fleet in July 1914 [two typescript copies, the entry oin the Companion Volume gives the date as 11 Aug].

Letter from WSC to Walter Long, defending his administration as First Lord of the Admiralty, sending copies of documents relating to Antwerp, the loss of the three "Bacchante" class cruisers and the defeat of Sir Christopher Cradock off Cornel [typescript copy].

Letter from WSC to Herbert Asquith, Prime Minister, sending copies of papers on the action of Coronel and the loss of the three "Bacchante" class cruisers, askking if these could be published, stating that as his account of the Antwerp episode involved the French, he didi not feel able to ask for its publication [two handwritten copies].

Letter from Vice-Admiral Reginald Bacon to WSC, on operations off the Belgian coast, particularly the attack on Zebrugge.

Letter from H W S Chilcott (St James' St., London) to WSC, on the Royal Naval Air Service.

Letter from Commander Spenser Grey, R.N. Air Station, Dover, to WSC, enclosing notes on the equipment of a wing for use in British East Africa [later Kenya and Uganda].

Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to the 1st Sea Lord (Lord Fisher) the Chiief of Staff (Henry Oliver), and Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, recording WSC's opinion on the strong possibility of offensive movement by the German High Seas Fleet. Stating that every precaution should be taken to keep the Grand Fleet on the highest condition of strength and readiness [handwritten, initlaiied by WSC, Fisher, Wilson and Oliver].

Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to the Naval Secretary and Chief of Staff, (Henry Oliver), Admiralty, asking why submarines could not be used to sweep up the lines of moored mines in the Kaphiz minefield, and on methods of dealing with drifing mines [typescript, initialled by WSC].