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(Untitled), 29 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69A/62
Scope and Contents Telegram from the Minister of State, Middle East [Oliver Lyttelton, later 1st Lord Chandos] to WSC on subjects including: the quietening of the internal political situation in Egypt; the difference of the military situation as compared to when General Erwin Rommel [Commander, Afrika Corps] attacked General Sir Archibald Wavell [former Commander-in-Chief, Middle East]; Benghazi [Libya] only being defensible from the east or south; the comparative ineffectiveness of British tanks, probably due...
Dates: 29 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Jan 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/69A/64
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Telegram from General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander- in-Chief, Middle East, to WSC regarding the latest situation in North Africa, including: the confusion of the situation around Benghazi [Libya] and details of recent fighting not yet received; 1st Armoured division attempted to move on Elabiar but the going was bad and the division is now back at Charubba; Lieutenant- General Neil Ritchie [Commander, 8th Army] aims to stabilise the position and collect forces for a counter-offensive.

Dates: 29 Jan 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Jul 1942 - 25 Aug 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/65/88-98
Scope and Contents Letter and reports by Randolph Churchill to WSC on the command structure and personalities in the Middle East, including Lieutenant- General Thomas Corbett, Chief of General Staff, Middle East, Richard Casey [Minister of State, Middle East], Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, RAF, Middle East], Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, Sir Miles Lampson [British Ambassador to Egypt and High Commissioner for the Sudan, later 1st Lord Killearn] and Michael Wright,...
Dates: 30 Jul 1942 - 25 Aug 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Feb 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/6/4
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Letter from John Milbanke, Depot, Royal Sussex Regiment, to WSC, on WSC's life at Harrow School, and success in the Army Preliminary Examination, and Milbanke's life in the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Dates: 15 Feb 1891
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Oct [1898]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/20/12-13
Scope and Contents Letter from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), Mar Lodge, Braemar, to WSC, on his objection to serving soldiers writing for newspapers and expressing strong opinions on the conduct of operations. Hoping that WSC's book would be "history and not military criticism". Stating that Parliamentary and Literary life would suit him best "the monotony of military life in an Indian Station can have no attraction for you - though fortunately some officers do put up with it or else...
Dates: 06 Oct [1898]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Oct 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/25/42-43
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Letter from Sir Bindon Blood to WSC, on the organisation of the General Staff in India.

Dates: 04 Oct 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Mar 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/26/7-8
Scope and Contents Letter from Joseph Chamberlain [Secretary of State for the Colonies], (40 Princes Gardens [London]), congratulating WSC on his work, his escape from the Boers, on his letters to the press from South Africa and also on British success in South Africa in general. He adds that he had enjoyed WSC's "River War", and looked forward to his account of events in South Africa. Chamberlain then comments on the lessons of the Boer War, praising the bravery and endurance of the "rank and file" but...
Dates: 02 Mar 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/65/21-22
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Melbury, Dorchester, to WSC, on interview with Sir John French (later Lord Ypres) who had promised to help Reginald Barnes secure promotion, and on senior appointments and Army reform.

Dates: 03 Mar 1907
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Jan 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/9-11
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Letter from CSC to WSC, on conscription, and the size of the Army. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/10-12.

Dates: 01 Jan 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jan [1916]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/20-21
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Letter from CSC to WSC, on the Conscription Crisis, the Prime Minister's method of dealing with opposition, and the possibility of publication of the Dardanelles Papers. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/23-25.

Dates: 11 Jan [1916]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/29/11
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Letter from St John Brodrick, Lord Midleton, War Office, to WSC, on Army reforms.

Dates: 30 Mar 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/29/13
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Letter from Sir William Vernon-Harcourt, 20 Queen Anne's Gate, to WSC, on WSC's proposed amendment to the War Office's "Army Scheme".

Dates: 24 Apr 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Jul 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/43/15-17
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Head Quarters, First Army, to WSC, criticism of the War Office and the Army Council, and commenting on the Russia-Japan war.

Dates: 26 Jul 1904
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/45/1
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Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars: Regimental Orders for Training in Camp at Headington Hill, Oxford, 16 May - 2 June 1904 [printed].

Dates: 12 Apr 1904
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Apr 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/38/28
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Letter from Colonel Charles a Court Repington, War Office, to WSC, on article signed "Miles" in The Spectator.

Dates: 29 Apr 1903
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Feb [1903]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/39/1
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Letter from J Leighton to WSC, on army reform.

Dates: 15 Feb [1903]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jun 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/33/16-19
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Letter from WSC to [St John Brodrick, later Lord Midleton, War Office], on the report of the Committee on the Education of Officers, advising against the prohibition of inter-regimental polo tournaments [carbon copy].

Dates: 07 Jun 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Apr 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/51/1
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Letter from Lt-Colonel Sir Robert Hermon Hodge (later Lord Wyfold), Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, to WSC, on WSC's promotion [to Major] and his appointment to command the Henley Squadron of the Regiment.

Dates: 09 Apr 1905
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 May 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/51/3-4
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Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Regimental Orders for Training in Camp, Blenheim Park, 5-20 June [printed, 2 copies].

Dates: 01 May 1905
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jul 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/70/1
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Navy and army services, warlike operations and other expenditure arising out of the war . . . Supplementary vote of credit. Printed. Two copies.

Dates: 19 Jul 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 28 Jul 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/70/8
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Return to a House of Commons order for copies of Treasury minutes relating to War Department expenditure and Admiralty and War Department contracts for munitions of war.

Dates: 28 Jul 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 15 Jul 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/71/61-62
Scope and Contents Letter from Lord Haldane [earlier Richard Haldane] (28 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, [London]) to WSC praising his articles [in the Sunday Pictorial] on the events leading up to the war and describing how the Kaiser [Wilhelm II] went over to the war party in Germany and how he (Haldane) had agreed with the objections of the General Staff to the raising of a Continental Army. Praises WSC's work in preparing the Navy and says he will embody the story of it in his "secret memoirs founded on...
Dates: 15 Jul 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 28 Jul 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/71/65-66
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Letter from Major E Booth (British Expeditionary Force) to WSC endorsing his remarks [in his speech in the House of Commons on the supplementary vote of credit] on the rifle and ration strength of army battalions and advocating a reduction in the strength of the ASC and an examination of the question of horse and car transport in the Army.

Dates: 28 Jul 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 26 Jul 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/71/68-69
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Letter from Adam Darling (Bondington, Berwick-on-Tweed, [Northumberland]) to WSC supporting WSC's criticism of army administration, in particular the sending of previously wounded soldiers back to the Front before those who have not yet seen action. Signed typescript.

Dates: 26 Jul 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Aug 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/71/70-72
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Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Newell (Special Hospital for Officers, 11 Palace Green, Kensington, [London]) to WSC supporting his efforts to ensure that the fighting strength of a battalion is the same as its "ration strength" and complaining about the lessening of such fighting strengths arising from the use of fit and fully trained men in non front line roles and by unnecessary training courses.

Dates: 01 Aug 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

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