Army
Found in 753 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1942
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1942
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.
(Untitled), 30 Jul 1942 - 25 Aug 1942
(Untitled), 15 Feb 1891
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.
(Untitled), 06 Oct [1898]
(Untitled), 04 Oct 1900
Letter from Sir Bindon Blood to WSC, on the organisation of the General Staff in India.
(Untitled), 02 Mar 1900
(Untitled), 03 Mar 1907
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.
(Untitled), 01 Jan 1916
Letter from CSC to WSC, on conscription, and the size of the Army. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/10-12.
(Untitled), 11 Jan [1916]
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.
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1901
Letter from St John Brodrick, Lord Midleton, War Office, to WSC, on Army reforms.
(Untitled), 24 Apr 1901
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".
(Untitled), 26 Jul 1904
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.
(Untitled), 12 Apr 1904
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars: Regimental Orders for Training in Camp at Headington Hill, Oxford, 16 May - 2 June 1904 [printed].
(Untitled), 29 Apr 1903
Letter from Colonel Charles a Court Repington, War Office, to WSC, on article signed "Miles" in The Spectator.
(Untitled), 15 Feb [1903]
Letter from J Leighton to WSC, on army reform.
(Untitled), 07 Jun 1902
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].
(Untitled), 09 Apr 1905
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.
(Untitled), 01 May 1905
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Regimental Orders for Training in Camp, Blenheim Park, 5-20 June [printed, 2 copies].
(Untitled), 19 Jul 1915
Navy and army services, warlike operations and other expenditure arising out of the war . . . Supplementary vote of credit. Printed. Two copies.
(Untitled), 28 Jul 1915
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.
(Untitled), 15 Jul 1916
(Untitled), 28 Jul 1916
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.
(Untitled), 26 Jul 1916
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.
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1916
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.
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