Army
Found in 753 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 25 Jul 1916
Letter from H J Maguire, a member of the Army Educational Department (Redcote, Pinhoe, Exeter, [Devon]), to WSC complaining that he has not been accepted for active service despite volunteering and being young and fit, and urging WSC to press for "a general clear-out of the younger men in all the non-combatant branches of the army.".
(Untitled), [Jul] [1916]
Complaint from a member of a battalion which is trained and willing to serve at the Front but has remained at home whilst other less suitable men have been sent abroad. Typescript.
(Untitled), 07 Jun 1916
Letter from Private H Waterlow (Officers' Mess, Buller Barracks, Aldershot, [Hampshire]) to WSC complaining of the excessive number of men performing domestic duties in the mess who could be on active service.
(Untitled), 13 Oct 1916
Page from the Daily Mail including editorial asserting that ministers should concentrate on recruiting more men for the forces and not meddle with the operational conduct of the war. Cites the Antwerp and Dardanelles campaigns as examples of the ill effects of such meddling.
(Untitled), 10 Jan 1916
Memorandum by WSC for the Committee of Imperial Defence on variants of the offensive (written 3 December 1915), with comments by Major-General 10th Lord Cavan.
(Untitled), 16 Jun 1916
Proposals for raising territorial units in India by E G Barrow, Military Secretary at the India Office. Annotated: "circulated by the Secretary of State for India".
(Untitled), 17 Feb 1916
Supplementary vote of credit of 120 million pounds for the year 1915-16 for navy and army services, warlike operations and other expenditure arising out of the war.
(Untitled), 17 Feb 1916
Supplementary vote of credit of 300 million pounds for the year 1916-17 for navy and army services, warlike operations and other expenditure arising out of the war.
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1916
Report on army recruiting by 17th Lord Derby, Director-General of Recruiting.
(Untitled), 22 Jun 1916
(Untitled), 1915
Note by the Admiralty Transport Department on the move of the 29th Division and the 2nd Mounted Division from Avonmouth to the Mediterranean. Printed. Other copies at CHAR 2/81/15 and CHAR 2/88/22.
(Untitled), 27 Feb 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener on the preparation of transports to the Dardanelles for the 29th Division and the need for the French Division to come to Lemnos in view of the absence of British regulars. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/17.
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener suggesting that 20 March be fixed on as the date for the landing of troops after the initial naval operations at the Dardanelles and approving the appointment of General Sir Ian Hamilton to the command of the military operations. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/18.
(Untitled), 13 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 05 Oct 1916
Letter from WSC (41 Cromwell Road) to Lord Cromer asking for his evidence to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry to be amended to make it clear that he favoured the military attack after the naval operation was abandoned and that the matter was discussed in Cabinet. Copy in WSC' s hand.
(Untitled), 11 Oct 1916
Letter from WSC to Lord Cromer correcting the impression given by part of his statement to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry that the Cabinet did not discuss, and were not kept informed about, the military attack. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/6.
(Untitled), 15 Jun 1915 - 16 Jun 1916
(Untitled), 18 Feb 1915 - 20 Feb 1915
(Untitled), 14 May 1915
Minute by WSC stating that the Dardanelles operations could easily develop into a great siege and calling for the following measures: the provision of siege artillery and well-equipped semi-permanent landing stages; protection against submarines; the fitting of the bombarding fleet with mine protection; the provision of seventy aircraft. Printed copy.
(Untitled), 19 Aug 1915
Letter from WSC to [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the losses and strength of the four territorial divisions engaged in the recent battles [in Gallipoli]. Printed copy.
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1915
Memorandum by WSC on the need for all the members of the Trench Mortar Corps to be trained together. Printed copy.
(Untitled), 11 Oct 1916
Letter from WSC to Lord Cromer correcting the impression given by part of his statement to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry that the Cabinet did not discuss, and were not kept informed about, the military attack. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/92.
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener suggesting that 20 March be fixed on as the date for the landing of troops after the initial naval operations at the Dardanelles and approving the appointment of General Sir Ian Hamilton to the command of the military operations. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/60.
(Untitled), 13 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 11 Mar 1915 - 13 Mar 1915
Minute by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson to [Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver] on the hindering of Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden's operations in the Dardanelles by concealed batteries of howitzers and the need to occupy the Gallipoli peninsula to ensure safe passage of troops through the straits (11 Mar). With note from [Lord Kitchener] to [WSC] stating that no attempt on Gallipoli should be made until the 29th Division has arrived (13 Mar), and circulation note (13 Mar). Printed copy.
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