Army
Found in 753 Collections and/or Records:
(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.
(Untitled), 07 Jun 1917
Circular letter from Major Sir Samuel Scott, secretary of the Committee on the Promotion of Officers (War Office) announcing a meeting of the Committee at which a representative of the British Medical Association is to give evidence on the promotion of officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force. Encloses related memorandum [see CHAR 2/94/2-3].
(Untitled), [Jun] [1917]
Memorandum by Colonel R H More on the promotion of officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Territorial Force. Sent with CHAR 2/94/2-3.
(Untitled), 18 Jul 1917
Report of a meeting [of the Committee on the Promotion of Officers on the promotion of officers in the Royal Army Medial Corps, Territorial Force].
(Untitled), [Jul] [1917]
Report on the promotion and pay of officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Special Reserve and Territorial Force.
(Untitled), Aug 1917
"Report on the promotion and pay of officers of the Royal Army Medical Corps, Special Reserve, and Territorial Force." Printed proof.
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1918
Letter from Lord Haldane [earlier Richard Haldane] (Cloan, Auchterarder, Perthshire, [Scotland]) to WSC thanking him for speaking of the importance of Haldane's pre-war army reforms.
(Untitled), 04 Aug 1919
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.
(Untitled), 19 Oct 1919
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.
(Untitled), [Dec] [1919]
Description [? by WSC] of the serious unrest within the army in January and February 1919.
(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.
(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.
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