Army
Found in 755 Collections and/or Records:
(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), 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), 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), 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), 01 May 1905
Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Regimental Orders for Training in Camp, Blenheim Park, 5-20 June [printed, 2 copies].
(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), 04 Oct 1900
Letter from Sir Bindon Blood to WSC, on the organisation of the General Staff in India.
(Untitled), 02 Mar 1900
(Untitled), 06 Oct [1898]
(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), 09 Sep 1939
Letter from WSC to Brigadier-General [Edward] Spears hoping Spears would be able to act between [6th Lord] Gort [earlier John Vereker, Commander-in-Chief of the British Field Force] and [General Alphonse] Georges [Commander of the French Forces and Operations in the North East], or [General Sir] Edmund Ironside [Chief of Imperial General Staff] and [General Maurice] Gamelin [commanding French Land Forces], if WSC could arrange it.
(Untitled), 10 Sep 1939
Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with thoughts on future action relating to Germany, advising against immediate bombing raids, commenting on supplies of artillery and munitions, and offering suggestions for the development of the Navy and Army. [carbon, with manuscript annotations by WSC].
(Untitled), 18 Sep 1939
Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain agreeing on production objectives of 2000 aircraft per month and the need for the Army to be planned on a 50 or 55 division scale. [carbon, with manuscript annotations by WSC].
(Untitled), 01 Oct 1939
Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on issues such as training of territorial troops by deployment to India; the need for more Air Squadrons and the exaggerated emphasis placed on Air Raid Precautions. [typed copy, with manuscript annotations by WSC].
(Untitled), 15 Jun 1941
Letter from WSC to General Wladyslaw Sikorski [Prime Minister of Poland and Commander-in-Chief, Polish Army] proposing that 400 Polish officers be involved in an expanded force in West Africa, to include additional mechanized reconnaissance units, anti-tank units, infantry and ancillary services.
(Untitled), 30 Aug 1914
Letter from 1st Lord Curzon (Hackwood, Basingstoke [Hampshire]) to WSC, on his "horrid idea" that dreadful things were happening in France and that they would "wake up any morning and hear of an appalling disaster": Curzon discusses the recruiting campaign, particularly stressing the need for co-operation between the Liberals and Conservatives, and asking for a meeting with WSC to take it further. [Typescript copy; see CHAR 13/45/34-35 for original].
(Untitled), 19 Nov 1903
Letter from George F. Shee to WSC, asking him to support National Service League, advocating reduction in regular forces and the introduction of National Service.
(Untitled), [1903]
Letter from WSC to George Renwick, agreeing to address meeting on Tyneside, provided he was given the freedom to deal with the Army question and the state of public expenditure [copy].
(Untitled), [1903]
Letter from F.A. Wynter to WSC on Army reform.
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1904
(Untitled), 02 Apr 1904
Letter from J H Peet (The Ridges, Farnborough, Hampshire) to WSC referring to Peet's earlier letter about the debt owing to him by Captain Christie and expressing his determination to expose the system whereby "the Heads of H.M. Army" condone such debts.
(Untitled), 12 May 1904
Letter from J Last (Curriers Lane, Princess Street, Ipswich, [Suffolk]) to WSC thanking him, as a working man, for his efforts in favour of "free food" and attacking Joseph Chamberlain's policies and rich capitalists who underpay their workers. Asserts that the inability of working-class people to afford decent food is the reason for the large number of undersized recruits rejected by the military authorities.
(Untitled), 12 Oct 1903
Letter from J.J. Bisgood to WSC on Army reform.
(Untitled), 20 Feb 1904
Letter from Major-General Harcourt Bengough to WSC, on War Office reform, enclosing cutting , letter on the subject to the Morning Post.
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