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Found in 755 Collections and/or Records:

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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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 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), 09 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2A/7
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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.

Dates: 09 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 10 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/239-248
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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].

Dates: 10 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 18 Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/263-266
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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].

Dates: 18 Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2C/303-307
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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].

Dates: 01 Oct 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 15 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21C/283-284
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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.

Dates: 15 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Aug 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/45/130-132
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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].

Dates: 30 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Nov 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/9/28-30
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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.

Dates: 19 Nov 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1903]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/10/74
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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].

Dates: [1903]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1903]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/10/77-78
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Letter from F.A. Wynter to WSC on Army reform.

Dates: [1903]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Mar 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/94-95
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Samuel Lamb, on possible points of difference between himself and the Liberals, particularly the Licensing Question, Disestablishment and Disendowment, and the need for reform of the Education Act, giving his opinion that the election would be fought on four main issues, (1) Free Trade, (2) Retrenchment and the reorganisaton of finance on strict Gladstonian principles, (3) Reduction in size and cost of the Army and the Navy, (4) a copmplete re-organisation of the Army...
Dates: 26 Mar 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Apr 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/5
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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.

Dates: 02 Apr 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 May 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/17/52
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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.

Dates: 12 May 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Oct 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/8/83
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Letter from J.J. Bisgood to WSC on Army reform.

Dates: 12 Oct 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Feb 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/16/37-38
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Letter from Major-General Harcourt Bengough to WSC, on War Office reform, enclosing cutting , letter on the subject to the Morning Post.

Dates: 20 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open

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