(Untitled), 30 Apr 1919

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/105/65

Scope and Contents

Letter from Lord Milner [earlier Sir Alfred Milner] to Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge] asking him to get the King to agree to Milner's acceptance of the United States Distinguished Service Medal despite the Foreign Office regulation that Ministers of the Crown cannot accept foreign decorations. Argues that military co-operation with the United States during the war was an exceptional case. Typescript copy.

Dates

Creation: 30 Apr 1919

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