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(Untitled), [Apr] 1915

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/45/160-162

Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to Lieutenant-Colonel Oswald Fitzgerald [Personal Military Secretary to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War], hoping that Kitchener would not keep General Sir Ian Hamilton [commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force] too short of men. WSC states that he felt that there should be another 20,000 men in [the Dardanelles] and urges Fitzgerald not to lose two or three precious days. [Hand-written copy, signed by WSC, with envelope and covering note stating that the letters were not sent].

Dates

  • Creation: [Apr] 1915

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright: Crown copyright

Extent

3 folio(s)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

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