Armed forces
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Literary: "Thoughts and Adventures."., 1932
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/319
Scope and Contents
Proofs and offprints of WSC's articles which were collectively published as "Thoughts and Adventures" including: "Winston Churchill described the Battle of Sidney Street" on his actions as Home Secretary; "In the air" on WSC's personal experiences of flying and his encouragement of the development of military aviation while First Lord of the Admiralty; "My own spy story" on espionage during World War I and WSC's experiences on the Western Front; "Plugstreet" on his posting to Ploegsteert...
Dates:
1932
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: various articles by WSC., c 1939
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/641
Scope and Contents
Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings for: an interview with WSC for the New Statesman and Nation, in which he defends western democracies against totalitarianism, discusses the possible effect of war on the democratic system and civil liberties, and his views on the inadequacies of ARP, conscription, and how to prevent war; the introduction to a catalogue of the artist Paul Maze, in which WSC recalls Maze during World War I (with a copy of a catalogue for a French exhibition...
Dates:
c 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Literary: various correspondence., 04 Jan 1939 - 11 Dec 1939
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/624
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Edward Martell on a proposed "Biographical Dictionary of the British Empire" (3); Sir Roger Keyes asking WSC to write the forward to his book and advocating WSC taking over responsibility for air defences (2); John Gloag; Louis [Edward Spears] (2) on subjects including writing the preface for his book "Doomed Enterprise"; 1st Lord Lee on WSC's method of printing his manuscripts; representatives of Jonathan Cape Limited including G Wren Howard and Rupert Hart-Davis;...
Dates:
04 Jan 1939 - 11 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), 1939 - 1990
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND C
Scope and Contents
This section presents documentation of the history and activities of the LRDG. Bagnold intended to write a history of the LRDG from an early date and assembled material likely to be of interest. This includes original instructions for and reports of many LRDG operations and draft chapters of a 'war diary and narrative'. A lecture by Bagnold on 'Early Days of the Long Range Desert Group' was published in The Geographical Journal 105. nos. 1 and 2 (1945), but the contemporary history of the...
Dates:
1939 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Lord Milner papers: correspondence, 1909-03 - 1961-09
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/41
Scope and Contents
Letters and minutes between LSA and Milner on subjects including: policy on Ireland; the lack of organisation for recruitment and training on the outbreak of war; the campaign for conscription or National Service; the stalemate on the Western Front; the Dardanelles Campaign and the situation in the Balkans; the need for a change in Government and more concentration on the Empire, rather than Britain's place in Europe; David Lloyd-George's new coalition Government, and reasons for Milner not...
Dates:
1909-03 - 1961-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Maps of France and Belgium, 1914-10 - 1914-11
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/24
Scope and Contents
Includes annotations of troop positions, a diagram of German trenches and general instructions for the Indian Army Corps.
Dates:
1914-10 - 1914-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Memoranda, 1919-01 - 1923-07
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/68
Scope and Contents
Memoranda by LSA on subjects including: the need for a reconstruction Cabinet after the war; policy on Imperial Preference and safeguarding of industry; the relation of overseas trade with employment; war reparations from Germany which could be used for Imperial development; Empire development as a part of trade policy; proposed financial assistance to develop Imperial resources; the Safeguarding of Industries Act, as applied to France, Belgium and Italy; Civil Commissioners and supply and...
Dates:
1919-01 - 1923-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Memoranda written in the War Office, 1915-11 - 1916-03
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/28
Scope and Contents
Texts of memoranda by LSA on subjects including: the position of forces in Salonika [Thessaloniki, Greece], Salonika's defence and the effect on the Dardanelles Campaign; notes on a General Staff memorandum on the factors affecting the choice of a plan of campaign; a projected campaign against Turkey in the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus; the position of Bulgaria; using propaganda in the Balkans; forces required for the reconquest of Serbia and for an advance on Hungary; the potential...
Dates:
1915-11 - 1916-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Military Observations", 1897-1898
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/3/2-29
Scope and Contents
Proofs of Chapter XVII of the Story of the Malakand Field Force on subjects including: transport, camps, artillery, weapons and the Dum-Dum bullet, young soldiers, and the bravery and motives of soldiers. Manuscript draft in black ink in WSC's hand with additions in red ink also by WSC. Includes newspaper cuttings [of WSC's articles about the Malakand Field Force] pasted on to the proofs.
Dates:
1897-1898
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Minutes of ‘X’ meetings, 1918-05 - 1918-07
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/34
Scope and Contents
Notes of War Cabinet discussions [between David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Milner, Secretary of State for War and General Sir Henry Wilson, Chief of Imperial General Staff] on subjects including: the Western front in France and Italy; American forces on the Western front; reinforcements from Ireland; the situation on the Western front, including mingling British and French forces; the situation in Russia, including Japan's intervention; future military policy; the German...
Dates:
1918-05 - 1918-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"My Political Life": notes for Volume I, "England Before the Storm", 1904-02 - 1951-06
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/73
Scope and Contents
Draft texts, notes and source material, including: extracts from LSA's diaries; introduction to a work by Hugh Arnold-Forster on military needs, written by LSA for Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts; memorandum on the Army Estimates 1904-5 by Arnold-Forster as Secretary of State for War; paper by LSA on the defence problem from the Imperial standpoint, 1909; notes and proofs on tariff reform, including a draft prospectus by LSA for the Compatriots' Club advocating Imperial Preference and series...
Dates:
1904-02 - 1951-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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National Defence: Army, 1935-03 - 1938-11
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/61
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on defence policy, with correspondents including: Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Chatfield [First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff] on the Singapore naval base; Leslie Hore-Belisha, Secretary of State for War, commenting on LSA's scheme for forming garrison battalions of older men for overseas service; General Sir Robert Whigham, on LSA's proposals for combining short and long service; General Sir John Burnett-Stuart, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern...
Dates:
1935-03 - 1938-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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National Service, 1905-06 - 1913-03
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/17
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence, with correspondents including: copy of a letter from Arthur Balfour to Sir George Clarke [Secretary to Committee of Imperial Defence, later 1st Lord Sydenham] on new risks of invasion from Germany; Field-Marshal 1st Lord Roberts on the poor state of the army, the dangers of leaving national defence to volunteers and asking LSA to help him with a speech (4); Charles A'Court-Repington [earlier Charles A'Court] on the arguments against conscription; letters from LSA...
Dates:
1905-06 - 1913-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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National Service - Manifesto of 1 Nov 1938, 1938-10 - 1949-03
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/58
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on a manifesto in favour of National Registration and National Service, published in the national press. Correspondents replying to LSA's requests to sign the manifesto include: Admiral Sir William Goodenough; Sir Robert Webber [Chairman of the Federation of Southern Newspaper Owners]; Sir Charles Hyde, owner of the Birmingham Post; Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury; Antony Head; 1st Lord Southwood, Chairman and Managing Director of the Daily Herald Limited [earlier Julius...
Dates:
1938-10 - 1949-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Navy Estimates", 18 Mar 1912
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/42/1-22
Scope and Contents
Typescript speaking notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: naval armaments; detailed explanation of the naval estimates and predictions; increase of German naval power; the importance of maintaining the fleet at the minimum level "consistent with full security"; plans for construction of ships which will be modified to follow German naval construction; docks; oil; aviation and shipbuilding capacity; the importance of a strong fleet to Great Britain; plans for the...
Dates:
18 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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"Notes on the military situation", 1913
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/1
Scope and Contents
Annotated copy of a paper by LSA on the state of the armed forces, written for an informal committee on military affairs.
Dates:
1913
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official: Aerial Operations Committee., 26 Sep 1917 - 06 Oct 1917
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/5
Scope and Contents
Includes committee minutes of statements made by General [Jan] Smuts [South African Representative to the Imperial War Cabinet]; Admiral [John] Jellicoe [Chief of Naval Staff], [17th] Lord Derby [earlier Edward Stanley, Secretary of State for War], WSC, Minister of Munitions, and [1st] Lord Cowdray [earlier Weetman Pearson, President of the Air Board]. Issues discussed included aircraft output, a scheme for the transfer of skilled men to aircraft production, air raids and the bombing of...
Dates:
26 Sep 1917 - 06 Oct 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Air Raids Committee., 01 Oct 1917 - 01 Nov 1917
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/6
Scope and Contents
Includes committee minutes of statements made by General [Jan] Smuts [South African Representative to the Imperial War Cabinet]; [WSC] Minister of Munitions; [Sir David Henderson] Director General of Military Aeronautics; the Master General of the Ordnance; Major General [Edward] Ashmore; and [1st Lord Cowdray, earlier Weetman Pearson] President of the Air Board. Issues discussed included equipment for home defence and offensive bombing operations.Also includes extracts from War Cabinet...
Dates:
01 Oct 1917 - 01 Nov 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: miscellaneous papers., May 1915 - Sep 1915
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/44
Scope and Contents
Includes: notes on the formation of the air department; manuscript statements by WSC on the situation in the Dardanelles and at Gallipoli and on the options of the British government; notes by WSC on the positions occupied by the British fleet and the possibility of the United States joining the war; notes on a discussion between General Sir Ian Hamilton [Commander of Mediterranean Expeditionary Force] and Admiral [John] de Robeck [Commander of naval forces] on the disembarkation of troops;...
Dates:
May 1915 - Sep 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: printed papers., 1915
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/46
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [Lord] Curzon of Kedleston [Lord Privy Seal] on the air defence of London; Vice Admiral John de Robeck [Commander of naval forces] on the landing of the army on the Gallipoli peninsula; negotiations between [2nd Lord] Esher [earlier Reginald Brett] and General [Joseph] Gallieni and General Girodon; Maurice Hankey [Secretary; Committee Imperial Defence] on the winter campaign at the Dardanelles; summaries of the war...
Dates:
1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 21 to 30., Jan 1927
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/153
Scope and Contents
Includes: a paper by [Sir Maurice] Hankey [Cabinet Secretary] on the parliamentary programme; a paper on the political parties, personalities and ministers in China; [Sir Hugh] Trenchard [Chief of Air Staff] on aircraft in China; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and [Sir Austen Chamberlain] Foreign Secretary on diplomatic relations and communications with the Soviet Union; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, on House of Lords reform; [Sir] Philip...
Dates:
Jan 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 40 - 69., 13 Dec 1921 - 04 Mar 1925
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/29
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on airship development; the Financial Secretary to the Treasury [Walter Guinness, later 1st Lord Moyne] on the Trade Facilities Bill and Sandwich [Kent] Port and Haven Bill; a draft of the Sandwich Port and Haven Bill; the report of the Safeguarding of Industries Committee; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on unemployment benefit and the electrical trades...
Dates:
13 Dec 1921 - 04 Mar 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 70 - 100., 20 Jan 1925 - 07 Mar 1925
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/30
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill and the Criminal Justice Bill, 1925; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Navy Estimates and arbitration in the Civil Service; 1st Lord Cave [the Lord Chancellor] Chairman of the Church Assembly Measures Committee, and the School Teachers Superannuation Committee, on the Committees' reports; Arthur Watson on the...
Dates:
20 Jan 1925 - 07 Mar 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 151-170., 09 May 1928 - 24 May 1928
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/198
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on dealings with the United States Ambassador to Great Britain [Charles Dawes]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on safeguarding the iron and steel wire industry and on the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood],...
Dates:
09 May 1928 - 24 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 221 to 245., Aug 1927 - Oct 1927
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/162
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and poor economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on a pact between France and the United States and the effect of the resignation of [1st] Lord Cecil [of Chelwood]; Chamberlain, HM Office of Works...
Dates:
Aug 1927 - Oct 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open