Armed forces
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 982 Collections and/or Records:
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War letters L - Z, 1914-09 - 1916-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/4
Scope and Contents
Letters to LSA from correspondents including: General Sir Henry Wilson [Assistant Chief of General Staff, Expeditionary Forces in France] on subjects including his opposition to the Dardanelles Campaign, the Balkans, chances of Bulgaria joining the war, the lack of political leadership, and the failure to break the German line on the Western Front (13); [Amelius] Mark Lockwood [earlier Mark Wood]; George Lloyd, describing events at the Dardanelles, and on action to be taken if Bulgaria...
Dates:
1914-09 - 1916-12
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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War letters (unfiled), 1914-05 - 1916-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/5
Scope and Contents
Letters to LSA from correspondents including: [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on compromising with the Government over federalism for Ulster [Northern Ireland] and the poor promotion prospects for LSA as a Unionist in David Lloyd-George's Government (2); Hamar Greenwood on LSA's recruitment scheme; Frederick Oliver on the collapse of the Government and on the Liberals raising the question of National Service (4); George Lloyd on where he would be useful following the end of the Dardanelles...
Dates:
1914-05 - 1916-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
War Office, 1937 - 1940, 1959
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HOBE 5
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection, though small, is interesting as no other papers appear to have been left by Hore-Belisha. It comprises letters, diaries, some photographs and documents (mainly copies) covering most of Hore-Belisha's career but concentrating on his most important position as War Minister from 1937-1939 and particularly the events surrounding his dismissal by Neville Chamberlain.
Dates:
1937 - 1940; 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
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War Office August-September 1914: Montagu House Committee, 1914-09 - 1947-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/10
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence, particularly on the Montagu House Central Committee for co-ordinating the work of Territorial Associations in connection with the new army recruits. Correspondents include: Lord Midleton [former Secretary of State for War, earlier William Brodrick] on difficulties in recruitment; Sir Herbert Creedy [former Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War] on his recollections of the committee (2); General Sir Henry Wilson [Assistant Chief of General Staff,...
Dates:
1914-09 - 1947-04
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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War Office August-September 1914: recruiting campaign, 1914-08 - 1916-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/9
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on the progress of LSA's recruitment campaign for the Army and Territorial Army, with correspondents including: Basil Peto; M R Ludlow, Special Recruiting Officer, Birmingham [Warwickshire] (4); Sir Hugh Bell; William Joynson-Hicks, Chairman of the Automobile Association and Motor Union [earlier William Hicks, later 1st Lord Brentford] on providing cars for staff officers (2); Jesse Collings, President of the Rural League on using the League's village agents for...
Dates:
1914-08 - 1916-01
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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"Wars are not won by evacuations", 04 Jun 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/140A/9-28
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy of notes for WSC's speech on the fall of Belgium and surrender of King [Leopold] of Belgium; the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk [France]; the successes of the RAF; losses of men and weaponry; military development and the possibility of German invasion. Speech includes the phrase "We shall fight on the beaches . . . We shall never surrender".Carbon typescript copy with some manuscript annotations in ink [not by WSC] laid out in "psalm style" apart...
Dates:
04 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Willcox Report on the Indian Army, 1945 - 1988-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/106
Scope and Contents
Copy of the report of the Willcox Committee on the Reorganization of the Army and Air Forces in India (1944-45), with correspondence on copying JEP's version of the report. Correspondents include: General Sir John Chapple (5); representatives of the India Office Library and Records department, British Library (3).
Also includes: copy of a letter to JEP from Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck on the report (1948) [original at POLL 1/3/38].
Dates:
1945 - 1988-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.