Armed forces
Found in 991 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1944 - 31 Aug 1944
(Untitled), 14 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] marked "most secret and personal" commenting on air patrols over the Western Atlantic : Recognises the value of patrols done by Canadian squadrons and their limitations; states that permission to use Goose and Gander airfields for servicing and refuelling of Liberators will be invaluable; regrets that at present nothing can be done to meet the Canadian request for very long range aircraft.
(Untitled), 18 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to Herbert Vere Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General] marked "personal and private" thanking him for his message and that from W S Robinson and inquiring about the Evatt Spitfire Squadrons.
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1942
Telegram from Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] to WSC marked "most secret and personal" regarding arrangements for British Liberators to use Gander [Newfoundland, later part of Canada] and Goose [Labrador] airfields for servicing and refuelling during Atlantic patrols.
(Untitled), 23 Dec 1942
Telegram from WSC to Prime Minister of Canada [W Mackenzie King] marked "most secret and personal" thanking him for agreeing to the use of Goose [Labrador] and Gander [Newfoundland, later part of Canada] airfields by British aircraft and commenting on the arrangements.
(Untitled), 26 Dec 1942
Telegram from Herbert Vere Evatt [Australian Minister for External Affairs and Attorney General] to WSC marked "most secret" thanking him for his enquiries about the Spitfires and suggesting that WSC need only make occasional enquiries of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal [later Lord Portal of Hungerford, Chief of the Air Staff] to ensure a regular flow of replacements and the latest improvements.
(Untitled), 21 Jun 1942
Telegram from WSC (Washington [United States]) to Chief of the Air Staff [Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal] marked "personal" requesting information about the Halifax aircraft he is sending to the Middle East and asking about aircraft en route to India which could be diverted to the Middle East.
(Untitled), 24 Jun 1942
Telegram from WSC (Washington [United States]) to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "personal and secret" reciting text of message from General George Marshall [Chief of Staff United States Army], regarding the movements of United States aircraft to the Middle East, and asking him to repeat the same to General Claude Auchinleck [Commander in Chief Middle East].
(Untitled), 25 Jun 1942
(Untitled), 14 Oct 1943
Letter from WSC to King George VI accepting his invitation to dinner that evening to discuss with the Field Marshal the strategic scene and stating that there is no possibility of reversing the agreement as the United States Staff and Marshal Stalin would oppose this and highlighting that it is only in Britain that the Metropolitan Fighter Air Force can have full effect Signature in typescript.
(Untitled), 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
(Untitled), 01 Aug 1943 - 28 Aug 1943
(Untitled), 01 Sep 1943 - 30 Sep 1943
(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
(Untitled), 29 Mar 1915
Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to Admiralty, reporting unsuccessful German air attack on HMS "Ark Royal" [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 10 Apr 1915
Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, report of work of the Naval Air Service, praising the work of Commander Charles Samson, and requesting that more aircraft be sent out [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 22 Nov 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to 'Commodore T' [Reginald Tyrwhitt], on air operations off the Belgian coast. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 18 Nov 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] on providing naval support for air operations off the Belgian coast. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the desirability of a sweep southward by the Grand Fleet in conjunction with a seaplane operation, as the German fleet was concentrated at Wilhelmshaven [Germany] and their cruisers and battle cruisers were active. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 21 Nov 1914
Telegram from the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], to Admiralty, on the proposed southward sweep by the Grand Fleet, stating that it would be unwise to move the Fleet in conjunction with a seaplane operation. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 06 Nov 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to the French Ministry of Marine, Bordeaux, asking them to arrange for four naval aircraft and vehicles to be transported from Le Havre to Dijon [France] by rail, so that they could attack the German airship sheds at Friederichshafen. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 06 Sep 1914
Telegram from the Admiralty to the French Ministry of Marine, Bordeaux [France], on plans to maintain aerial command of the area around Dunkirk. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 08 Sep 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to Commander Charles Samson, [Naval Air Service] with orders to continue to assert aerial control within a 100 mile radius of Dunkirk [France], detailing his support and urging the importance of destroying airships and airship sheds, particularly at Dusseldorf and Cologne [Germany]. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff] and WSC. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1914
Telegram from Admiralty to Commander Charles Samson [Naval Air Service], approving his proposals for the establishment of advanced moveable bases for aggressive action against Zeppelins, and warning him not to drawn into serious fighting against enemy troops, as his objectives are airships and airship sheds. [Carbon].