Armed forces
Found in 991 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 17 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 19 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 20 Mar 1942
Telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia [John Curtin] to WSC: states that WSC will be advised as soon as possible about the [Australian] 9th Division; thanks WSC for assurances of support in the event of invasion; comments on the aircraft position in Australia.
(Untitled), 21 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 21 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1942
Telegram from Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] (India) to WSC regarding the defence of North Eastern India: states that the next few weeks will be critical for morale; warns that the result may be disastrous if Calcutta is bombed without any effective defence; comments on the desperate need for up-to-date fighters and suggests alternative means of obtaining these from Britain or the Middle East or Ceylon [later Sri Lanka].
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1942
(Untitled), 09 Jun 1942 - 10 Jun 1942
(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), 16 Sep 1939
Letter from Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to WSC responding to suggestions for war preparation and discussing European strengths and weaknesses, commenting on the French Air Force. [annotated by WSC].
(Untitled), 18 Sep 1939
Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain agreeing on production objectives of 2000 aircraft per month and the need for the Army to be planned on a 50 or 55 division scale. [carbon, with manuscript annotations by WSC].
(Untitled), 01 Oct 1939
Letter from WSC to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain on issues such as training of territorial troops by deployment to India; the need for more Air Squadrons and the exaggerated emphasis placed on Air Raid Precautions. [typed copy, with manuscript annotations by WSC].
(Untitled), 18 Sep 1939
Letter from WSC to Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, anticipating a German air attack on aircraft factories [carbon].
(Untitled), 01 Oct 1939 - 31 Oct 1939
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1939 - 30 Nov 1939
(Untitled), 01 Dec 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
(Untitled), 26 Oct 1920
Letter from Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (62 Pall Mall, London) to WSC praising his work to promote air power and advocating a separate ministry for air. Invites WSC to Beaulieu [Hampshire] and points out that he and WSC are related by marriage.
(Untitled), 09 Dec 1921
(Untitled), [Feb] [1922]
Letter from J A Whitehead (The Rosary, Henley-on-Thames, [Berkshire]) claiming that he is destitute because the Government owe him nearly half a million pounds for aircraft manufactured by him during the war. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/121/3-4.
(Untitled), 05 Mar 1923
Letter from George Holt-Thomas (24 Portland Place, [London) to WSC (2 Sussex Square) arguing that the shareholders of the Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd should receive compensation from the Government for their losses following the liquidation of the company after its amalgamation with Birmingham Small Arms Ltd. Encloses a suggested letter of support for WSC's approval [see CHAR 2/126/17].
(Untitled), [Mar] [1923]
Letter from [WSC] to George Holt-Thomas testifying to the services rendered by the Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd during the war in the fields of aeroplane and airship manufacture and supporting the claim that the Government should pay compensation to the company's shareholders. Suggested draft by Holt-Thomas sent with CHAR 2/126/14-16.
(Untitled), 28 Apr 1927
Letter from [WSC] to Sir Hugh Trenchard [later 1st Lord Trenchard] offering to arrange a meeting between him and Professor F A Lindemann [later Lord Cherwell] to discuss improvements in the accuracy of bombing. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 27 Apr 1927
Letter from Sir Hugh Trenchard (Air Ministry) to WSC asking whether he knows anyone he could talk to about improvements to bomb sights. Typescript copy.