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Conscription

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Correspondence about conscription resignations, 1915-12 - 1916-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 5/9
Scope and Contents Correspondence on McKenna's threat to resign over the Military Service Act, with correspondents including: Margot Asquith [later Lady Oxford and Asquith], reporting Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith]'s view that Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War] had bungled the matter and asking McKenna not to desert Asquith (2); Maurice Hankey [Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence] begging McKenna not to resign; John Whitehouse...
Dates: 1915-12 - 1916-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.