Military education
Subject
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Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
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Admiralty printed papers, 1906
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 8/8
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the naval building programme; training for engineers and officers; HMSS Dreadnought and Invincible; battleship speed, armaments and design.
Dates:
1906
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Admiralty printed papers, 1908 - 1913
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 8/11
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: naval estimates; training of cadets, midshipmen and junior officers.
Dates:
1908 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Admiralty printed papers: Admiralty House prints, 1903
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 8/39
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: French naval estimates for 1904; Admiralty and War Office administration; the New Scheme of naval training, particularly relating to nucleus crews; invasion and submarines.
Dates:
1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Admiralty printed papers: uncovered prints, 1906
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 8/16
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Fleet auxiliaries; State education in the Navy.
Dates:
1906
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Admiralty printed papers: uncovered prints, 1906
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 8/17
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the new system of entry, training and employment of Royal Marine officers; entry and training of naval officers; the transfer of Gibraltar from the War Office to the Admiralty; the defence of colonial and Indian ports.
Dates:
1906
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Admiralty printed papers: uncovered prints, 1906
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 8/18
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: criticism of naval reform; education of Royal Marine officers and engineers; British manoeuvres in German commercial waters; the navigation school at Portsmouth [Hampshire]; recruitment of engineers; future shipbuilding arrangements; the dangerous division of responsibility between the War Office and Admiralty over ordnance of the Fleet.
Dates:
1906
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Admiralty printed papers: uncovered prints, 1907
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 8/24
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: a proposed increase in the numbers of ships used in non-fighting services; the position of engineer and Royal Marine officers under the new scheme of training; general war plans.
Dates:
1907
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Admiralty printed papers: uncovered prints, 1907
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 8/26
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the New Scheme of training for engineer and Royal Marine officers; the revived naval scare; comparison of the Channel Fleet with that of 1906 and with the German High Sea Fleet.
Dates:
1907
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Army League: cadet mountaineering, 1948-01 - 1949-07
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/81
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on cadet mountaineering courses supported by the Army League, between LSA (as Chairman of the Army League) and correspondents including: Major-General 2nd Lord Bridgeman, Chairman of the Army Cadet Force Association (6); George Dummett, British Mountaineering Council (5); W F L Newcombe, Secretary of the Army Cadet Force Association (4); Emanuel Shinwell, Secretary of State for War; Thomas Brocklebank (3); Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish Centre of Outdoor Training,...
Dates:
1948-01 - 1949-07
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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Army League: minutes, correspondence, reports, 1948-12 - 1953-07
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/83
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence, mainly between LSA (as Chairman) and other representatives of the Army League, including Edward Beddington-Behrens (4) and 1st Lord Iliffe, President, with other correspondents including: General Sir Montagu Stopford, Chairman of the Army Cadet Force Association (2); Major-General John Latter, Chairman of the Combined Cadet Force Association, on mountaineering courses (2); Major-General 2nd Lord Bridgeman, Deputy President of the Army Cadet Force Association, on...
Dates:
1948-12 - 1953-07
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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Correspondence, 1933-03 - 1956
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/6/12
Scope and Contents
Personal, academic and military correspondence, with correspondents including: Norman Baynes; A E Housman [Professor of Latin, University of Cambridge]; Andrew Burn; Captain Ronald Buck, on subjects including his experiences in the Norwegian Campaign, and publishing JEP's Dancers End in the United States (3); Brigadier Frank Brayne (8); Harry Champion, Professor of Forestry, University of Oxford; R H Hide, Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Forestry (3); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [Government Chief...
Dates:
1933-03 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some individual files have been closed under the 30-year rule, or where they contain sensitive information on living people. Please see individual files for details.
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Correspondence Ac-Al, 1937 - 1947
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CRFT 1/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: A. Acland Hood, on plans for the General Election campaign; General Sir Robert Adam on Croft's proposed paper on army cadets; 1st Lord Alanbrooke, Chief of Imperial General Staff, on subjects including Croft's proposal on army cadets and the shortage of aircraft and divisions for a proposed airborne invasion; 17th Duke of Alba, Spanish Ambassador to Britain, on subjects including the Spanish Government's refusal to give up any territory or allow foreign-controlled bases...
Dates:
1937 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Handbook of the French Army: General Staff, War Office", 1914
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 26/6
Scope and Contents
Printed. Detailed information about the French army including French history, France, army conditions and recruitment, organisation, administration, military education, uniform, and the French navy.
Dates:
1914
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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JEP's Army documents, 1940-08 - 1946-04
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/6/1
Scope and Contents
Documents and correspondence on subjects including: JEP's release from active service; results from JEP's examinations in Urdu; the transfer of Captain [Henry] James Wickenden from New Delhi [India] to the Fourteenth Army Headquarters; JEP's promotions to Captain, Major and Lieutenant-Colonel; JEP's transfer to India from the Middle East, including notes from Colonel William Abraham, General Headquarters, Middle East Forces, on JEP's attempts to transfer to the Far East (2) and a report on...
Dates:
1940-08 - 1946-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some individual files have been closed under the 30-year rule, or where they contain sensitive information on living people. Please see individual files for details.
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Letters to parents, 1940-05-26 - 1951-06-24
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/10
Scope and Contents
Letters from JEP to his parents, mostly from India. Subjects include: JEP's affection for A W J Thomas; hunting and learning to ride; broadcasts; Wolverhampton [Staffordshire] affairs; speaking engagements, including trying to make his maiden speech in Parliament; JEP's return to Cambridge; the writing and publication of JEP's poems in Dancer's End; the illness of Ellen Powell; JEP's return from India; taking an examination in Urdu; [Henry] James Wickenden; JEP's report on the post-war defence...
Dates:
1940-05-26 - 1951-06-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some individual files have been closed under the 30-year rule, or where they contain sensitive information on living people. Please see individual files for details.
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Official correspondence, 1902 - 1903
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 1/3
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the need for a general staff for the navy; the strategical distribution of the fleets; cable communication; the protection of commerce; naval education; battle and cruising formations; the submarine and the Whitehead torpedo.
Dates:
1902 - 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official correspondence, 1906 - 1907
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 1/5
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the possibility of action against Germany; naval education; the future of Marine officers; the comparative strength of Britain and Germany.
Dates:
1906 - 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official correspondence, 1908
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 1/6
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: recent naval developments, including training, the formation of the Home Fleet, the establishment of the Naval War College at Portsmouth [Hampshire] and a navigational school, and the division of responsibility at the Admiralty; shipbuilding policy and the fleet's fighting efficiency; measures to be taken in the event of war with Germany.
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official correspondence, 1909 - 1910
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 1/9
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: estimates for additional dreadnoughts and extra men; the status and training of officers and the revision of the War College curriculum.
Dates:
1909 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official correspondence, 1911 - 1912
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 1/11
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the Super-Active class; naval education, and the likelihood of widening the basis from which the officer class is drawn; the supplementation of the naval estimates to meet new German developments; plans for the reform of the Committee of Imperial Defence; sources and supply of oil fuel.
Dates:
1911 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers on naval subjects, 1902 - 1904
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 5/10
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: lessons from the tactical games worked out at the Royal Naval College; the use of HMS Leander as a depot ship for the Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean; criticism of new training schemes; Fisher's appointment as 1st Sea Lord; Portsmouth dockyard [Hampshire]; the simplification of signalling systems.
Dates:
1902 - 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers on naval subjects, 1908
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 5/14
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the shipbuilding programme, 1908-09, and the increase in naval estimates to match German shipbuilding plans; fleet exercises for a state of war between Britain and Germany; the continuation of the Selborne scheme for naval training.
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Papers on naval subjects, 1908 - 1909
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 5/15
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the bad relations between Admiral Lord Charles Beresford [Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet] and the Admiralty and Fisher's view that Beresford should be removed from his command; fleet exercises in the North Sea; the performance of sea-going submarine flotillas during recent exercises in the North Sea; results from the new training scheme for officers; the new arrangement of fleets at home; qualifications and training for Admiralty staff officers; the scope of naval war plans.
Dates:
1908 - 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Personal correspondence, 1973-10-06 - 1975-12-22
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/23
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John Selwyn-Lloyd, Speaker of the House of Commons (2); John Peyton; Douglas Kennedy (13); J Lunt (6); Edward Short, Lord President of the Council [later Lord Glenamara] on subjects including the Select Committee on Procedure (5); [Charles] Patrick Wall; Herbert Pickering, Agent-General for Alberta, Canada; Ian Gow (4); Barbara Stonehouse 4); Andrew Freeth on his latest portrait of JEP; Lord Pannell on his view of [James] Harold Wilson [Prime Minister]; 7th Lord Warwick...
Dates:
1973-10-06 - 1975-12-22
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some individual files have been closed under the 30-year rule, or where they contain sensitive information on living people. Please see individual files for details.
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Royal Naval Colleges Osborne, Dartmouth and Greenwich, 1917 - 1920
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROSK 2/3
Scope and Contents
Includes examination certificates for the rank of Lieutenant, and Dartmouth's "The List", Jan 1919.
Dates:
1917 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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