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Found in 967 Collections and/or Records:

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France, Oct 1914 - Jan 1915: notes and reports, 1914-10 - 1915-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/16
Scope and Contents Notes and reports by LSA and others on subjects including: positioning of trenches; French troop movements; general orders to German infantry; LSA being attached to the 1st Birmingham Battalion; instructions for General Staff, 4th Army Corps; Allied forces lined up against the German 4th and 6th Armies and projected Allied advances in the Ypres area [Belgium]; operations of the 4th Army Corps (December); German reinforcements on the Western and Eastern fronts and the advantages of an...
Dates: 1914-10 - 1915-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Leopold Amery / Public and Political / First World War, Colonial Office and Admiralty
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France, Oct 1914 - Jan 1915: reports on operations, 1914-10 - 1915-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/15
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Annotated reports by LSA and others on operations including: the defence of and withdrawal from Antwerp [Belgium], with a report by Major-General Julian Byng, Commanding 3rd Cavalry Division on an action fought by his troops, and figures of German strengths and positions; operations of the 4th Army Corps (November-January).

Dates: 1914-10 - 1915-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Leopold Amery / Public and Political / First World War, Colonial Office and Admiralty
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Franco-Prussian War, 1870 - 1871

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LASC 1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers consist of copies of personal papers from various stages in Lascelles's career, and other material relating to Lascelles, including: letters and diary from his posting to Paris [France] during the Franco-Prussian War and at the beginning and end of his position as Ambassador to Germany; the diary of his family's visit to Iran in 1892; press cuttings of obituaries for Lascelles.

Dates: 1870 - 1871
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Frank Lascelles
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French navy, 1950-08 - 1960-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROSK 4/41
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Notes on the distribution of the navy, 1939 and the armistice terms regarding 1940.

Dates: 1950-08 - 1960-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Stephen Roskill / Historical papers: Second World War, 1939-1941
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French souvenirs, 1939 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 2/16
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Includes: souvenir of the first voyage to France by a British parliamentary delegation during the war, October 1939; menu of a dinner with General Maurice Gamelin, French Commander-in-Chief, February 1940, signed by those present; souvenir programme from a Free French training camp, Christmas 1940.

Dates: 1939 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Edward Spears and Mary Borden / Personal
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From Arthur Hayden Parry, [France], 6 Nov. 1915-8 Nov. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/5
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German efficiency; uncomplimentary remarks about [Sir Thomas] Beecham; the fortunes of English chamber music; mud

Dates: 6 Nov. 1915-8 Nov. 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Arthur Hayden Parry [of Clare College, Cambridge]
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From Arthur Hayden Parry, [France], 3 Apr. 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/10
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Has been on leave again; his current reading; Hugh Walpole's 'Red Cross book'; has subscribed reluctantly to 'R B's grand plaquet fund'; I see [A.W.] Tisdall [of Trinity] has been given the VC; they are always given to corpses nowadays.'

Dates: 3 Apr. 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Arthur Hayden Parry [of Clare College, Cambridge]
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From Arthur Hayden Parry, [France], 29 Apr. 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/11
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Requesting Clive [?Carey]'s address in Calais 'as we go there for a rest in a few days time'

Dates: 29 Apr. 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Arthur Hayden Parry [of Clare College, Cambridge]
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From Arthur Hayden Parry, [France], 2 June 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/12
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Has been given command of a company; hears [Sir Hubert] Parry has written 'some more part songs' [probably Songs of Farewell]; asks after V[aughan] W[illiams]; his head is full of music; Eddie Marsh is 'in despair, for his saccharine memoir of Rupert has been nipped in the bud'

Dates: 2 June 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Arthur Hayden Parry [of Clare College, Cambridge]
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From Arthur Hayden Parry, [France], 31 July 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/13
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Again missed Dent when on leave, but met Manny [Forbes], [Cyril] Rootham, Alan Gray and others, the latter in despair at the state of Cambridge; Beecham has heard of Vaughan Williams's new opera [Hugh the Drover] and shows interest, 'I suppose it would be too hideous a fate for it?'; saw a performance of Boris Godunov

Dates: 31 July 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Arthur Hayden Parry [of Clare College, Cambridge]
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From Arthur Hayden Parry, [France], 2 Oct. 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/14
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Has been on leave in Paris, where he met Alphonse ?Kans and saw the latter's art collection; has so far failed to secure a staff job

Dates: 2 Oct. 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Arthur Hayden Parry [of Clare College, Cambridge]
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From G.A. Sullivan [Regular Army Officer], [France], 6 Apr. 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/131
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The Kneller Hall post; Adrian Boult; his wind septet has been performed privately; progress of the war

Dates: 6 Apr. 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him
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From Iolo Aneurin Williams, [France], 4 Aug. 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/73
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Working for the claims commission as a rent officer; hopes to meet some old friends; the French peasantry; death of 'CB'

Dates: 4 Aug. 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Iolo Aneurin Williams [of King's College, Cambridge, Poet, Author, and Journalist]
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From Siegfried Sassoon, [France], 14 July 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/S/25a
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'This [accompanying sketch of an equestrian statue] gives a rough idea of what I should like erected on Market Hill after my demise - But it must be executed by a Royal Acadamician...'

Dates: 14 July 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Siegfried Sassoon [of Clare College, Cambridge, Poet and Author]
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From Sir James Steuart Wilson, 2nd Bn K[ing's] R[oyal] R[ifle] C[orps], France, 7 Dec. 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/80
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Celebration of [King's College] Founder's Day; problems involved in cashing a cheque; unimpressed by most Belgian refugees; wet, muggy weather, with little to do

Dates: 7 Dec. 1914
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sir James Steuart Wilson [of King's College, Cambridge, Singer, later Head of Music in the BBC]
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From Sir James Steuart Wilson, 2[nd Bn] K[ing's] R[oyal] R[ifle] C[orps], [France], 12 Aug. 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/121
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Very hot and dusty in Picardy; Beecham and his production of Seraglio; moves into the front line the next day as a company commander, a role he prefers

Dates: 12 Aug. 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sir James Steuart Wilson [of King's College, Cambridge, Singer, later Head of Music in the BBC]
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From Sir James Steuart Wilson, [France], 9 Jan. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/83
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Will have to rest in hospital for a time; does not wish to be sent to 'any Red Cross show'

Dates: 9 Jan. 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sir James Steuart Wilson [of King's College, Cambridge, Singer, later Head of Music in the BBC]
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From Sydney A. Wells, BEF, France, 5 Nov. 1918 ('Guy Fawkes Day')

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/50
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An indiscretion; has been painting: 'Buying painting materials in this absurd town was great fun.'

Dates: 5 Nov. 1918 ('Guy Fawkes Day')
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From Sydney A. Wells ['John', Artist]
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From William John Oatfield, [France], 5 Oct. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/O/2
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The prospect of leave and the amenities of an unidentified base town [Amiens?]; fighting in wet weather; 'Would you tell me the name of some nursery ballads you once played to me?'

Dates: 5 Oct. 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Edward Dent: Letters to him / From William John Oatfield [of King's College, Cambridge]
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Further papers relating to Gridley's work in Algeria and France, 1943-10 - 1947-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GRID 6
Scope and Contents Includes: report by Gridley to Lord Hyndley [Controller-General Ministry of Fuel and Power, earlier John Hindley] on his first visit to Algiers as Acting Chief of the North African Economic Board Coal Division, particularly on the division's achievements, the high coal requirements of French North Africa, relations with the Americans and French, local coal output, the use of coal substitutes and NAEB staff; memorandum by Gridley on NAEB's functions, structure and staffing; copy of notes on...
Dates: 1943-10 - 1947-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of John Gridley
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Gaultier, Jean Paul, b 1952 (Fashion Designer)

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General articles 1914-18, 1914-09 - 1918-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/12
Scope and Contents Press cuttings, texts and prints of articles and lectures by LSA, on subjects including: the role of the Empire in the war; Ireland's demand for fiscal autonomy; the constitutional development of South Africa; British preparations for war; imperial taxation; investing the surplus funds of the trade unions into industry; arming new recruits; LSA's own career. Also includes: article by L J Maxse [Editor of the National Review] on lack of support for the Army from the Government; print...
Dates: 1914-09 - 1918-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Leopold Amery / Public and Political / First World War, Colonial Office and Admiralty
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General papers, 1957-02 - 1958-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/5/1
Scope and Contents Includes: minute from Alan Lennox-Boyd, Secretary of State for the Colonies [later 1st Lord Boyd of Merton] on development of the Seychelles; memorandum from the Revolutionary Government of Indonesia in Europe on the military, political and social economic situation in Indonesia; notes of meetings between JA and Michel Debre, Jacques Soustelle and [?] Marcel Boussac on Anglo-French relations, particularly on the Common Market and the association of Guinea with Ghana; note on the division of...
Dates: 1957-02 - 1958-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Julian Amery / Public and political / Colonial Office
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"Handbook of the French Army: General Staff, War Office", 1914

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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: War Council
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Harriet Susan Miller: Continental Tour Journal

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6230
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Journal by Harriet Miller of tours on the continent with her husband, Professor W.H. Miller, 1856 and later.

Dates: 1856 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library

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