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Correspondence, reports and papers, particularly from the Dardanelles and Arabia, including a diary of a journey with T. E. Lawrence ['Lawrence of Arabia', later T. E. Shaw].

Scope and Contents 81 glass slides in two wooden boxes, marked in hand on the outside 'Slides for talk on Asia Minor'. Includes index to (most of) the slides on three sheets. One box contained numbered slides and a corresponding indexed list, including additional slides which appears to correspond with some slides in the second (unnumbered) box. Some of these are similar or identical to plates in the published 1933 volume relating to the expeditions. Where possible, titles are those from the handwritten...

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Published by War Office, reprinted by Royal Engineers. Printed on paper.

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Papers from CS's visit to Turkey, June 1973, including: itineraries and programmes; text of a speech by CS on the trade agreement between Turkey and the EEC; briefing notes; copies of letters between CS and Sir Horace Phillips [British Ambassador to Turkey], on arrangements.

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Compiled by War Office, reprinted and revised by Royal Engineers. Printed on linen-backed paper.

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Includes several papers inserted including a sketch by General Simovitch (Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief, Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]) of Hitler's plan to overrun Turkey and seize Baku and Ukraine, Spring 1941

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These papers mainly relate to African and Asian countries.

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Letter from Gwen(dolen) Mary Raverat née Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Turkey

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Includes: letters to Katharine, Lady Elmhirst, 1941-49; letters from Lady Elmhirst, 1942-43; family letters, 1909-59.

Scope and Contents Written from H.M.S. Orion in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Home Fleet, Berehaven in Ireland/the Republic of Ireland, 94 Piccadilly, the Royal Automobile Club and the Beefsteak Club in London, Dunrobin Castle in Sutherland, the North British Station Hotel in Edinburgh and Cowley House in Uxbridge. Subjects include peace in Turkey as part of the Eastern Question, the possibility of war, Sir Winston Churchill's part in the resignation of Sir Francis Bridgman, a letter from Robert Falcon...

Scope and Contents Written from H.M.S. Suffolk, Gibraltar, Devonport, Osborne on the Isle of Wight, the Union Club on Malta, Athens, and from Souda Bay and Candia in Crete. Subjects include servants onboard and at home, Wemyss' opinion of Sir Winston Churchill and international relations with Turkey and Egypt. Includes mention of "the Mitford boy, Blanche Hozier's nephew", possibly Clement Mitford, and of Princess Beatrice and her daughter Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg...

Scope and Contents Written from H.M.S. Albion, Sheerness, the Commodore's House at the Royal Naval Barracks in Devonport, 94 Piccadilly, the Marlborough Club, the Army & Navy Club and 9 Chesterfield Street in London, H.M.S. Balmoral Castle, Government House at Pretoria and Government House at Cape Town in South Africa, Salisbury in Rhodesia [Zimbabwe] and Government House at Livingstone in Zambia. Subjects include the Turkish Revolution, riots in Berlin and in Paris, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught's...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers consist of: personal material, including photographs, press cuttings and correspondence; papers on Eastern affairs, including reports and correspondence from Lloyd's time at Constantinople and official copies of telegrams to and from the Turkish Government; papers and correspondence from Lloyd's various Eastern postings in the First World War; papers from India, during Lloyd's governorship of Bombay and also later papers from Lloyd's membership of the India Group; official...

Scope and Contents Letters and minutes between LSA and Milner on subjects including: Milner's new position as Secretary of State for the Colonies and LSA's position as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies; the Raw Materials Board; policy on Cyprus; Portuguese East Africa [later Mozambique]; free trade within the League of Nations; Milner being pulled out from the Colonial Office and sent to the Versailles Peace Conference [France]; the reconstruction of East Africa; Syria; Imperial Preference; the...

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Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91

Scope and Contents Texts of memoranda by LSA on subjects including: the position of forces in Salonika [Thessaloniki, Greece], Salonika's defence and the effect on the Dardanelles Campaign; notes on a General Staff memorandum on the factors affecting the choice of a plan of campaign; a projected campaign against Turkey in the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus; the position of Bulgaria; using propaganda in the Balkans; forces required for the reconquest of Serbia and for an advance on Hungary; the potential...

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Recording by the Joint Broadcasting Committee (4 minutes 20 seconds).

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Recording by the Joint Broadcasting Committee (3 minutes 5 seconds).

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Recording by the Joint Broadcasting Committee (3 minutes 15 seconds).

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Recording by the Joint Broadcasting Committee (3 minutes 50 seconds).

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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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Includes: midshipman's journal; an account of the battle of Dogger Bank; naval airship papers; correspondence and papers from Turkey; flying logbooks.

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Includes: Air Ministry papers from the German Intelligence Department; papers on negotiations with Turkey; battle summaries for the Western Desert; correspondence and memoranda from the 2nd Tactical Air Force; daily orders; notebooks.

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Mainly concerning wireless telegraphy.