Minute by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson to [Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver] on the hindering of Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden's operations in the Dardanelles by concealed batteries of howitzers and the need to occupy the Gallipoli peninsula to ensure safe passage of troops through the straits (11 Mar). With note from [Lord Kitchener] to [WSC] stating that no attempt on Gallipoli should be made until the 29th Division has arrived (13 Mar), and circulation note (13 Mar). Printed copy.

Draft of an Admiralty note to the French dictated by WSC. Starts with a covering note to Lord Kitchener suggesting that it should be sent to Sir Edward Grey [later Lord Grey of Fallodon] and a note of Kitchener's assent. The note records the British government's intention to take offensive action against Turkey at the Dardanelles forts, giving details of naval forces to be used and the date of the planned attach and hopes for French co-operation and support. Printed copy

Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry: documents appended to statement by WSC on operations to the end of the first phase. Printed proofs annotated by WSC, typescript and manuscript sheets.

Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry: documents appended to statement by WSC on operations to the end of the first phase. Printed sheets incorporating the annotations on CHAR 2/82/1. Set of annotated duplicates at CHAR 2/82/3 - 66.

Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry: minutes of evidence of WSC. Printed. Annotated that they were revised by WSC.

"Lord Fisher's narrative of his connection with the Dardanelles operations" [1916]. [Lord Fisher, earlier Sir John Fisher]. Annotated typescript. Includes copies and extracts of documents from 1914-1915.

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey (Committee of Imperial Defence) to WSC (41 Cromwell Road) enclosing a proof copy of part II of his evidence to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry [see CHAR 2/85/3] asking him not to make any allusions to certain secret matters relating to the defence of India. Signed typescript.

"The Dardanelles Inquiry. Notes for evidence by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey, secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence." Introductory remarks and Part I. Printed proof. Pages 5-6 and a section of pages 13-14 missing.

Part II of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey's evidence to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Printed. Sent with CHAR 2/85/1.

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey (Committee of Imperial Defence) to WSC (41 Cromwell Road) enclosing proof of Part III of his evidence to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry [see CHAR 2/85/5] and inviting his comments. Signed typescript.

Part III of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey's evidence to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry covering the period from the joint attack on 25 April 1915 to the formation of the coalition government. Printed proof. Sent with CHAR 2/85/4.

Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of a War Council on 28 Jan 1915 on France and Egypt, Nyassaland, East Africa, the "Konigsberg", the Press Bureau, the Zeebrugge [Belgium] Project, co-ordination of effort by the Allies, the Dardanelles, high explosives and the naval campaign. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.

Letter from Major-General Tom Bridges (GHQ, Constantinople, [Turkey]) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Secretary of State for War and Air, describing the attitude of the Turks and reporting that Turkish officers he has spoken to believe that another naval attack on the Dardanelles would have succeeded.

Telegram from [WSC] to Major-General Tom Bridges thanking him for his letter [reporting that Turkish officers believe that another naval attack on the Dardanelles would have succeeded] and asking for more evidence from the Turkish general staff on the chances of the fleet passing the Straits in March 1915. Typescript copy.

Articles from the National Review by Leo Maxse attacking ministers, including WSC, whom he believes gravely underestimated the German threat before the war and have been too sanguine since it broke out, defending Lord Kitchener against his critics, and considering what he (Maxse) sees as the damning verdict on the Government of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry.

Article from a periodical on the grave shortcomings of the Government revealed by the report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry.

Article from the National Review by "a Naval Correspondent" entitled "the end of the Fisher legend" considering the report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher].

Article from the Nineteenth Century and After on the report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry.

Part of an article by John Leyland on the report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Typescript copy.

Article from the Contemporary Review by Alexander MacCallum Scott on the interim report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry.

Letter from [WSC] to David Lloyd George complaining about the excisions made by the Government in the report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Typescript copy.

Draft of a white paper containing notes to replace the sense of some of the excisions in the full report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/97/14.

Letter from Sir Maurice Bonham Carter (Dorset House, Dorset Street, [London]) to WSC conveying the reaction of Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] to some of WSC's papers relating to the Dardanelles expedition.