Dardanelles campaign (1915-1916)
Found in 688 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 31 Aug 1916
Letter from Sir Reginald Brade (War Office) to WSC (41 Cromwell Road) enclosing the copies of letters and telegrams [relating to the Dardanelles] for which WSC asked [see CHAR 2/88/18-42]. Signed typescript. Annotated by WSC that the papers were "pruned" in 1923 and that there were many more valuable papers, especially about French co-operation.
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener commenting on communications between Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden and General Sir William Birdwood on operations in the Dardanelles and complaining about the recruitment of persons engaged in Admiralty work. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 27 Feb 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener on the preparation of transports to the Dardanelles for the 29th Division and the need for the French Division to come to Lemnos in view of the absence of British regulars. Typescript copy. Other copies at CHAR 2/74/58 and CHAR 2/81/15.
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener on arrangements for the transport of troops for the Dardanelles. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 14 Mar [1915]
Telegram from WSC (Admiralty) to Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden on the number of troops available for operations in the Dardanelles and Carden's plans to force the straits. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 25 Mar [1915]
Letter from Lord Kitchener (War Office) to WSC stating that preparations are continuing for land operations in the Dardanelles and hoping that the Navy will continue to engage the forts so that the Turks expend their ammunition. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 01 May 1915
Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to Lord Kitchener on the rapid disembarkation of troops [for the Dardanelles operations]. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 16 Jun 1915
Letter from Lord Kitchener to WSC reporting that no time is being lost in sending out reinforcements to the Dardanelles and noting that Greece may come into the war and that Bulgaria will probably demand territory from Turkey. Typescript copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/115.
(Untitled), 24 Aug 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener enclosing a memorandum on naval operations in the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara which he has sent to Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] and Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] [see CHAR 2/88/32-38]. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), [21] [Aug] [1915]
Memorandum [by WSC] describing a plan whereby 3 or 4 monitors may be got through the Dardanelles into the Sea of Marmara and, with protection from submarines, cut Turkish communications across the Bulair Isthmus. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), [26] [Oct] [1915]
Notes by WSC (10 Downing Street) suggesting that between the 15th and the 31st of December the Russians should pass through Romania to attack the Austro-German communications with Constantinople [Turkey], that a renewed attempt be made to force the Dardanelles and that the French army should advance from Greece to threaten the Bulgarian flank. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), [26] [Oct] [1915]
Notes by WSC (10 Downing Street) [to Lord Kitchener] headed "a vision" suggesting that Baghdad [Iraq] could be captured, the Dardanelles forced and Constantinople occupied in the coming December and January. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 03 Jan 1915 - Sep 1916
"Naval operations in the Dardanelles. Admiralty telegrams. January 3-May 29, 1915." Printed in Sep 1916.
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1916
Letter from (Admiralty Transport Division) enclosing lists of the transports which conveyed the Royal Naval and military divisions to the Mediterranean for the Dardanelles operations [see CHAR 2/88/45-53].
(Untitled), [Apr] [1915] - [Aug] [1915]
Lists of transports conveying the Royal Naval and military divisions to the Mediterranean for the Dardanelles operations. Sent with CHAR 2/88/44.
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1906 - Feb 1907
"The possibility of a joint naval and military attack upon the Dardanelles. I. Memorandum by the General Staff. II. Note by the Director of Naval Intelligence." Written 20 Dec 1906. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Feb 1907.
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1915
"Committee of Imperial Defence. The War. After the Dardanelles. The next steps. Notes by the Secretary." [Sir Maurice Hankey].
(Untitled), [1916]
Notes defending General Sir Ian Hamilton's conduct in the Dardanelles.
(Untitled), [1916]
Fragmentary notes by WSC on [stages in the planning process for the Dardanelles campaign].
(Untitled), [1916]
List by WSC of documents relating to the planning of the Dardanelles campaign.
(Untitled), [1916]
Fragmentary notes by WSC on the planning of the Dardanelles campaign.
(Untitled), [1916]
Fragmentary notes by WSC on the planning of the Dardanelles campaign.
(Untitled), [1917]
Statement by [WSC] to [the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry] arguing that far more resources were squandered on the ineffective offensives on the Western Front in 1916 than would have been needed to attain the much more valuable objective of forcing the passage of the Dardanelles. Annotated typescript draft.
(Untitled), [08] [Sep] [1916]
Statement by WSC (referring to himself in the third person) justifying his role in the Dardanelles campaign, arguing that the plan for a purely naval attack abandoned prematurely in favour of a joint naval and military attack which could only be undertaken in unfavourable circumstances. Draft in WSC's hand headed "notes as a guide".