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Dardanelles campaign (1915-1916)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 675 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 06 Nov 1924

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/140/2-3
Scope and Contents

Explanatory notes, for the Committee of Control on the Official Histories, by Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald Ellison on his history of the Gallipoli and Dardanelles campaign. Sent with CHAR 2/140/1.

Dates: 06 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [1924]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/140/4-281
Scope and Contents

Chapters 1-10 of Lieutenant-General Sir Gerald Ellison's history of the Gallipoli and Dardanelles campaign. Sent with CHAR 2/140/1.

Dates: [1924]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1925

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/142/112-113
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Letter from Sir Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] (Admiralty House, Malta) to WSC thanking him for writing, reporting on his inspection of aircraft carriers and his cruise in the Aegean, referring to Cecil Aspinall's [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] history of the [Dardanelles] campaign and to his (Keyes') polo ponies.

Dates: 06 Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 03 Jul 1927

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/152/125
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Note by WSC instructing Edward Marsh to reply to Sir Maurice Hankey that WSC thinks it is wrong of the Army Council to tamper with the work of [Cecil Aspinall, later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] the official historian [of the Dardanelles campaign].

Dates: 03 Jul 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 02 Jul 1927

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/152/126
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir Maurice Hankey (Offices of the Cabinet) to Edward Marsh on passages in Cecil's Aspinall's [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] history [of the Dardanelles campaign] which the War Office wishes to be excised.

Dates: 02 Jul 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 29 Jun [1927]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/152/127
Scope and Contents

Note [on the desire of the War Office to excise a passage from Cecil Aspinall's [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] official history of the Dardanelles campaign].

Dates: 29 Jun [1927]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 28 Jun 1927

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/152/128
Scope and Contents

Letter from Edward Marsh (Treasury Chambers) to Sir Maurice Hankey on the passages in Cecil Aspinall's [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander] official history of the Dardanelles campaign which the War Office wish to be excised.

Dates: 28 Jun 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 28 Jun [1927]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/152/129
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Note from Edward Marsh to [WSC] reporting that Edward Spears has told him that Cecil Aspinall [later Cecil Aspinall-Oglander], the official historian of the Dardanelles campaign, has written a chapter on policy which completely justifies WSC's views and which the War Office has vetoed on the grounds that Aspinall had exceeded his brief.

Dates: 28 Jun [1927]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 02 Aug 1927

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/153/17
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Letter in French from Franchet d'Esperey (Perros par Bubry, Morbihan, [Franche]) to Jacques Balsan reporting that in Constantinople in 1919 Djevad Pasha, a Turkish commander, had told him that the forces defending the Dardanelles were in such a state that had the Royal Navy continued its attack it would have succeeded. Sent with CHAR 2/153/15-16.

Dates: 02 Aug 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 Oct 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/127/139
Scope and Contents

Page from the Times including marked article describing the naval attack in the Dardanelles as "a legitimate war gamble". [Retained in connection with the proceedings against Lord Alfred Douglas arising from his claim that WSC misreported the Battle of Jutland to allow Jewish interests led by Sir Ernest Cassel to profit on the stock market].

Dates: 14 Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [Oct] [1924]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/135/50-51
Scope and Contents

Letter from T Taylor Heywood, journalist (11 Geneva Terrace, Rochdale, [Lancashire]) to WSC asserting that unless he explains who was responsible for the failure of the Dardanelles campaign many young Conservatives like Heywood will leave the party because it is allowing WSC back into its ranks.

Dates: [Oct] [1924]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 03 Sep 1936

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/258/3-4
Scope and Contents

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes to WSC, asking if it was true that Asquith had wanted WSC to go out to the Dardanelles after he left the Admiralty in 1915.

Dates: 03 Sep 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/66-68
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Vice Admiral Sackville Carden to Admiralty, report on situation in the Dardanelles, particularly attacks on entrance forts [typescript copy].

Dates: 10 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/69
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Vice Admiral Sackville Carden Dardanelles, to Admiralty, reporting that weather was too thick for any firing at Bulair [typescript copy].

Dates: 11 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/70
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Vice Admiral Sackville Carden Dardanelles, approving the skill and patience with which he had advanced without loss. Stating that the results to be gained were great enough to justify loss of ships and men [typescript copy].

Dates: 11 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/71
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Vice Admiral Sackville Carden Dardanelles to Admiralty, report on Bombardment of Bulair on 10 and 11 Mar [typescript copy].

Dates: 12 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/72
Scope and Contents

Telegram from HMS "Queen Elizabeth", Dardanelles, to Admiralty, giving details of expenditure of ammunition, 8-13 Mar [typescript copy].

Dates: 13 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/73-74
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Vice Admiral Sackville Carden, Dardanelles, giving details of instructions given to the Russian Admiral Eberhardt, who was joining the Allied Fleet in the Dardanelles [two typescript copies].

Dates: 14 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/75
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden, Dardanelles, to Admiralty, report on unsuccessful French attack on minefields [typescript copy].

Dates: 14 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/76
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden, Dardanelles to Admiralty, agreeing that vigorous sustained action was necessary for success [typescript copy].

Dates: 14 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/77
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden, Dardanelles to Admiralty, report on minesweeping operations on the night of 13-14 Mar [typescript copy].

Dates: 14 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/78
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden, Dardanelles to Admiralty, report on air reconnaissance, which had located a number of loose mines [typescript copy].

Dates: 14 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/79-80
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden, Dardanelles orders to concert any large scale military operations with General Sir Ian Hamilton, who was due to arrive shortly [typescript copy].

Dates: 15 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/81-82
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Vice Admiral Sackville Carden, Dardanelles, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on his intention to vigorously attack fortresses at the Narrows, clearing the minefields under cover of the attack [typescript copy].

Dates: 15 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65/83
Scope and Contents

Telegram from French Naval Attache, Admiralty, London to Ministry of Marine, Paris, report on Naval operations in the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 15 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open