Dardanelles campaign (1915-1916)
Found in 671 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 28 Mar 1915
Telegram from Admiralty to C. in C., East Indies, ordering him to send ships to the Dardanelles to support landings [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 27 Apr 1915
Telegram from Admiralty, to Robinson, Finance, Cairo, asking how many of the 20,000 troops in Egypt could be moved to the Dardanelles immediately [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 27 Apr 1915
Telegram from Admiralty, to Robinson, Finance, Cairo, on movement of 20,00 troops from Egypt to the Dardanelles [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 27 Apr 1915
Telegram from Robinson, Finance, Cairo, to Admiralty, on movement of 20,00 troops from Egypt to the Dardanelles [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 29 Apr 1915
Telegram from Admiralty to Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, orders to send cruisers "Euryalus" and "Bacchante" to help with the defence of the Suez Canal [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 30 Apr 1915
Telegram from Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, to Admiralty, reporting that ships could not be spared for the defence of the Suez Canal [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 30 Apr 1915
Telegram from Admiralty to Vice-Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles, reporting that the French were sending three ships to assist with the defence of the Suez Canal [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 17 Jan 1915
Telegram from Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar to Admiralty, reporting that repairs to HMS "Inflexible" would be completed by 19 Jan, askig if she should proceed directly to the Dardanelles [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 17 Jan 1915
Telegram from Admiralty to Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar confirming that HMS "Inflexible" sould proceed directly to the Dardanelles on completion of repairs [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 21 Feb 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Australian Navy Board, on use of HMS "Australia" as Flagship of the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron in the North Sea. Also commenting on successful initial attack on the Dardanelles [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 18 May 1915
Telegram from Admiralty to Australian Navy Board, on the loss of submarine A.E.2 in the Dardanelles [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 12 May 1915
Letter from Captain Neston Diggle, Royal Naval Hospital, Bighi, Malta, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, account of landing at Fort Sidd-el-Bahr, in the Dardanelles, at which he was wounded and 50% of is men killed.
(Untitled), 12 May 1915
Telegram from WSC to Vice Admiral John de Robeck, Naval C. in C., Dardanelles, on naval and troop movements [handwritten copy, initialled by WSC].
(Untitled), May 1915
Telegram from WSC to John S Churchill, on Lord Fisher's resignation as 1st Sea Lord, largely on Dardanelles questions, and his own departure from the Admiralty, stating that ther two friends (Vice Admiral John de Robeck and Gen Sir Ian Hamilton) would be supported and should not be disheartened [handwritten copy].
(Untitled), 28 Apr 1915
Letter from Vice-Admiral John de Robeck (HMS Queen Elizabeth, Dardanelles) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, report on the Gallipoli landings, the work of the British submarines and aircraft, praising the co-operation between the two services.
(Untitled), 25 Jan 1915
Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to the Prime Minister, Lord Kitchener, War Office and Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Office, enclosing details of concentration for attack on the Dardanelles [handwritten, initialled by WSC].
(Untitled), 23 May 1915
Telegram from WSC to John S Churchill, on his departure from the Admiralty, reporting that he had accepted post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a seat in the Cabinet and War Council, enabling him to "watch over the Dardanelles....Although I am down the policy goes on and will be well supported" [handwritten copy, initialled by WSC].
(Untitled), 26 May 1915
Letter from WSC to Arthur Balfour, his successor as First Lord of the Admiralty, stating that he was leaving him with one task of great difficulty, the protection of the Dardanelles Fleet against submarine attack, also wishing hin success in his new appointment [handwritten copy, signed by WSC].
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Vice-Admirla Sackville Carden, on naval operation to force the Dardanelles without military assistance, diving details of the troops which were on their way to the area, under the command of General Birdwood.
(Untitled), 23 Feb 1915
Telegram from Lt-Gen Sir John Maxwell to Vice-Admiral Sackvile Carden, on the employment of military forces in the Dardanelles.
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1915
Telegram from Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Office to Sir Francis Elliot, British Minister, Athens, on the need for Greece to give naval as well as military aid in the Dardanelles [draft by WSC, sent by him to Asquith, who forwarded it to Grey, initialled by WSC].
(Untitled), 13 Mar 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden, Dardanelles, stating that "operations should be pressed forward methodically and resolutely, by night and day, the unavoidable losses being accepted".
(Untitled), 13 Mar 1915
Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, on the strategic position if Russia was in possession of the Dardanelles after the War. Stating that it was certain that the submarine would dominate all narrow waters and render them impassible for heavy ships and commerce, unless ships were built which were immune to submarine attack because of bulges and biulkheads [typescript copy].
(Untitled), [Mar] 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Vice Admiral John De Robeck, o intelligence reports on movements of arms, ammunition and German artillerymen through Rumania [Romania] to the Dardanelles [carbon].
(Untitled), [Mar] 1915
Admiralty minute on naval operations in the Dardanelles on 3-5 Mar [carbon].