Dardanelles campaign (1915-1916)
Found in 688 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [30 Mar 1915]
Telegram from General Sir Ian Hamilton to Vice Admiral John de Robeck encouraging him to persevere in his naval attack on the Dardanelles. Typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/74/33.
(Untitled), 02 Jun 1916
(Untitled), 22 Jun 1916
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1915
Printed note by WSC referring to his Cabinet memorandum on the Dardanelles campaign written in July [see CHAR 2/74/13] and complaining about the delay in fighting the battle in Gallipoli and the decline in British manpower resulting from the Government's failure to introduce conscription. Another copy at CHAR 2/74/133.
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1916
(Untitled), [04] [Jul] [1916]
(Untitled), [Jul] [1916]
Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (Hackwood, Basingstoke, [Hampshire]) to WSC giving details of the severe shortages of ammunition which hampered operations in the Dardanelles.
(Untitled), 13 Jul 1916
Letter from WSC (41 Cromwell Road) to [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] protesting against the Government's decision not to lay before Parliament papers relating to the operations in the Dardanelles and Gallipoli. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 23 Aug 1916
Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (Deanston House, Perthshire, [Scotland]) to WSC enclosing a copy of a telegram from him to Rear Admiral John de Robeck [see CHAR 2/74/2] to show that he did not influence de Robeck in his abandonment of purely naval attacks at the Dardanelles. Signed typescript.
(Untitled), [Jul 1916]
Letter from WSC (41 Cromwell Road) to David Lloyd George arguing that the Government should honour its pledge to lay before Parliament papers relating to the Dardanelles Expedition and that the setting up of a secret House of Commons committee of inquiry is not a substitute for this. Incomplete draft in WSC's hand. Second and third sheets filed in wrong order.
(Untitled), 15 Jan 1915
Minute by WSC on the plan for concentrating naval forces in the Mediterranean ("Pola") with a view to forcing the Dardanelles. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 20 Jan 1915
Minute by WSC on the naval arrangements for the forcing of the Dardanelles and the seizure of Alexandretta. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 08 Sep 1916
Letter from WSC (41 Cromwell Road) to "Fred" [Sir F E Smith, later 1st Lord Birkenhead] enclosing printed papers relating to the Dardanelles [see CHAR 2/74/49-64] and asking for advice on how best to present his case. Refers to the German capture of Turtukay (Romania). Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 16 Aug 1916
"The Dardanelles Inquiry. Notes for evidence by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Maurice Hankey, secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence." Uncorrected proof annotated by WSC. Printed 16 Aug. Sent with CHAR 2/74/47-48.
(Untitled), 16 Jan 1915 - 18 Jan 1915
(Untitled), 20 Jan 1915
Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to Lord Kitchener arguing that only those battleships needed for the initial stage of the Dardanelles bombardment should be used at the outset and that the seizure of Alexandretta should be attempted at the same time as the bombardment so that it can be represented as the main operation if the attack on the Dardanelles is checked. Printed copy. Another copy at CHAR 2/81/9,.
(Untitled), 25 Jan 1916
Letter from WSC (6th Royal Scots Fusiliers in the field) to David Lloyd George on Lloyd George's political position and the discouraging war situation from the British point of view. Asserts that the position would have been much better if either Lloyd George or WSC had had their way about Salonika [Greece] or the Dardanelles early in 1915, and wonders whether there is to be a costly campaign in the Balkans. Typescript copy. Manuscript drafts at CHAR 2/71/4-5.
(Untitled), [1915]
Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC explaining his role in the [Dardanelles campaign] and asserting that "the outside world is quite certain that I have pushed you and not you me" and that [Herbert Asquith, later Lord Oxford and Asquith] is the only one who knows that the opposite is true. Typescript copy incorrectly dated 12 April 1918.
(Untitled), 28 Jan 1915 - Jul 1916
Secretary's notes [minutes] of a War Council meeting on 28 Jan 1915 on the general policy of the war, gunboats for the Danube, naval attack on Zeebrugge [Belgium] and the Dardanelles. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.
(Untitled), 19 Feb 1915 - Jul 1916
Secretary's notes [minutes] of a War Council meeting on 19 Feb 1915 on the Dardanelles. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.
(Untitled), 26 Feb 1915 - Jul 1916
Secretary's notes [minutes] of a War Council meeting on 26 Feb 1915 on the Dardanelles. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.
(Untitled), 07 Jun 1915 - Aug 1916
Heading of the conclusions of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 7 June 1915. The conclusions themselves have been removed. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.
(Untitled), 12 Jun 1915 - Aug 1916
Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 12 Jun 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.
(Untitled), 17 Jun 1915 - Aug 1916
Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 17 Jun 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.
(Untitled), 25 Jun 1915 - Aug 1916
Secretary's notes [minutes] of a meeting of the Dardanelles Committee on 25 Jun 1915. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Aug 1916.