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.

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.

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.

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.

Letter from [WSC] to Sir William Pickford [later Lord Sterndale] arguing that the evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry from Rear-Admiral Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] showed that there was universal agreement about the continuation of the naval attack on the straits until Rear-Admiral John de Robeck called it off in March 1915, after which the navy's offensive effectiveness was severely reduced. Typescript copy. Annotated: "not sent in".

Statement by WSC to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry on the second phase of the operations. Written Feb 1917; printed 29 May 1917. Another, incomplete, copy at CHAR 2/98/2.

Statement by WSC to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry on the second phase of operations. Written Feb 1917; printed 29 May 1917. Part of pages 3 & 4 and the whole of pages 5 & 6 missing. A complete copy at CHAR 2/98/1.

Statement by WSC to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry on the third phase of operations. Proof annotated by WSC. Another copy at CHAR 2/98/4.

Printed copies of documents appended to WSC's statement to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry on the first phase of operations.

Printed copies of documents appended to WSC's statement to the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry on the second and third phases of operations. Another, annotated, copy at CHAR 2/99/3, and 3 sets of duplicates at CHAR 2/99/4 - 69.

Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.

Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.

Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.

Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.

Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.

Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.