Military equipment
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 1412 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Munitions:., Feb 1918 - Mar 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/161A-C
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WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions Nos. 201-300 Correspondents include: Desmond Morton; Lord Esher, about employment for his son Maurice; Admiral William Sims, United States Navy; Lord Rhondda, Ministry of Food (2); Colonel Albert Stern; Walter Long, Colonial Office; Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Rudyard Kipling (3); Lord Beaverbrook, Ministry of Information; Major-General Tom Bridges; Albert Stanley [later Lord Ashfield], Board of Trade; Lord Derby,...
Dates:
Feb 1918 - Mar 1918
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Official: Munitions., Apr 1918 - May 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/162A-B
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WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos 301-400 Correspondents include: Major-General Noel Birch; Sir Abe Bailey; Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; Lord Derby, War Office; Sir Frederick Black, British War Mission to the United States; Lord Rhondda. Ministry of Food; Lord Stamfordham, PS to King George V (2); Lord Robert Cecil (later Lord Cecil of Chelwood), Foreign Office; Lord Northcliffe (2); Cecil Harmsworth; Colonel Albert Stern; Sir William Weir; Vice Admiral Charles...
Dates:
Apr 1918 - May 1918
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Official: Munitions: WSC's registered correspondence and minutes as Minister of Munitions, 1-200., Jul 1917 - Sep 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/155A-C
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Correspondents include: Walter Long, Colonial Office, on transfer of Edward Marsh to the Ministry of Munitions; Lord Esher (2) on control of aircraft construction and the Scottish Veterans' Garden City Association; notes by Noel Buxton on scheme for extricating Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey from their alliance with Germany; Sir Eustace Fiennes [Sir Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes] (3); Eliot Crawshay Williams, asking for employment; Andrew Bonar Law on Ministerial salaries; Field Marshal...
Dates:
Jul 1917 - Sep 1917
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Official: Munitions: WSC's registered correspondence and minutes as Minister of Munitions, Nos 501-600., Mar 1918 - Jul 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/164A-B
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Correspondents include: Christopher Addison, Minister of Reconstruction; Lord Pirrie on Swan Hunter Limited; Sir Edward Carson on post-war problems; Desmond Morton on artillery ammunition; J R Clynes MP, Ministry of Food; J A Spender on the employment of Emmeline Pankhurst and Christabel Pankhurst on the War Aims Committee; Major-General Noel Birch (2); Major-General Charles Hamilton; Sir Lionel Phillips; William Massey, Prime Minster of New Zealand; Sir Eustace Fiennes [Sir Eustace...
Dates:
Mar 1918 - Jul 1918
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Official: Prime Minister: artist drawings of new ordnance material produced by the Office of the Chief of Ordnance Technical Division, Washington [United States]. In a presentation binding for WSC., c 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/255
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From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
c 1944
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Official: Prime Minister: Correspondence regarding the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII]., 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/148
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From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1944
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Official: Prime Minister: correspondence with or about HRH the Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahamas]., 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/31A-B
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From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1941
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Prime Minister: HRH the Duke of Windsor., Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/63
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Correspondence on and with the Duke of Windsor [Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas, earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales].
Dates:
Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
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Official: Prime Minister: HRH the Duke of Windsor., Jun 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/9A-B
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Correspondence on the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales], including his appointment as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas.All items are manuscript unless otherwise described.
Dates:
Jun 1940 - Dec 1940
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Official: Prime Minister: HRH The Duke of Winsdor., 02 Jan 1945 - 26 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/202
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Correspondence from, to and concerning HRH The Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII].
Dates:
02 Jan 1945 - 26 Jul 1945
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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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Official: Prime Minister: printed copies of Personal Telegrams from WSC bound ususally in chronological order, with alphabetical name index at the back., May 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/14
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Includes texts of telegrams from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Vice-Admiral [John] Cunningham [Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron]; [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War]; [Peter] Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand; Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood, Ambassador to Spain on Special Mission]; Sir Roger Keyes [Special Liaison Officer to King Leopold of Belgium]; Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada; 11th Lord Lothian [earlier...
Dates:
May 1940 - Dec 1940
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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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 11 Jan 1926 - 16 Jul 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/27
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Correspondents include: Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries] (2) including one on agricultural policy; Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick [Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade]; Sir James Craig [later 1st Lord Craigavon, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland] and Hugh Pollock [First Minister of Finance for Ulster, Ireland] (2) on the Northern Irish unemployment fund; Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard [Chief of the Air Staff] on air force economies; Neville...
Dates:
11 Jan 1926 - 16 Jul 1926
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 23 Jan 1929 - 03 Jun 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/101
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Correspondents include: Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Dominions] (2); Sir Thomas Davies MP on road relief; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] on his health; Neville Chamberlain [Minister of Health] (3) on subjects including him giving an interview to John Bull magazine; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Herbert Spender-Clay MP; 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg, Lord Chancellor]; Sir Austen Chamberlain...
Dates:
23 Jan 1929 - 03 Jun 1929
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC and James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (carbon copies)., 12 Jul 1927 - 21 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/44
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Recipients include: the Lord Chancellor, 1st Lord Cave, on civil service disciplinary regulations; King George V on House of Commons business (3); John Gretton MP; Edwin Konstam, Sir Frederick Liddell [1st Parliamentary Counsel], Reginald Hills [Junior Counsel to Inland Revenue], and Sir John Shaw [Solicitor of Inland Revenue] on serving on a committee on income tax law; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War] (2); Joseph Kenworthy MP [later 10th Lord Strabolgi]; 7th Lord...
Dates:
12 Jul 1927 - 21 Dec 1927
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC (carbon copies)., 10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/29
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Recipients include: President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] (3); F Stanley Jackson [Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party]; Count Guiseppe Volpi [Italian Minister of Finance] (2); Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple, Minister of Transport] (2); Sir Robert Horne [later 1st Lord Slamannan]; Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (4); Sir James Craig [later 1st Lord Craigavon, Prime Minister...
Dates:
10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
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Official: Treasury: Navy Estimates 1925-1926: various papers and correspondence., Oct 1924 - 05 Feb 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/6
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Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); William Bridgeman [First Lord of the Admiralty] (4); Sir Oswyn Murray [Permanent Secretary, Admiralty].Also includes copy minute from WSC to Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services, Treasury]; graph of planned ship building until 1929; details of cruisers, life-spans of vessels; "Distribution of foreign war vessels and aircraft" quarterly return for October 1924.Subjects...
Dates:
Oct 1924 - 05 Feb 1925
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Official: Treasury: Navy Estimates 1925-1926: various tables and papers., 1924 - 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/5A-B
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Includes details of naval expenditure 1911-1925; papers on the cost of manning the Fleet (vote A), vote 9, works of magnitude (vote 10), the Fleet Air Arm, guns and ammunition, the oil fuel reserve programme, and Singapore naval base; "Particulars of war vessels and aircraft (British and foreign)", dated October 1924.Also includes letters from William Bridgeman [First Lord of the Admiralty] and Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard [Chief of the Air Staff].
Dates:
1924 - 1925
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Official: Treasury: papers and tables on the sketch naval estimates, 1927-1928; votes 9 and 10 (works and buildings)., 1926 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/33
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Treasury papers contain correspondence, minutes, tables, printed reports, and other papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position held from November 1924 to June 1929. The papers have been divided into general correspondence, WSC's outgoing minutes, and subject-based files and are arranged chronologically.The Treasury material covers WSC's ministerial duties as Chancellor, including the annual production of the budget,...
Dates:
1926 - 1927
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Official: War and Air: correspondence for WSC and Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War]., 04 Mar 1920 - 30 Apr 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/46
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Correspondents include: Edward Marsh [WSC's Private Secretary] (3); Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] (4); General Sir Henry Wilson [Chief of Imperial General Staff] (4); Austen Chamberlain [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (4); [Adjutant-General, Lieutenant-General Sir George Macdonogh]; Walter Long [First Lord of the Admiralty] (4); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet]; David Lloyd George; 1st Lord Curzon [Foreign Secretary]; General Sir Herbert Plumer, Commander-in-Chief,...
Dates:
04 Mar 1920 - 30 Apr 1920
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Official: War and Air: correspondence for WSC and Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War]., 01 May 1920 - 29 Jun 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/47A-B
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Milner [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (3); David Lloyd George; Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] (4); George Kidston [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Finland]; 1st Lord Stamfordham [earlier Sir Arthur Bigge, Private Secretary to King George V] (6); Aubrey Herbert MP; Sir Percy Cox [High Commissioner, Mesopotamia, later Iraq]; Austen Chamberlain [Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Lieutenant-General Sir...
Dates:
01 May 1920 - 29 Jun 1920
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Official: War and Air: correspondence mainly from Brigadier-General Edward Spears and the British Military Mission in Paris [France] to WSC and War Office officials., 05 Aug 1919 - 21 Nov 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/38
Scope and Contents
Also includes correspondence from Generals Pechitch [Chief of the Serbian military delegation to Paris] and Tscherbatchev, and Mary Spears; note from WSC to 1st Lord Curzon [Lord President of Council].Subjects covered by the file include: matters concerning the Russian Civil War, including supplies for the Bolsheviks, figures such as Sergei Sazonov, General Nikolai Youdenitch, General Anton Denikin, Admiral Alexander Kolchak, and Simon Petliura, Bolshevik activity in Afghanistan, the...
Dates:
05 Aug 1919 - 21 Nov 1919
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Official: War and Air: correspondence, mainly on the Russian campaign., 18 Sep 1919 - 31 Oct 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/12
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War] (3); General Sir Henry Wilson [Chief of Imperial General Staff] (9) on subjects including reorganising territorial divisions, Brigadier-General Edward Spears' position, and the strength of forces on the Rhine; Sir Hamar Greenwood [Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office] on commerce with south Russia; Major-General John Seely [later 1st Lord Mottistone,...
Dates:
18 Sep 1919 - 31 Oct 1919
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Official: War and Air: correspondence, much on demobilisation problems., 01 Jan 1919 - 31 Jan 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/3
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Correspondents include: Lieutenant-General Travers Clarke [Quartermaster-General to the British Armies in France]; Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig [Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France and Flanders] (2); 1st Lord Milner [Secretary of State for the Colonies]; High Commissioner [?in Siberia, Robert Hodgson]; Lieutenant-General 10th Lord Cavan, Commander-in-Chief, Italy; General Sir Henry Wilson [Chief of Imperial General Staff]; Sir Eric Geddes [Minister without Portfolio]...
Dates:
01 Jan 1919 - 31 Jan 1919
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Official: War and Air: Russian photographs., Oct 1919 - Nov 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/30
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Includes photographs of mutilated bodies, Russian soldiers, Bolshevik prisoners in southern Russia, General Anton Denikin inspecting tanks, and Kiev.
Dates:
Oct 1919 - Nov 1919
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 15 Jan 1919 - 27 Mar 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/15A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of minutes (some annotated in reply) from WSC to various individuals including: Secretary [War Office, Sir Reginald Brade]; Chief of Imperial General Staff [General Sir Henry Wilson]; Air Secretary [Jack Scott]; Major-General John Seely [later 1st Lord Mottistone, Under-Secretary of State for Air]; Chief of the Air Staff [Major-General Frederick Sykes, until February 1919; Major-General Sir Hugh Trenchard, from February 1919]; Director of Military Intelligence...
Dates:
15 Jan 1919 - 27 Mar 1919
Conditions Governing Access:
Open