Military equipment
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 1412 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 01 Apr 1919 - 28 Jun 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/16A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes carbon copies of minutes (some annotated in reply) from WSC to various individuals including: Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff [Major-General Charles Harington]; Director of Military Intelligence [Major-General William Thwaites]; Deputy Director of Military Operations and Military Intelligence [Colonel George Cockerill]; Master-General of the Ordnance [Lieutenant-General Sir William Furse]; Quartermaster-General [Lieutenant-General Travers Clarke]; Secretary [War Office, Sir...
Dates:
01 Apr 1919 - 28 Jun 1919
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet, 1917 - 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27
Scope and Contents
The War Cabinet papers contain mainly of printed material, and some notes and correspondence. Although WSC did not become a member of the War Cabinet, he was present at some of its meetings and served on some of its committees. The papers in this class consist of papers produced or acquired by WSC which do not arise directly out of his functions as Minister of Munitions and Secretary of State for War and Air. There is, however, some overlap with the papers in CHAR 15 (Official: Munitions)...
Dates:
1917 - 1919
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: War Cabinet: Committee for the allocation of guns., 14 Nov 1917 - 12 Jan 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/9
Scope and Contents
Includes committee minutes recording statements made by: Lord Curzon [of Kedleston, Lord President of the Council], Arthur Balfour [Foreign Secretary], [17th] Lord Derby [earlier Edward Stanley] Secretary of State for War], and WSC [Minister of Munitions]. Also includes a copy of a letter from Sir Edmund Wyldbore-Smith.
Dates:
14 Nov 1917 - 12 Jan 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Correspondence., 18 Jan 1918 - 03 Oct 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/32
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, on munitions requirements for the Admiralty (1); Sir Eric Geddes [First Lord of the Admiralty] on munitions; Sir Auckland Geddes [Minister of National Service and Reconstruction] on a ministry of supply; and Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig [Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France and Flanders] (2).Also includes copy letters from WSC to the individuals mentioned above including 12 letters to Lloyd George about his...
Dates:
18 Jan 1918 - 03 Oct 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Prime Minister's Directives., 27 Jun 1940 - 30 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/4
Scope and Contents
Printed directives by the Prime Minister, WSC, on subjects including: War Cabinet arrangements; the brevity of reports; the unlikelihood of invasion from the sea, including a note by Sir Dudley Pound, 1st Sea Lord; draft notes on defence against invasion, including notes by the Chiefs of Staff; the priority of the air force; strengthening the army; munitions; the reinforcement of Malta; relations with Vichy France in the Mediterranean; strengthening the forces in the Mediterranean; the...
Dates:
27 Jun 1940 - 30 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Prime Minister's Directives., 18 Dec 1941 - 30 Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/10
Scope and Contents
Printed directives by the Prime Minister, WSC, on subjects including: the future conduct of the war; the Pacific and the Japanese fleet; the entry of the United States into the war; the Atlantic Front; the Indian Ocean; the function of the Minister of State in the Middle East [Richard Casey]; Vichy France's co-operation with Germany; the function of the Minister Resident in West Africa [1st Lord Swinton, earlier Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame]; Fleet Air Arm...
Dates:
18 Dec 1941 - 30 Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Prime Minister's Directives., 29 Dec 1944 - 17 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/14
Scope and Contents
Printed directives by the Prime Minister, WSC, on subjects including: correspondence between WSC and President Franklin Roosevelt on American voting powers in the United Nations; post-war demand for airfields, including a report by the Chiefs of Staff; records of speeches and a conversation between WSC and Stalin at the Yalta Conference [Soviet Union]; the allocation of man-power, including the release of women from the Forces; telegrams between WSC and [Mackenzie King] Prime Minister of...
Dates:
29 Dec 1944 - 17 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: "Quadrant" - record of meetings and proceedings., 14 Aug 1943 - 11 Sep 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/12
Scope and Contents
Minutes and memoranda of the plenary meetings and proceedings of the Combined Chiefs of Staff at Quebec [Canada] and Washington [United States] on subjects including: Atlantic convoys; operations in the Pacific and Far East; defeat of the Axis powers in Europe; the South East Asia command; "Pointblank" [codename for the Allied bombing offensive]; negotiations with Italy; the defeat of Japan; landing craft for "Overlord" [codename for the Allied invasion of France]; "Habbakuk" [self propelled...
Dates:
14 Aug 1943 - 11 Sep 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Restriction of Imports Committee: miscellaneous papers., 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/11
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by: Arthur Balfour, Foreign Secretary, on shipping and the transport of troops to France; William Elderton and Alfred Watson on shipping and imports in 1918; Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Lord President of the Council] on the restriction of imports and WSC, Minister of Munitions, on the munitions budget. Also includes Ministry of Shipping papers on the Allied food problem, the tonnage position, food requirement, munitions supply from the United States and a Board of Trade paper...
Dates:
1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Restrictions of Imports Committee: Miscellaneous papers., 25 Jan 1918 - 14 Feb 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/46
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of letters from and papers by various individuals including: [1st ] Lord Rhondda [earlier David Thomas] Food Controller on shipping tonnage required for food; Walter Layton on proposals for reduction of munitions tonnage and the effect on gun ammunition; WSC, Minister of Munitions; and Lord Wolmer [later 3rd Lord Selbourne] on trans-shipment and re-exportation.Also includes papers and reports on various subjects including: reduced tonnage for munitions; munitions tonnage...
Dates:
25 Jan 1918 - 14 Feb 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 18 Feb 1917 - 22 Jul 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/1
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects including: petrol consumption by the Admiralty; conference papers from the Petrograd [later Leningrad and St Petersburg, Russia] conference on munitions; a paper by WSC on naval war policy; tables comparing the strengths of the navies of the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany; printed correspondence (dating to 1915) between WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, and [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet, about the attack...
Dates:
18 Feb 1917 - 22 Jul 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 03 Jan 1918 - 18 Feb 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/33
Scope and Contents
Papers by various individuals including: General Jan Smuts on the dissolution of the war organisation committee; [17th] Lord Derby [earlier Edward Stanley] Secretary of State for War, on gun ammunition and salvage; [1st ] Lord Rhondda [earlier David Thomas] Food Controller, recommending a National Salvage Board; Colonel [Lancelot] Storr on the extension of the British front in France; Rowland Prothero [later 1st Lord Ernle] President of the Board of Agriculture, Christopher Addison [Minister...
Dates:
03 Jan 1918 - 18 Feb 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 08 Mar 1918 - 31 Mar 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/34
Scope and Contents
Papers by various individuals including: Captain Pierron on anti-submarine patrols by aeroplanes in France; WSC, Minister of Munitions, on the United States and shipping; Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service, on the control of labour supply and the maintenance of the forces; James Barlow [Private Secretary to WSC] on manpower; George Roberts, Minister of Labour, on control of the labour supply; Robert Munro, Secretary of State for Scotland, William Fisher [later 1st Lord...
Dates:
08 Mar 1918 - 31 Mar 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 02 Apr 1918 - 26 Apr 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/35
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence or papers by various individuals including: Christopher Addison, Minister of Reconstruction, on military service; Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service, on anti-recruiting strikes, the release of men employed by the Admiralty, and the proposed proclamation by King George V; WSC, Minister of Munitions, on the Eastern Front, manpower and munitions, and "certain hypothetical contingencies" on war strategy; [1st] Lord Bertie [British Ambassador to France]; Sir...
Dates:
02 Apr 1918 - 26 Apr 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 07 Jul 1918 - 25 Jul 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/38
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on military policy including: WSC, Minister of Munitions, on German colonies and on war strategy; William Robinson, Permanent Secretary, Air Ministry, on using Indian army personnel with the RAF in Egypt; General Sir Henry Wilson, Chief of Imperial General Staff, on plans for the offensive in 1919 in all theatres of the war with details of forces and munitions required.Also includes copies of letters to WSC from Bertram Cubitt and Major-General Charles...
Dates:
07 Jul 1918 - 25 Jul 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: War Priorities Committee: Miscellaneous papers., 01 Jan 1918 - 25 Oct 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/44
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir [William] Graham Greene [Secretary, Ministry of Munitions] (3); Colonel F Byrne (5); William Henderson; Henry Piggott [Assistant Secretary to WSC] on air raid shelters in munitions factories; [Sir Arthur] Duckham on an ammunition dump.Also includes reports and papers on various subjects including: the establishment of a labour priority committee; the reduced airship programme; a report on labour and steel requirements of various government departments; the economy...
Dates:
01 Jan 1918 - 25 Oct 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Priorities Committee: memoranda (WP 32 to WP 67)., 03 Jan 1918 - 05 Mar 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/41
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects including: the prohibition of the removal of labour for construction work; provision and supply of various materials including steel for airship housing, linseed oil for the manufacture of linoleum and rosin for essential industries; the establishment of a Priority Department to regulate war and munitions work; a factory for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen; the dye industry; materials required by railways; and the allocation of government...
Dates:
03 Jan 1918 - 05 Mar 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Priorities Committee: Minutes and memoranda., 26 Sep 1917 - 28 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/7
Scope and Contents
Includes committee minutes of statements made by General [Jan] Smuts [South African Representative to the Imperial War Cabinet]; Admiral [John] Jellicoe [Chief of Naval Staff]; [17th] Lord Derby [earlier Edward Stanley], Secretary of State for War; [WSC] Minister of Munitions and [1st] Lord Cowdray [earlier Weetman Pearson] President of the Air Board. Issues discussed included aircraft output, Lewis guns for home defence, munitions manufacture, government contracts, Sunday labour, foreign...
Dates:
26 Sep 1917 - 28 Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Priorities Committee: Miscellaneous papers., 09 Oct 1917 - 28 Nov 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/8
Scope and Contents
Includes: papers on the structure and membership of the War Priorities Committee; copy letters from Russell Scott, Acting Assistant Secretary to the Admiralty, on the supply of labour to the Admiralty and to munitions firms, and from James Masterton-Smith [Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Munitions]; notes by WSC on the airship programme; minutes of the War Cabinet on the aerial operations committee; departmental correspondence from people including Walter Layton, Henry Piggott [Assistant...
Dates:
09 Oct 1917 - 28 Nov 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Papers connected with the Roger Mission, 1939-09 - 1940-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/6/28
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers relating to Sir Alexander Roger [Chairman, Ministry of Supply Mission to India] and his work to improve aircraft and armaments production in India, with correspondents including: Sir Alexander Roger; John Moore-Brabazon [Minister of Transport, later 1st Lord Brabazon of Tara] on developing civil aviation in India, and designs for a new type of semi-airborne armoured car (5); [Charles] Richard Fairey, Chairman and Managing Director of The Fairey Aviation Company...
Dates:
1939-09 - 1940-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Political: Constituency: Epping [Essex], 1924 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers that part of WSC's time as Conservative MP for Epping contained in the Chartwell papers (up to 26 July 1945). The remainder of his time as MP (for Woodford) can be found in the post-1945 Churchill papers at CHUR 3.The papers contain correspondence between WSC's office and local officials, particularly the Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association, Sir James Hawkey, discussing standard constituency business (such as WSC's support for various local...
Dates:
1924 - 1945
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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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/25
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (8); Vyvyan Adams [MP for West Leeds, Yorkshire] on speaking in WSC's constituency; Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, on Indian and German affairs; E R Broadridge on medical treatment for her daughter (5); Sir Kingsley Wood [Minister of Health] on the Broadridge case.Other subjects include: the abdication crisis; pacifism; local housing and environmental matters; pension and employment queries...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with Wanstead and Woodford Borough Council., Mar 1950 - Nov 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/9A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: A McCarlie Findlay, Town Clerk and Solicitor of the Borough (59); [Percy] Cohen, [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department (3); J R Iles, Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Local Government and Planning (7); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association [until 1952] (2); [?Richard] Adams of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government; [Peter] Hudson, Private Secretary [to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation] (3);...
Dates:
Mar 1950 - Nov 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, U - Z., 13 Jun 1951 - 28 Dec 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/83
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (11); Raymond Gedling [Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of Health]; Brian Robson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air (2); L A Knight, Honorary Secretary, Wanstead and Woodford Chamber of Commerce (4); [Walter] Leonard Allinson, Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Education (3); Cyril Walker, Director of...
Dates:
13 Jun 1951 - 28 Dec 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 209 - 223, closed for 100 years until 2054 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with Woodford Conservative Association branches at Aldersbrook, Buckhurst Hill, Loughton, Monkhams, Snaresbrook, and Wanstead [all Essex]., Aug 1952 - Jun 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/18
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Chairman [until 1952], and W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, (4) of Woodford Conservative Association. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Lettice Marston (Lettice Shillingford), Grace Hamblin, H [?Wood], Gillian Maturin, and Anthony Montague Browne; CSC (President of Woodford Conservative Association).Subjects include: organising visits to the Houses of Parliament; a message of sympathy for Queen...
Dates:
Aug 1952 - Jun 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open