Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on oil fired ships. [See CHAR 13/16/95-96 for typescript copy].

Letter from Sir Arthur Bigge [later 1st Lord Stamfordham, Private Secretary to King George V] (Buckingham Palace) to [Edward] Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] asking him to tell WSC that the King has read his letter about the convict Garrad and agrees that reprieve would have been impossible. Signed manucript.

Statement by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval estimates for 1914-15, particularly the 16.996 million pounds for new construction and armament. [Carbon copy, with manuscript annotations by WSC and others].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman], 2nd Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and 3rd Sea Lord [Vice- Admiral Charles Briggs], on destroyer design. [Carbon copy].

Statement by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval construction 1906-14. [Carbon].

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the Naval Estimates [2 typescript copies, one annotated by WSC].

Copy of a letter from WSC to [Pierre] Flandin [Minister of State, France] marked "confidential" asking for French information about the present strength of the German Air Force, predicting 2,000 aircraft by the end of 1936, and asking for information about French expenditure on aviation services for use in debates in Parliament.Carbon typescript. Unsigned.

Copy of a letter from WSC to Eleanor Rathbone MP marked "private" enclosing a paper by Sir Henry Strakosch, explaining the basis for his figures for German expenditure [on rearmament], his use of confidential sources and his efforts "to find out the truth". He concludes "We really are in great danger."Unsigned carbon typescript.

Annotated typescript draft of CHAR 2/109/36-59.

Account by [WSC] of the early development of the tank . Apparently not incorporated in his statement to the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors.

Copies of documents from 1915-1916 annexed to WSC's statement of 1919 on the origin of the tank to the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors.

Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors on various claims respecting the invention of tanks.

Statement by the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors on their investigations of claims respecting the invention of the tank.

Pages from the Engineer including illustrated article on tanks and chain-track artillery.

Letter from Giles Eyre to WSC (2 Sussex Gardens) arguing that WSC was influenced in his wartime efforts to develop the tank by the proposal of John Corry in 1911 and suggesting that WSC should therefore help to get Corry's claim before the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors reopened.

Account of a declaration made by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 5 March 1910 by which he authorised the Prince of Wales to hold the Privy Council during his absence from the kingdom and ordered WSC to prepare a Commission to this effect. Printed 25 February 1910.

Letter of sympathy to King George V from the House of Commons on the death of King Edward VII remembering the late King's efforts towards peace and the alleviation of human suffering and offering congratulations on the King's accession. Manuscript in hand of Edward Marsh. See CHAR 12/2/37.

Letter of sympathy to the Queen Mother from the House of Commons on the death of King Edward VII. Typescript. See CHAR 12/2/36.

Draft letter of sympathy to the Queen Mother from the House of Commons on the death of King Edward VII. Manuscript in the hand of WSC. See CHAR 12/2/35.

Draft letter of sympathy to King George V from the House of Commons on the death of King Edward VII remembering the late King's efforts towards peace and the alleviation of human suffering and offering congratulations on the King's accession. Manuscript in the hand of WSC. See CHAR 12/2/34.

Letter of sympathy to King George V from the House of Commons and the House of Lords on the death of King Edward VII. Typescript.

Letter from Sir George Askwith ([Board of Trade]) to [WSC] responding to his suggestion that there should be Trade Union representation at the funeral of King Edward VII. He recommends that no special provision should be made to avoid the appearance of political bias; that WSC seek advice concerning the presence of Friendly Societies; and observes that any scheme for the inclusion of the working classes could create resentment. Signed typescript.

Letter from Sir Hubert Llewellyn-Smith [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] (Board of Trade) to [WSC] responding to his suggestion that there should be Trade Union representation at the funeral of King Edward VII. Although Llewellyn-Smith considers the idea attractive, he recommends that it should not be implemented due to the impossibility of creating a representative selection of Trade Unions and other workmen's associations. Signed manuscript.