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First World War (1914-1918)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1483 Collections and/or Records:

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1939 Diary, 1939-01-21 - 1939-08-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HMTN 1/2
Scope and Contents Subjects include a holiday in St. Moritz, Switzerland with Louise de Rosales, with comments on sightseeing, sketching, and museums; BBC broadcasts; Mary Agnes Hamilton's speeches for Labour candidates in the Ripon and Hallam by-elections; her departure from the London County Council; Labour Book Service committee meetings; the growing prospect of war; reflections on propaganda; discussions with George Ridley over internal politics in the Labour Party; a party hosted by Sybil Colefax with...
Dates: 1939-01-21 - 1939-08-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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1940 (ii) - 1941 (i) Diary, 1940-10-04 - 1941-02-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HMTN 1/5
Scope and Contents Subjects include Mary Agnes Hamilton's experiences of air-raids and bombing near her flat in Chelsea; reflections on the impact of the war in comparison with the First World War; comments on the marriage, personalities, and domestic life of Nancy and Wilfred Greene; the transfer of her section at the Ministry of Information to the Public Relations division; comments on her writing projects and working conditions at Senate House; a lunch with Clement Attlee at the House of Commons; taking up...
Dates: 1940-10-04 - 1941-02-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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'Account of Action of Horns Reef HMS Yarmouth 3 LCS', 1916-05-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/EDSN 2/2
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Edelsten's account of the Battle of Jutland.

Dates: 1916-05-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Acquired Papers: John S Churchill Miscellaneous papers., 12 Mar 1915 - 20 Jun 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/139A-B
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Includes a typed diary belonging to John S Churchill covering his experiences of the Dardanelles campaign and miscellaneous correspondence.

Dates: 12 Mar 1915 - 20 Jun 1921
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Acquired Papers: Letters and telegrams from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described., 1915 - 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/120
Scope and Contents From the Series: This class of papers was acquired by WSC at various times either by inheritance or gift and has been arranged in groups according to the presumed original owner: Lady Randolph Churchill; Lord Randolph Churchill; John S Churchill; W Bernau of Lloyds Bank and others.The major groups may be broken into sub-series by correspondents and the papers thereafter are arranged chronologically (e.g. Lady Randolph Churchill's letters from WSC are mainly found at CHAR 28/13-28).The series includes a...
Dates: 1915 - 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Acquired Papers: Letters from various correspondents to Lady Randolph Churchill. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described., 1880 - 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/138
Scope and Contents From the Series: This class of papers was acquired by WSC at various times either by inheritance or gift and has been arranged in groups according to the presumed original owner: Lady Randolph Churchill; Lord Randolph Churchill; John S Churchill; W Bernau of Lloyds Bank and others.The major groups may be broken into sub-series by correspondents and the papers thereafter are arranged chronologically (e.g. Lady Randolph Churchill's letters from WSC are mainly found at CHAR 28/13-28).The series includes a...
Dates: 1880 - 1954
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Admiral Sir David and Lady Beatty, First World War, c 1914-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HSBR 2/2
Scope and Contents

Cuttings and photographs on Admiral Beatty and Ethel, Lady Beatty.

Dates: c 1914-18
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Admiralty: Dardanelles Telegrams., 03 Jan 1915 - 25 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Admiralty papers contain correspondence, minutes, and War Cabinet papers created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as First Lord of the Admiralty, a position held from 23 October 1911 to 24 May 1915.The material contains correspondence with senior Admiralty figures, politicians including the Prime Minister, public and foreign figures on subjects including naval strategy and engagements, armament production, merchant shipping, and more general political considerations. It...
Dates: 03 Jan 1915 - 25 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Admiralty: Telegrams - Egypt [typescript copies]., 01 Jan 1915 - 28 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Admiralty papers contain correspondence, minutes, and War Cabinet papers created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as First Lord of the Admiralty, a position held from 23 October 1911 to 24 May 1915.The material contains correspondence with senior Admiralty figures, politicians including the Prime Minister, public and foreign figures on subjects including naval strategy and engagements, armament production, merchant shipping, and more general political considerations. It...
Dates: 01 Jan 1915 - 28 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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"Aerial Operation Committee: First Meeting: Draft Minutes", 26 Sep 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/5/2-4
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the AOC on subjects including: the committee's terms of reference to investigate the output of aircraft; discussion of existing air programmes; shipping output; Ministry of Munitions and increased demand.Typescript.

Dates: 26 Sep 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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"Air Raids Committee: Minutes of First Meeting", 01 Oct 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/6/1-7
Scope and Contents

Minutes of ARC including: the committee's terms of reference to investigate replacement of guns used for home defence and to make recommendations on counter-attacks; shortage of ammunition; repairs to guns; the possibility of attacking enemy submarines at Bremen [Germany], or at Emden [Germany]; use of floating platforms and Handley-Page aircraft; and attacks on German munitions factories. Includes an appendix on offensive bombing operations from seaplane carriers.Typescript.

Dates: 01 Oct 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Album of advertisements issued in connection with the Great War Loan, 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 11/10
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes: family photographs; some official photographs, mainly from McKenna's time at the Admiralty; political cartoons of McKenna; press cuttings; commemorative albums.

Dates: 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Albums, 1863 - 1989

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 10/2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers include: correspondence; domestic and personal papers; early family correspondence, particularly among ELS's mother's relatives; diaries, including ELS's journals as a liaison officer with the French from the First World War and as Head of the British Mission to de Gaulle during the Second World War; some political papers and military maps; speeches and articles; manuscripts of books and short stories, with literary correspondence and original and copied source material from...
Dates: 1863 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Alfred Ewing and 'Room 40'", 1927, 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WDVS 11/13
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Royal Society reprint of a lecture given in 1927 by Sir [James] Alfred Ewing [head of the Department of the Admiralty dealing with enemy cipher, 1914–17], with an introduction by [Reginald] R V Jones, Joint Editor, Notes and Records of the Royal Society, on the initiation and development of naval cryptography in the First World War.

Dates: 1927; 1979
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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'An Appeal to Truth', 1915-11-24

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Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/12/Lawrence/1
Scope and Contents

A letter addressed by Cardinal Mercier, Archibishop of Malines, and the Bishops of Belgium, to the Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops of Germany, Bavaria and Austria-Hungary. Printed pamphlet.

Dates: Publication: 1915-11-24
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Annotated Map Centred on Voormezeele, Belgium, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/1058/CLE/2/1
Scope and Contents

Annotated map, believed to have been owned by McCleland and used during his time fighting in Belgium in the First World War.

Dates: 1914
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Articles, 1916 - 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/91
Scope and Contents

Annotated articles, including: "The German Emperor: the responsibility of William II"; "Prince Bülow on Peace"; "Der deutsche Kanzler und der Kriegsausbruch" (The German Chancellor and the outbreak of war); review of "Turkey and the War"; "The Frankfurter Zeitung on Herr von Bethmann Hollweg".

Dates: 1916 - 1917
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 7/4
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Typescript texts and drafts on subjects including: the memoirs of Marshal Ferdinand Foch; whether generals were human; relations between Britain and France; ELS’s experiences with the French army in July 1914; spies in the First World War and the bombardment of Paris; the law on suicide pacts; Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg; French disarmament; various book reviews, including the memoirs of Raymond Poincare.

Dates: 1931
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles, 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 7/5
Scope and Contents

Typescript texts and drafts on subjects including: Paul Painleve; ELS’s experiences with the French army in July 1914; Aristide Briand; Parliament and the public purse; towards an Anglo-French understanding; storm clouds in Europe, on relations between France and Germany; review of the memoirs of Marshal Joseph Joffre; review of "Escapers All" on the stories of escaped prisoners of war; the peace-keeping role of an international air force; Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg.

Dates: 1932
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles, 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 7/19
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Typescript and manuscript texts and drafts on subjects including: the mutinies of French soldiers in 1917; the career of Sir Winston Churchill; relations between Britain and France over Syria and Lebanon during the war; the Arab world today; Major-General Sir John Davidson’s book on 1st Lord Haig, "Haig Master of the Field"; the danger of politicians being over-swayed by public opinion.

Dates: 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Autobiography: 'On the Brink of War: Observations upon dangers past and dangers present, with something of the Life and Labours of Sir Leo Chiozza Money' (xi + 925 pp., incomplete), 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9259/I
Scope and Contents Typescript draft with numerous MS corrections and printers' directions. Apparently accepted for publication by George Allen & Unwin, but never printed. According to the list of contents, the last four sections of the final chapter are either incomplete or missing. Occasionally, items of correspondence are used as scrap paper for the draft: (p. 909c): Sutton-on-Derwent, M. H. Pimm to Money, seeking an extract for the 1940 Calendar of Authors' Birthdays, ypescript, signed, 31 July 1939;...
Dates: 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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"Borden Ambulance", 1914 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 10/2/16
Scope and Contents

Album of photographs of MS’s First World War hospital.

Dates: 1914 - 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Cabinet papers, 1915-05 - 1916-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 5/12
Scope and Contents Includes: memorandum by Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on his decision to reconstruct the Government as a coalition; note by Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, on funding the war, with drafts of a note by McKenna on limiting the number of recruits due to the financial situation; comments by [?] 1st Lord Curzon on evidence from Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, and McKenna in support of voluntary recruitment,...
Dates: 1915-05 - 1916-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Cabinet Papers on naval and general First World War subjects, 1910-10 - 1915-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 4/7
Scope and Contents Includes: memorandum by the First Lord of the Admiralty [Winston Churchill] on the formation of a naval War Staff; diary of a visit to Berlin by 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] and his discussions with the German Chancellor [Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg], Kaiser Wilhelm II, Grand-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz [Head of the German Admiralty] and with J Cambon [? French Ambassador to Germany] on the balance of power in Europe, the increase in the British and German fleets,...
Dates: 1910-10 - 1915-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Cabinet papers on naval policy and naval statistics, 1917-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 7/1
Scope and Contents

Includes: memorandum by Winston Churchill on naval war policy, particularly the ineffectiveness of the distant blockade and the Navy's defensive approach, while submarines were attacking commercial shipping, and the advantages of inshore offensives from an overseas base close to Germany, such as the Frisian Islands, Borkum or Sylt; comparative tables for the Anglo-American and German fleets, supplied by Churchill.

Dates: 1917-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.