First World War (1914-1918)
Found in 1462 Collections and/or Records:
Staff College lectures, 1932
Including: "The Battle of the Dogger Bank", 13 May 1932; "Mediterranean 1914 I", 8 February 1932; "Mediterranean 1914 II", 15 February 1932; "Mediterranean 1914 III", 18 February 1932; "The Battle of the Dogger Bank", for the Junior Officers' War Course, 11 July 1932.
"The artillery at Passchendaele: (From Artillery Accounts)", [1926]
The Bickersteth War Diaries and the Papers of John Burgon Bickersteth
The 17 volumes cover both World Wars and comprise letters home from the front, accounts of particular events by individual family members, photographs and postcards as well as newspaper clippings and telegrams. They provide a unique perspective on the war years both from those who fought abroad and those who remained at home in Canterbury.
The papers of John Bickersteth are photocopies of correspondence and reports to Maurice Hankey on Canadian affairs (1932 - 1940).
The General's Stories, 1925-08 - 1970
"The German Chancellor and the Outbreak of War", 1917
'The Great War and How it arose', 1915
Pamphlet produced by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee.
The Killing Ground: The British Army, the Western Front and the Emergence of Modern Warfare, 1900-18.
Annotated typescript.
"The Maurice Case": A J P Taylor and Sir Dingle Foot, 1964 - 1967
Correspondence between Nancy Maurice [later Nancy, Lady Spears], Taylor and Foot, with cuttings of letters to the press by Taylor and Foot on the Maurice case. Other correspondents include John Junor, Editor of the Sunday Express.
"The Maurice Case": biographical material, 1918 - 1968
Cuttings etc on the life and career of Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice and the Maurice case, including copies of cabinet papers on the military situation, December 1917- January 1918.
"The Maurice Case": copies from John Terraine, 1967
Includes draft of chapter 3, "The Story of the Crisis of May, 1918", and the foreword, corrected by Terraine, with copies of source material.
"The Maurice Case": correspondence with the Dictionary of National Biography, 1967 - 1968
Correspondence, mainly between Nancy Maurice [later Nancy, Lady Spears], Edgar Williams, Editor of the Dictionary and Major-General Sir John Kennedy, author of the entry for Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice. Other correspondents include: Roy Jenkins; Sir Colin Coote (3).
"The Maurice Case": Frances Stevenson, 1956 - 1968
Correspondence between Nancy Maurice [later Nancy, Lady Spears] and Frances, Lady Lloyd George [earlier Frances Stevenson], on her chapter on the Maurice case in her autobiography, "The Years that are Past". Other correspondents include: Sir Harry Verney; George Hutchinson, Managing Director of the Spectator.
Also includes letters from Nancy Maurice published in the Spectator on the destruction of War Office papers prior to the Maurice case.
"The Maurice Case": Papa, 1951 - 1964
The Memoirs of Oliver Woodward
"My Story of the Great War 1916-18" is an early collection of memoirs about Woodward's experiences in the Australian army during the First World War.
The original Charter of Room 40, 1914-11-08 - 1914-11-09
Draft minute drawn up by [Edward Marsh, Private Secretary to Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty] and annotated by Churchill and [?] Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] drawing up the system for continuous monitoring and analysis of de-coded German signals, with memorandum from the director of naval intelligence, Captain [William] Reginald Hall, to Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver, Chief of Admiralty War Staff, adding his proposals.
The Papers of 1st Lord Fisher of Kilverstone
The Papers of Admiral John Henry Godfrey
The Papers of Admiral Sir Charles Daniel
The papers consist of Daniel's diaries while serving with HMS Orion, 1914-16, and orders and signals on the surrender of the German Fleet in 1918.
The Papers of Admiral Sir Henry Ralph Crooke
Admiral Crooke's papers chiefly consist of a long series of pocket diaries belonging to himself and his wife, and photograph albums which cover most of Crooke's naval career, also including assorted items of memorabilia.
The Papers of Admiral Sir John de Robeck
This collection consists of De Robeck's naval, official and personal papers. The naval and official papers include Midshipman's Logs, correspondence and Fleet orders. The personal papers include correspondence and diaries.
The Papers of Admiral Sir Reginald Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
The Drax Papers mainly consist of naval files. These date mostly from the First World War and before, and also include a large number of intelligence reports, some from the First World War, but the majority dating from the Second World War. The papers also include articles and lectures by Plunkett on naval themes, with some publications.
The Papers of Admiral Sir (William) Reginald Hall
Memoirs and papers, 1915-42, additional papers, 1851-1911, and correspondence, 1939-1943.
The Papers of Adrian Grant Duff
Correspondence, 1905-14.
With photocopies of diaries, 1910-13, and photocopies of correspondence, 1912-14.
Also with photocopies of letters to Ursula Grant Duff, 1914, 1919, 1922 and 1930.
The Papers of Air Vice-Marshal Stanley Vincent
The papers consist of drafts for Vincent's autobiography, Flying Fever, with correspondence on its publication.
The Papers of Alexander Guthrie Denniston
This collection consists of letters and accounts of Denniston's code-breaking work in Naval Intelligence in both World Wars and of the setting up of Room 40. There are several photographs of Denniston in Naval uniform and some of the Royal Naval College at Osborne.