First World War (1914-1918)
Found in 1501 Collections and/or Records:
The Papers of Sir John Edward Lennard-Jones
Personal and scientific papers
The Papers of Sir Norman Leslie
Papers about merchant shipping convoys during the First World War
With a letter from Cecilia Mary Leslie about her father's work, 1978
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
The Papers of the 1st Viscount Hood of Catherington and of Rear Admiral Horace Hood
This collection consists of a small group of papers relating to the first Viscount Hood (1724-1816), a larger, mostly personal, group of the papers of Admiral Horace Hood (1870-1916) and the Pocock sketches.
The Papers of the Fairbank family
The papers consist principally of letters, journals and photographs relating to the service of Harold Arthur Thomas Fairbank in the South African War and First World War, and of Thomas John Fairbank in the Second World War.
The Papers of Vice-Admiral John Harper
Some papers relate to the compilation of the official record of the Battle of Jutland
With a list of the papers compiled by David Erskine, 1980.
Also includes biographical material.
The Papers of Vice-Admiral Sir (Arthur) Francis Pridham
The papers consist of 5 volumes of his First World War diaries and 4 files relating to his memoirs.
The Papers of Vice-Admiral Wilfred Tomkinson
Many of the papers relate to the Invergordon Mutiny and Tomkinson's subsequent treatment by the Admiralty. The British attacks on Zeebrugge and Ostend in 1918 also feature in some of the documents. Tomkinson left a large number of photographs which illustrate his naval career and his family life.
The Papers of William Bernard Robinson King
The personal papers of Admiral Sir Sackville Hamilton Carden.
The collection contains papers and correspondence, mainly relating to the period of the First World War, and especially to Carden's involvement in the naval campaign at the Dardanelles.
'The Psychology and Treatment of Insomnia in Fatigue and Allied States' by John T. MacCurdy, 192004
Three issues of The New Europe, with articles by JWHM, 1917-11 - 1918-03
"The internal crisis in Germany" I and II; and "Mittel-Europa Again". Includes typescripts of two of the articles.
Tipperary Club papers, 1915 - 1924
Transcripts of Basil Sanderson's Diaries
Typed transcript of diaries and memoir of Sanderson's time in France during the First World War. Includes a note from Sanderson dated February 1969 explaining that some of the original books had been destroyed by a typist.
Transcripts of diaries, 1914-18, 1918 - 1926
Diaries, photograph albums and some personal papers.
Travelling kitchens of First World War: album, c 1914-18
Horsbrugh was initially based in a kitchen in Chelsea [London], but extended the provision of food to a broader audience with a travelling kitchen via donkey and cart. She offered nutritious food at reasonable prices, with dishes available from 2d to 7d. Her cart was laden with all sorts of food, from sausage-rolls to dumplings and fishcakes.
Two issues of The Nineteenth Century and After, with articles by JWHM, 1916-05 - 1916-07
"The Real Aims of the 'Peaceful' German Nation" and "The German Chancellor and Peace".
"Two men who saved France": text, 1966
Text of ELS’s "Petain and the French Mutinies".
"Two men who saved France": texts, 1966
Texts of "General Petain in 1917" [incomplete] and "General de Gaulle in 1940".
Typescript copies of letters to Lady Diana from Raymond Asquith, 1913-08 - 1916-09
Includes one original letter.
Typescripts and proofs of articles on Germany for The New Europe, 1918-04 - 1918-11
"Revolution and Reaction in Germany"; "Germany and Revolution"; "Germany in Defeat"; "Cross Currents in Germany"; "Germany in Dissolution".
U-boats in World War I, 1940-08 - 1945-08
Reports and diagrams.
"Une crise morale de la Nation Française en Guerre", 1926
Paper written by Marshal Philippe Petain on the events of 16 April-23 October 1917, particularly on the spread of pacifism in France, lack of morale, strategic errors and mutinies among the French troops. Later published in ELS’s "Two men who saved France".
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to C. in C,. The Nore, on need to send the three Monitors to the Mediterranean with all despatch [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
Telegram from Admiralty Press Bureau to Admiralty Chief Censor, on report by Central News correspondent, Dover, that a German submarine had been caught in anti-submarine nets in the Straits of Dover [typescript copy].