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First World War (1914-1918)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1497 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 16 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/106
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Telegram from French Naval Attache, Admiralty, London to Ministry of Marie, Paris, passing on Admiralty request for details of organisation of patrols of light cruisers and torpedo craft of the First Fleet in the Mediterranean [typescript copy].

Dates: 16 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/107
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Telegram from Admiralty to Admiral Superintendent, Malta, requesting proposals for closing down enemy submarine bases [typescript.

Dates: 16 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/108
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Admiralty Chief Censor's Intercepted Message from [?James] Bourchier, Sofia to "The Times", London [typescript copy].

Dates: 16 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/109
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Telegram from Admiral Superintendent, Malta to Admiralty, on German submarine depots in the Mediterranean [typescript copy].

Dates: 17 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/110
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Telegram from French Ministry of Marine, Paris to French Naval Attache, Admiralty, on French anti-submarine precautions in the Mediterranean [typescript copy].

Dates: 17 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/111
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Telegram from French Ministry of Marine to WSC, on anti-submarine operations in the Mediterranean [typescript copy].

Dates: 17 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 18 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/112
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Telegram from Admiral Superintendent, Malta to Admiralty, on possibility of all large German submarines being transferred to the Mediterranean [typescript copy].

Dates: 18 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/113
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Telegram from Admiralty to Admiral Superintendent, Malta, on possibility of all large German submarines being transferred to the Mediterranean, stating that the additional destroyers could be spared from Home Waters [typescript copy].

Dates: 18 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/114
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Telegram from French Ministry of Marine to Admiralty, reporting that three German steamships, which had been a Genoa since the outbreak of war, were getting ready for sea. Stating that the ships were not armed, but could mount light guns once out at sea [typescript copy].

Dates: 18 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/115
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Telegram from French Ministry of Marine to French Naval Attacht, Admiralty, London, on anti-submarine operations in the Mediterranean [typescript copy].

Dates: 19 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/116
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Admiralty Chief Censor's intercepted message from Chiesi, 16 Park Hill Rise, Croydon to Secolo, Corso Porta Nuova, Milan, Italy, on reports that Italy had signed the London Convention of 4 Sept 1914, engaging the Allies not to conclude a separate peace with Germany or Austria [typescript copy].

Dates: 19 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/117
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Admiralty Chief Censor's intercepted message from [George] Adam, [Paris correspondent to the Times] (Presse, Paris [France]) to "The Times", London, on Italian declaration of War on Germany. [typescript copy].

Dates: 20 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/118
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Admiralty Chief Censor's intercepted message from Glarnar, Paris to Exchange Telegraph Co., London, on rumour that Greece and Bulgaria intended to conclude a separate alliance with the object of marching on Costantinople [Istanbul], leaving Romania free to attack Austria [typescript copy].

Dates: 21 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/119
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Telegram from Admiralty to Admiral Superintendent, Malta, on allied Naval co-operation in the Mediterranean [typescript copy].

Dates: 22 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/120
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Telegram from Admiralty to Intelligence Officer, Malta, report from Russian Consul General at Salonica that hostile submarines were based on Cerigo Island, and the desert coast of one of the Ionian Islands. Stating that the Russian Government felt that these rumours were spread by German agents with a view to diverting a portion of the Allied Fleet [typescript copy].

Dates: 24 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/127
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Telegram from Sir Rennell Rodd [later 1st Lord Rennell], British Ambassador, Italy, to Foreign Office, announcing blockade of the Austro-Hungarian coast from the Italian frontier to the Montenegrin frontier, and of the Albanian coast from the Montenegrin frontier to Cape Kiephali [typescript copy].

Dates: 27 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/128
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Telegram from Admiralty to French Ministry of Marine, on German use of Smyrna as a submarine base [typescript copy].

Dates: 28 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/129
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Telegram from Sir Rennell Rodd [later 1st Lord Rennell], British Ambassador, Italy, to Admiralty on Italian naval losses [typescript copy].

Dates: 29 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/66/130
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Telegram from Vice Admiral John De Robeck, Dardanelles to Admiralty, on german submarine menace in the Aegean Sea [typescript copy].

Dates: 29 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/47/61
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on complaints from Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War] about responsibility for Naval units serving with the Army on the Western Front. [Hand-written draft, unsigned].

Dates: 17 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/48/24-25
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], on fixing a date for the military attack on the Dardanelles, and approving the choice of General Sir Ian Hamilton as Commander-in-Chief. [Typescript copy; further copy at CHAR 13/48/30-32].

Dates: 04 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/48/37
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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], stating that Eleutherios Venizelos [Prime Minister of Greece] should be told that the Royal Navy intended to force the Dardanelles without military assistance. If so, the Turks on the Gallipoli peninsula would be cut off and could be reduced at leisure, and Greek military movements should be decided in relation to these facts. [Hand-written, initialled by WSC, annotated "not sent"].

Dates: 04 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/48/41-45
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], on the transport of troops from Egypt to the Dardanelles, and the results for reinforcements for India and Iraq. WSC also mentions the claims of Russia on Constantinople [later Istanbul, Turkey] and progress in attacks on forts in the Dardanelles. [2 copies].

Dates: 06 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/48/74-75
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Letter from Frederick Butler [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies] to James Masterton-Smith [Private Secretary to WSC], on the concerns of the Australian Government at the detention of Australian transports for special service at the Dardanelles.

Dates: 11 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/48/76
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] on the importance of General Sir Ian Hamilton [Commander, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force] getting to Lemnos [Greece] at the earliest possible moment, as naval operations [at the Dardanelles] might depend on military assistance at any time. [Hand-written copy].

Dates: 11 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open