First World War (1914-1918)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 1472 Collections and/or Records:
File
Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry: final prints of the statement by WSC on operations to the end of the first phase. Includes 4 copies of the statement., 1916
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/80
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers in this class relate to WSC's activities as a person in public life other than those as MP for a particular constituency or as a Minister, and the class inevitably forms a miscellany of papers of widely differing kinds and value. They include notes and correspondence with colleagues, acquaintances, and the general public, on topics of contemporary general interest, on party political matters, and on appointments to various positions, together with invitations to speak at meetings...
Dates:
1916
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
File
Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry: printed proofs of statement by WSC on operations to the end of the first phase., 1916
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/79
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers in this class relate to WSC's activities as a person in public life other than those as MP for a particular constituency or as a Minister, and the class inevitably forms a miscellany of papers of widely differing kinds and value. They include notes and correspondence with colleagues, acquaintances, and the general public, on topics of contemporary general interest, on party political matters, and on appointments to various positions, together with invitations to speak at meetings...
Dates:
1916
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
File
Diary, 1913-01 - 1914-11
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 7/12
Scope and Contents
Bound typescript.
Dates:
1913-01 - 1914-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
AMEL 7/54-97: for all pocket diaries, Conservation must be consulted before issuing.
File
Diary, 1917-01 - 1917-12
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 7/13
Scope and Contents
Bound typescript.
Dates:
1917-01 - 1917-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
AMEL 7/54-97: for all pocket diaries, Conservation must be consulted before issuing.
File
Diary, 1918-01 - 1918-12
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 7/14
Scope and Contents
Bound typescript.
Dates:
1918-01 - 1918-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
AMEL 7/54-97: for all pocket diaries, Conservation must be consulted before issuing.
File
Diary, 1914-08-01 - 1914-09-20
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/1
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Endymion.
With diagrams, press cuttings and a photograph of HMS Endymion.
Dates:
1914-08-01 - 1914-09-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1914-09-21 - 1914-11-22
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/2
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Endymion.
With press cuttings and diagrams.
Dates:
1914-09-21 - 1914-11-22
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1914-12-21 - 1915-04-04
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/3
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Thunderer and HMS Dreadnought.
With diagrams.
Dates:
1914-12-21 - 1915-04-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1915-04-05 - 1915-08-22
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/4
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Dreadnought.
With diagrams.
Dates:
1915-04-05 - 1915-08-22
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1915-08-23 - 1915-12-30
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/5
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Dreadnought.
With diagrams and a photograph of HMS Argyll alongside a jetty.
Dates:
1915-08-23 - 1915-12-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1915-12-30 - 1916-04-30
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/6
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Dreadnought, HMS Godetia and HMS Daphne, and including a brief period of illness.
With coloured sketches, diagrams and press cuttings.
Dates:
1915-12-30 - 1916-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1916-06-12 - 1916-08-02
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/7
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Devonshire.
With photographs, sketches and diagrams.
Dates:
1916-06-12 - 1916-08-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1916-08-11 - 1917-03-09
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/8
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Devonshire and HMS Courageous.
With photographs, diagrams and sketches.
Dates:
1916-08-11 - 1917-03-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1917-04-14 - 1917-11-06
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/9
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Courageous.
With diagrams and photographs.
Dates:
1917-04-14 - 1917-11-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1917-11-07 - 1918-04-21
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/10
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Courageous and HMS Indomitable.
With photographs, sketches, diagrams and copies of signals.
Dates:
1917-11-07 - 1918-04-21
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1918-05-13 - 1919-01-09
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HRPR 1/11
Scope and Contents
Written on board HMS Indomitable.
With coloured sketches, diagrams, copy signals, and various programmes, including programmes for concerts, cinema and a regatta.
Dates:
1918-05-13 - 1919-01-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1914-04-06 - 1914-08-20
Reference Code: GBR/0014/LASL 1/1/11
Scope and Contents
Entries describing a tour of Argentina, principally to study the railways; the deteriorating international situation leading to outbreak of war; and his return to join the Bedfordshire Yeomanry.
Dates:
1914-04-06 - 1914-08-20
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Permission to consult CLOSED material within the Lascelles papers (LASL 1/2/1-6; and sections of LASL 2-4) and the catalogue describing the closed material must be obtained from the Royal Archives. The remainder of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1918-11-07 - 1919-08-11
Reference Code: GBR/0014/LASL 1/1/12
Scope and Contents
Entries describing experiences at the end of the war in France and Germany; and social, political and personal activities in India.
Dates:
1918-11-07 - 1919-08-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Permission to consult CLOSED material within the Lascelles papers (LASL 1/2/1-6; and sections of LASL 2-4) and the catalogue describing the closed material must be obtained from the Royal Archives. The remainder of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
Dougall: Eric Stuart Dougall
Reference Code: GBR/1058/DOU
Dates:
c. 1915-2006
Found in:
Pembroke College Library
/
Dougall: Eric Stuart Dougall
File
Draft essay
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SDEE 1/18
Scope and Contents
Titled "Some Reminiscences of the War, 1914-18".
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
"East Indian Command", 1916-01 - 1917-07
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WMYS 7/11/3
Scope and Contents
Written from the British Residency at Cairo and the Residency at Alexandria in Egypt, Viceregal Lodge at Simla in India, Queen's House, Colombo in Sri Lanka, the Yacht 'North Star', The Palace at Khartoum in Sudan and The Berkeley Hotel in London.
Subjects include the difficulties of taking up a new command, the defence of the Suez Canal, the education of their daughter, the Hon. Alice Elizabeth Millicent Erskine-Wemyss, "the kitten" [later Alice Cunnack], the aftermath of...
Dates:
1916-01 - 1917-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Eastern affairs: War, 1914 - 1918
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 9
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports and papers, particularly from the Dardanelles and Arabia, including a diary of a journey with T. E. Lawrence ['Lawrence of Arabia', later T. E. Shaw].
Dates:
1914 - 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Edgar Gaston Furtado Abraham: Papers
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7928
Scope and Contents
I. Files accumulated by Abraham as an Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet from January 1918, mainly relating to the Peace Conference of 1919, and containing principally sets of printed or duplicated minutes, memoranda, etc., and nothing of an unofficial or personal nature. War Cabinet: Eastern Committee (E.C.) Minutes, 28 Mar. 1918 - 7 Jan. 1919. War Cabinet, E.C. Meetings, Shorthand Notes, 16-30 Dec. 1918. Draft minutes only, the final version being in the previous file. Supreme War...
Dates:
1890-1955 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Edward Dent: Letters to him
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973
Scope and Contents
The collection consists almost exclusively of letters received by Dent between 1914 and 1918, and probably sorted and weeded by him subsequently. Several letters have been endorsed by Dent with identifications and comments, and he has also supplied biographical notes on most of the correspondents, although these are not always reliable. The letters reflect Dent's heavy involvement in the teaching of music in Cambridge during the First World War, and his work on the translation of hitherto...
Dates:
1950 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
File
Edward Walter Maunder, 'The Stars as Guides for Night Marching' (Charles H. Kelly; London, 1916), 1916
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 205/6/D/8
Scope and Contents
The final page and back fly leaf have annotations which include a table of calculations. A letter from Captain F.A. Osbourn, The Royal Army Medical Corps (2 D.A.C., B E 7) to [Edward Walter Maunder, no place given], 7 September 1916, was enclosed and is now stored in a separate envelope. Captain Osbourn was at the frontline, using 'The Stars as Guides for Night Marching', and felt Maunder should advertise the book more.
Dates:
1916
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).