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First World War (1914-1918)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1459 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 24 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/36/56
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Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the Admiralty's desire to defend Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne [France] as long as possible. [Carbon].

Dates: 24 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/36/57
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Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on bad military news from France, asking him to consider the possibility of Germany controlling Calais and the French coasts. [Carbon].

Dates: 24 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/36/58
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Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on military news from France, reporting that the general impression was more favourable. [Carbon].

Dates: 25 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/36/59
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Telegram from Admiralty to Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleets [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], on the decision to send the Naval Division to defend Ostend [Belgium]. Initialled by Vice-Admiral Sir [Frederick] Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff]. [Carbon].

Dates: 26 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/36/63
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Telegram from the Ministry of Marine, Paris [France] to Admiralty, on the transport of 16,000 Belgian troops from Le Havre to Ostend [Belgium]. Includes replies from Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick]) Doveton Sturdee [Chief of Staff, Admiralty], Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and WSC. [Carbon].

Dates: 28 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/36/78-79
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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary, [Sir (William) Graham Greene], 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Vice-Admiral Sir (Frederick) Doveton Sturdee] on the deployment of the Marine Brigade in Ostend [Belgium]. [Carbon].

Dates: 25 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/36/80
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Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary, Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene], with orders for Colonel Sir George Aston, Royal Marine Brigade, ordering him to occupy and fortify Ostend [Belgium], to create a diversion favourable to the Belgians advancing from Antwerp, and to threaten the western flank of the German southward advance; also giving him the temporary rank of Brigadier-General. [Carbon].

Dates: 25 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/36/81
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Report from H W Wilson, correspondent for the Daily Mail, on the situation in Ostend [Belgium], following the removal of the garrison to Antwerp. [Carbon].

Dates: 25 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Dec 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27A/45-49
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Field Marshal Sir John French [Chief of Imperial General Staff, later 1st Lord Ypres], on a naval bombardment to support the advance of the Army on Ostende, Belgium, suggesting that the Navy attack Zeebrugge, the base of the German submarines, at the same time. Also includes Admiralty memorandum sketching out naval support for the army. [Hand-written drafts, initialled by WSC].

Dates: 10 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Dec 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27A/52-55
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Letter from Field Marshal Sir John French [Chief of Imperial General Staff, later 1st Lord Ypres] (Headquarters, British Army) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] asking about the possible use of armoured boats on the canals. [Hand-written, signed by French, and initialled by WSC].

Dates: 11 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27A/56
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Letter from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, to Field Marshal Sir John French [Chief of Imperial General Staff, later 1st Lord Ypres] on his request for armed craft for service on the canals. [Hand-written copy, signed by WSC].

Dates: 13 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Dec 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27A/60
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John French [Chief of Imperial General Staff, later 1st Lord Ypres] to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], stating that the naval support of the Army's attack on Ostende [Belgium] had been "most useful". French recommends that the same co-operation be given the next day, with note by WSC, confirming that naval co-operation would be continued. [Initialled by WSC].

Dates: 15 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Dec 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27A/61
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Telegram from Field Marshal Sir John French [Chief of Imperial General Staff, later 1st Lord Ypres] to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], stating that the advance along the Belgian coast from Nieuport was not as fast as hoped, and asking for surprise bombardment by monitor and big gun ships. [Typescript copy].

Dates: 26 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27B/28
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Telegram from the Supreme Commander of the Russian Armies [the Grand Duke Nicholas] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, accepting in principle the offer of assistance from the Royal Navy to a Russian Army landing on the North German Coast, if the British fleet gained command of the Baltic Sea. [Typescript copy].

Dates: 24 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27B/29
Scope and Contents Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], and Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], on naval power in the Baltic. WSC points out that the destruction of the Austrian Navy or the accession to Britain's side of Italy and Greece would enable two fleets to be maintained, each superior to Germany, one of which could be placed in the Baltic. [Hand-written,...
Dates: 25 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Aug 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27B/30
Scope and Contents Memorandum by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval strength in the Baltic, stating that the Kiel Canal gave Germany the power of putting their whole naval force in the North Sea or the Baltic. He adds that the Royal Navy was not strong enough to provide two fleets, each individually superior to the German Fleet, and that the Admiralty could not obtain the naval command of the Baltic until either a decisive general battle had been won at sea or the Kiel canal was effectively blocked....
Dates: 19 Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Sep 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/27B/39-40
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War] on the need for artillery on the Western Front, suggesting that territorial batteries be sent to India, and regular artillery brought home: "It is an awful pity to leave these splendid batteries keeping order among natives when trained artillery is our bitterest need. I think myself that every regular battery in India except mountain, ought to come home and be replaced by...
Dates: 02 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/34/2
Scope and Contents

Map of the Western Front, with forts and defences marked: scale 1:70,000.

Dates: 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1914

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/34/3
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Map of the area surrounding Antwerp [Belgium], showing Allied defences, scale 1:40,000.

Dates: 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Vol. 1 Westminster Gazette and elsewhere, 1914-09-01 - 1915-06-25

Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 3/1
Scope and Contents

Wartime articles kept by A.H.P.'s secretary.

Dates: 1914-09-01 - 1915-06-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Vol. 2 Westminster Gazette and elsewhere, 1914-08-08 - 1916-06-04

Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 3/2
Scope and Contents

Wartime articles kept by A.H.P.'s secretary.

Dates: 1914-08-08 - 1916-06-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Vol. 3, 1915-04-18 - 1916-04-02

Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 3/3
Scope and Contents

Wartime articles kept by A.H.P.'s secretary.

Dates: 1915-04-18 - 1916-04-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Vol. 4. Battle of Jutland, 1916-05-27 - 1916-12-26

Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 3/4
Scope and Contents

Wartime articles kept by A.H.P.'s secretary.

Dates: 1916-05-27 - 1916-12-26
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Vol. 5, 1918-03-10 - 1920-10-31

Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 3/5
Scope and Contents

Wartime articles kept by A.H.P.'s secretary.

Dates: 1918-03-10 - 1920-10-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

Walter Neill: Correspondence and papers

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9876
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Letters written by WN to friends and family from the Far East, Germany and Holland whilst interned during the First World War; notes describing the riots in Hankow, 1927; photographs of China.

Dates: 1905-1927
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).