First World War (1914-1918)
Found in 1466 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Fisher to George Lambert and papers collected by Lambert, 1901 - 1971
Letters from Fisher to Lambert [Civil Lord of the Admiralty], papers relating to Fisher's part in the Dardanelles Inquiry, other letters and papers by Fisher, and correspondence with Fisher's friends on his letters, collected by Lambert as Fisher’s literary executor, for use in his biography.
Letters from Indian Army Troops
English translations by D.C. Phillott of letters from Indian Army troops serving in Palestine.
Letters from Lady Gwendeline ("Goonie") to Jack Churchill and Peregrine Churchill, 1914 - 1940
Letters from Maurice and Adeline Hankey to Robin Hankey and Ursula Hankey [later Benn], 1919-02-17 - 1919-04
Subjects covered include: a trip to France including visits to St Germain and the battlefield at Chemin des Dames and [Georges] Clemenceau's shooting.
Letters from Maurice to Adeline Hankey, 1917-07-03 - 1917-07-26
Subjects covered include: Maurice's trip to Rome [Italy]; his work for David Lloyd George [Prime Minister] and the War Cabinet; concern that the War Cabinet is overburdened; hopes to return home; meeting the [8th] Duke of Rutland; and Maurice's influential report on the Admiralty.
Letters from Maurice to Adeline Hankey, 1917-08-07 - 1917-09-05
Subjects covered include: a diary of one of Maurice's typical days, the workload of the War Cabinet, his hopes to return home and account of an air raid.
'Letters Home from Members of Cambridge University in the War, 2014-12
Within the volume is one letter from Alston, written from Germany.
Letters on ELS, 1971-05 - 1972-10
Letters to Beatrice Bateson, 1917-1918, 1917 & Jan. 1918
Includes letters sent by Bateson from France and England. Some are written on the back of torn pages from the Journal of Genetics (items 10-11 & 13-14). Two 1918 letters are on paper headed ‘Y.M.C.A. On Active Service with the British Expeditionary Force’ (items 15 [15:1r] and 20 [20:1r]).
Letters to Edgar W. Cox, 16 Jun 1912 - 30 Apr 1915
Letters to ELS, 1913 - 1917
Letters to ELS, 1918-01 - 1918-10
Love letters from MS to ELS with other subjects including her recuperation [from a miscarriage] and divorce negotiations with her former husband [George] Douglas Turner.
Letters to Gregory, John and Martin Bateson: originals, 1911-1925
Letters to Gregory, John and Martin Bateson: transcripts, 1911-1925
Transcripts of the letters from William Bateson to his sons which are catalogued at [MS Add.8634/A.26]. Contents of an envelope.
The transcript for the letter to John dated 25 Sep. 1918 is annotated with a note stating that the letter was found in John’s breast pocket when he was killed (item 3 [3:2]). The transcripts also include two additional letters to Gregory dated 22-23 Apr. 1922 informing him of Martin’s suicide (items 6-7 [6:1]).
Letters to Lady Gwendeline Churchill ("Goonie"), 1915 - 1934
Letters to Lady Wester Wemyss, 1920 - 1923
Letters to Lady Wester Wemyss, 1917-08 - 1919-11
Written from The Berkeley Hotel in London, the British Delegation in Paris and the North British Station Hotel in Edinburgh.
Subjects include the renting of a house in London, the death of Nicholas II of Russia, the conference at Versailles to establish the terms of the 1918 armistice, the train journey during which the armistice was signed, the subsequent Paris Peace Conference of 1919, Wemyss leaving office and the reaction of the press to the sinking of interred German ships.
Letters to Lady Wester Wemyss, "Codda", "Puss Cat", "Cat", 1914 - 1919
Includes some letters to and from their daughter.
Letters to McKenna and Pamela McKenna, 1915-05 - 1915-12
Letters to McKenna and Pamela McKenna, 1916-04 - 1917-12
Letters to McKenna and Pamela McKenna, 1910-08 - 1918-08
Letters to Pamela McKenna, 1914-01 - 1914-12
Lieutenant F. B. Turner: letters to his father F. B. Turner (Deputy Commissioner, Raipur, India)
The collection is comprised of 36 letters and telegrams, written between March 1918 and February 1919, to his father in India, describing his experiences as an artillery signalling officer in Flanders, during the last year of the First World War.
"Life and Times of General Sir Philip Christison: an Autobiography", 1986
Includes early history of the Christison Family as well as Christison's account of his career.