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First World War (1914-1918)

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Found in 1520 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 05 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/97/10-12
Scope and Contents Typescript copy of a letter from WSC to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith] agreeing with Colonel [Maurice] Hankey's comments on "special mechanical devices for taking trenches"; describing the impact of trench warfare on military theory and weapons; urging the deployment of steam tractors equipped with armoured shelters, trials of "shields on wheels", systematic use of artificial smoke, and stressing the importance of swift development and production of new weapons. Unsigned annotated with...
Dates: 05 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Ministry of Munitions / Official: Munitions.
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Untitled (Thessaly and Macedonia, British School at Athens), 1913-1917

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/AJBW/3/27
Dates: 1913-1917
Found in: University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives / Wace: The Papers of Alan John Bayard Wace (1879-1957), archaeologist / Photographic
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Various correspondence, 1912 - 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/15
Scope and Contents Letters to Clementine from: Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on her health and thanking her for her hospitality (2); [Emma] Margot Asquith, congratulating her on her letter to the Times ["Ought not women to be abolished?" in answer to Sir Almroth Wright's article "Should women have votes?"]; Sir Edward Grey complimenting her on her hunting, on his pleasure at staying in the Churchills' house in Eccleston Square [London], 1913, on the birth of Sarah Churchill [later Sarah...
Dates: 1912 - 1914
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Digital copies of CSCT 1 are available, while CSCT 5/1-10 are available online (see the individual sections for more information).
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell / Lady Spencer-Churchill's correspondence and personal papers
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Vol. 1 Westminster Gazette and elsewhere, 1914-09-01 - 1915-06-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 3/1
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Arthur Hungerford Pollen / Newspaper Cutting Books
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Vol. 2 Westminster Gazette and elsewhere, 1914-08-08 - 1916-06-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 3/2
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Arthur Hungerford Pollen / Newspaper Cutting Books
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Vol. 3, 1915-04-18 - 1916-04-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 3/3
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Arthur Hungerford Pollen / Newspaper Cutting Books
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Vol. 4. Battle of Jutland, 1916-05-27 - 1916-12-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 3/4
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Arthur Hungerford Pollen / Newspaper Cutting Books
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Vol. 5, 1918-03-10 - 1920-10-31

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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Arthur Hungerford Pollen / Newspaper Cutting Books
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Walter Neill: Correspondence and papers

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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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library
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War, 1914 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/RBTN 3/4
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Official papers on the First World War, including: telegram announcing the outbreak of war; proclamation by King George V on trading with the enemy; printed despatch on the rupture of relations with Germany; letter from the captain of HMS Glasgow to MAR on sailing south for the Battle of the Falkland Islands; letter from Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] to MAR officially passing on the thanks of the Admiralty to him for his help to the Navy.

Dates: 1914 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Malcolm Robertson / Foreign Office
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'War Neuroses' by John T. MacCurdy, 191707

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Reference Code: GBR/3377/JTMacC/2/8
Dates: 191707
Found in: Department of Psychology / The papers of J T MacCurdy / Off-prints of articles in scholarly journals
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War Service, 1917 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/590/WBRK/02
Dates: 1917 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. The Collections Research Centre [West Cambridge] is open from Monday to Friday, 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00. A prior appointment made at least two weeks in advance, and one form of identification is required.
Found in: Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences / The Papers of William Bernard Robinson King
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"Wearing soldier's shrapnel helmet", 1916-02-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/68
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Photo shows WSC wearing a mackintosh and Sam Browne belt and metal helmet.

Dates: 1916-02-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Broadwater Collection / Photograph albums / "Winston S. Churchill: A record of seventy-seven glorious years"
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"With Channel Cruiser Squadron", 1914 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WMYS 7/11/1
Scope and Contents Written from Cowley House in Uxbridge, Admiralty House in Devonport, H.M.S. Charybdis, H.M.S. Euryalus and H.M.S. Diana. Subjects include German plans regarding territory, Italy's possible neutrality, Wemyss' own hopes for an end to the use of submarines, mines and military air ships in warfare, Wemyss' view of Sir Winston Churchill's abilities, the Dardanelles campaign, the repulsion of the Germans from Warsaw by the Russians and Wemyss' difficulty in feeling glad at German...
Dates: 1914 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Wester Wemyss / Lord Wester Wemyss's letters to his wife / Letters to Lady Wester Wemyss, "Codda", "Puss Cat", "Cat"
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"With Grenadiers in France, 1916", 1915-12-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 2/56
Scope and Contents Group photograph of WSC with officers of the French 33rd Corps, on the French front line near Arras during the First World War. WSC is standing in the centre of the group, in uniform, carrying a cane and wearing a steel "poilu" helmet [given to him by the French]; to his left, in the dark jacket, is General Emile Fayolle, commander of the 33rd Corps; third from the left of the group, wearing a cap, is Captain Edward Spiers [later Edward Spears, liaison officer with the French], and just...
Dates: 1915-12-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Broadwater Collection / Photograph albums / Winston S. Churchill: Childhood and Early Career, "Album no. 1"
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World War 1 and aftermath, 1912 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLGF 3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection includes: letters collected by Leslie while working on the biography of Beatty, notes by him, and extracts from a diary, and his manuscript and typescript drafts; letters dealing both with the production of "The Epic of Jutland" and its reception; and letters from Beatty to Eugenie Godfrey Faussett.

Dates: 1912 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / "The Shane Leslie-Godfrey Faussett Archive"
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World War I, 1916 - 1968

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BLGN 1/2
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Includes typescript of memoir of service in 2nd Battalion HAC in France and Italy 1916-18; correspondence with Chief Postal Censor about transmission of manuscript 1917; commission as 2nd Lieutenant, The Dorsetshire Regiment, 15 Aug 1918; Trench Map, sheet 57B North-East, near Le Cateau 29 Sep 1918; French Identity Card; demobilization papers 1919-20; envelope of French Ration Cards (undated); typescript of draft of HMS's contribution to "Promise of Greatness" (Cassell, 1968).

Dates: 1916 - 1968
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of (Harold) Montgomery Belgion / Family Records and World War I
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World War I, 1916 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FWCT 1
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Photographs relating to the Battle of Jutland and correspondence on Fawcett's account of the battle.

Dates: 1916 - 1921
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Harold William Fawcett
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World War I, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TERY 1/1
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Photographs of the entire captured German Fleet at Scapa Flow, taken by [Midshipman] Charles Terry on the day before the Fleet was scuttled.

Dates: 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Major Charles Terry
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World War I: nursing, 1914-09 - 1914-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/16
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Letters from Nellie Hozier [later Nellie Romilly] to her mother Lady Blanche Hozier and to Clementine while on active service, nursing in the hospital in Mons [Belgium] as a prisoner-of-war. Also includes a letter from Lady Blanche to Mrs Cazelet begging for funds for the hospital.

Dates: 1914-09 - 1914-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Digital copies of CSCT 1 are available, while CSCT 5/1-10 are available online (see the individual sections for more information).
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell / Lady Spencer-Churchill's correspondence and personal papers

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