First World War (1914-1918)
Found in 1502 Collections and/or Records:
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, 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, 1920 - 1923
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.
List of ‘Permanent Staff of the Royal Observatory for the Hundred Years 1811-1910 and from 1910 to date’ [c.1936], 1910 - 1936
Literary., Mar 1927 - Nov 1927
Literary: Articles., 1930
Literary: Articles., 1930
Literary: Articles., 1930
Literary: Articles., 1930
Literary: Articles., 1930
Proofs and offprints of articles by WSC about World War I for Collier's Magazine and the Daily Telegraph including: "Panic in the East" on attacks on Germany by Russian forces; "[Field Marshal von] Ludendorff at Tannenberg" on the Battle of Tannenberg [Stebark, Poland]; "The man who saved Paris [France]" about General [Joseph] Gallieni; "The mystery of the Marne" on the Battle of the Marne [France]; "The mission of Colonel Hentsch" and "Ludendorff's last card".
Literary: Articles 2., Feb 1934 - Aug 1934
Literary: Articles: Daily Mail., Feb 1934 - Sep 1934
Literary: articles, News of the World 1., Jan 1936 - Feb 1936
Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "Great Men of Our Time": "Kitchener" on 1st Lord Kitchener of Khartoum [Sudan]; "Admiral Fisher" on 1st Lord Fisher; "King George V"; "Sir John French" on 1st Lord Ypres; "Douglas Haig" on 1st Lord Haig; "Asquith" on 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith [earlier Herbert Asquith].Also includes: "Truth about the Bacon Letters", a cutting of an article by Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon in answer to WSC's article on Fisher.