First World War (1914-1918)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 1434 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Series
Louis Raymond Alston (1894-1969), 2014-12
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/1/Alston
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Material relating to those with a surname beginning 'A'.
Dates:
2014-12
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Manuscript report entitled "Aeroplanes and Seaplanes" written on Admiralty headed paper, describing a crisis in the management of the Air Service by the Sea Lords, 31 Mar 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/2/6/2-18
Scope and Contents
Reporting on subjects including the successful impact of WSC and Lord Fisher's policy of obtaining as many aeroplanes and seaplanes as possible, and attacks on Germany carried out early in the First World War; the detrimental impact of the reduction in the Air Service implemented by 4th Sea Lord, Commander Lambert, following WSC's and Fisher's departure from the Admiralty; strong criticism of Lambert and the 1st and 2nd Sea Lords [Admiral Henry Jackson and Admiral Frederick Hamilton], and...
Dates:
31 Mar 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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Acquired papers relating to Sir Winston Churchill
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Acquired papers relating to Sir Winston Churchill, up the end of his first term as Prime Minister
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Public and Political: General
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence, a report and memorandum, mainly political
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Map of Gallipoli
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 5/2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Memoranda and letters by Dreyer on aspects of gunnery and other tactics during the First World War, circa 1914-15, 1914 - 1915
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DRYR 1/5
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers comprising correspondence, a diary, articles, lectures, broadcasts and press cuttings
Including letters from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe, 1906-34 (168), with other letters and papers about Jellicoe; papers about the Battle of Jutland, 1916-55; and papers about the Invergordon Mutiny, 1931-7.
Dates:
1914 - 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Memoranda submitted to 1st Lord Milner, 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CRFT 2/1
Scope and Contents
Memoranda on manpower, co-operation of aircraft during the offensive and the tactical use of tanks.
Dates:
1917
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1915-07 - 1916-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 5/10
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Northcliffe [earlier Alfred Harmsworth] on running a lottery in the Evening News to encourage sales of War Loan vouchers and the Government's waste of money in building airships (2); [Alexander] Filson Young apologizing for inaccuracies in his book "New Leaves", relating to McKenna and Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty; Sir Alfred Mond [later 1st Lord Melchett] advising McKenna not to alienate supporters of Free Trade any further, but to withdraw his...
Dates:
1915-07 - 1916-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Miscellaneous letters, pamphlets and papers, 1909-12 - 1975-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 6/3/153
Scope and Contents
Includes: cards (including one card from Clementine Churchill); postcards; menus and programmes; letters from Henry de Satge [Ceremonial Secretary, Colonial Office] and LSA on the presentation of women from the Dominions at Court, with Dominions Office memoranda and lists of presentations for 1927; print of Winston Churchill's broadcast on the death of King George VI; account of a journey from Germany to London in August 1914; text of a speech by Count Wladimir d'Ormesson on awarding the...
Dates:
1909-12 - 1975-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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MS diary, 1918-03 - 1918-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 15/1/8
Scope and Contents
Includes some loose papers: a note of Cooper’s will; loose notes for 22 Aug -2 Sep.
Dates:
1918-03 - 1918-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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MS diary, 1918-09 - 1918-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 15/1/9
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Manuscript and typescript diaries kept by Cooper, including some typescript copies of the manuscript diaries.
Dates:
1918-09 - 1918-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"My family saga", 1955 - 1976
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GALN 2
Scope and Contents
Autobiographical account by George Allen written for his family covering his life and naval career, highlighting key events and turning points and analysing his response to them. Also includes details of people, colleagues and family members.
Subjects, issues and people covered include: childhood and education; his mother, Beatrice Allen (née Wilkinson, known as Betty) and her circumstances and career; joining the Royal Navy aged 12, naval traditions, reforms to the navy by [Sir...
Dates:
1955 - 1976
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
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The Papers of George Allen
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"My Political Life": correspondence and notes for Volume II, "War and Peace", 1923-11 - 1953-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/74
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes and source material, with correspondents including: Sir Stephen Tallents [former Secretary to the Empire Marketing Board]; Violet, Lady Milner [earlier Lady Edward Cecil]; Sir Hugh Thornton [former Private Secretary to 1st Lord Milner] on subjects including Milner's suggestion that Marshal Ferdinand Foch should replace Marshal Philippe Petain as General-in-Chief in 1918 and details of Milner's staff (6); 9th Lord Bessborough [earlier Lord Duncannon] on the War Cabinet's...
Dates:
1923-11 - 1953-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"My Political Life": notes for Volume II, "War and Peace", 1914-12 - 1952-03
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/75
Scope and Contents
Notes and correspondence, with correspondents including: Sir Leslie Wilson on the break-up of the Liberal-Conservative coalition in 1922; 2nd Lord Astor.
Also includes: copies of letters from LSA to Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, 1927-28, on safeguarding of industry, economic policy and reform of the House of Lords; copies of letters from LSA to Major-General Charles Callwell on preserving the alliance with Romania in 1915 and to General Sir Henry Rawlinson on the inadequacy of...
Dates:
1914-12 - 1952-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Negative of a group photograph with Winston Churchill in France, 1915-12-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 10/2/18
Scope and Contents
Group photograph of Churchill with officers of the French 33rd Corps, on the French front line near Arras during the First World War. Others in the group include General Emile Fayolle, commander of the 33rd Corps and ELS [liaison officer with the French].
Dates:
1915-12-05
Conditions Governing Access:
Please notify staff at least 5 working days in advance if you would like to consult this material as it will need to be removed from freezer storage
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Note to Rivers from Stanley Bousfield with thanks for the reprinted 'Lancet' paper, 1917-07-12
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/3/4
Scope and Contents
Bousfield comments on how certain patients under Rivers's care at Craiglockhart have improved.
Dates:
1917-07-12
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Note to Rivers from W H Stoddart thanking him for a reprinted research paper, 1917-07-10
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/3/3
Scope and Contents
Stoddart wonders why some individuals succumb to war-shock while others, subjected to similar experiences, do not and suggests that Rivers should have gone further with his patients in order to try to answer that question.
Dates:
1917-07-10
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Note to Rivers written from the Norfolk War Hospital at Thorpe by Thomson, 1917-07-19
Item
Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/3/9
Dates:
1917-07-19
Series
Official: Admiralty, 1911 - 1915
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13
Scope and Contents
The Admiralty papers contain correspondence, minutes, and War Cabinet papers created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as First Lord of the Admiralty, a position held from 23 October 1911 to 24 May 1915.The material contains correspondence with senior Admiralty figures, politicians including the Prime Minister, public and foreign figures on subjects including naval strategy and engagements, armament production, merchant shipping, and more general political considerations. It...
Dates:
1911 - 1915
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.
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Official: Admiralty: Annotated "Map of the peninsula of Gallipoli and the Asiatic shore of the Dardanelles", 1908-c.1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/7/3
Scope and Contents
Printed by the War Office with lines added by hand showing French forces, British forces, Australian forces, and [other defences].
Dates:
1908-c.1918
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.
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Official: Admiralty: Report of the Committee on Asiatic Turkey, Jun 1914-Jul 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAQ/1/7/4
Scope and Contents
Comprising a "secret" printed report of a committee that met to "consider the nature of British desiderata in Turkey in Asia in the event on a successful conclusion of the war". Includes coloured maps of schemes of annexation, zones of interest, Ottoman independence, and an Ottoman devolutionary scheme. Also contains a printed "Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf and Arabia" with coloured lines marking various boundaries (produced by the Geographical Section,...
Dates:
Jun 1914-Jul 1915
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.
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Official: Admiralty: Telegrams., 01 Oct 1914 - 01 Nov 1914
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/40
Scope and Contents
Telegrams on France, Belgium and the North Sea.
Dates:
01 Oct 1914 - 01 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Admiralty: Telegrams., 23 Jul 1914 - 26 Dec 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/41
Scope and Contents
The telegrams are mainly on the North Sea and Western Front.
Dates:
23 Jul 1914 - 26 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: correspondence and notes on World War I., 17 Feb 1915 - 22 Oct 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/37
Scope and Contents
Correspondence includes: [1st Lord] Emmott [First Commissioner of Works] on the fortification of Buckingham Palace against air attacks; Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC]; David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions] on negotiations between Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] and Bulgaria and Greece; Austen Chamberlain [Secretary of State for India] on rewards to India after the war; Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister]; [Lord] Curzon [of Kedleston, Lord Privy...
Dates:
17 Feb 1915 - 22 Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: C I D [Committee of Imperial Defence] "G" series: printed papers on World War I., 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/47
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions] on the military position and the conduct of the war; Arthur Balfour [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the limits of enlistment, the war; covering letters from Maurice Hankey [Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence]; the possibility of a combined naval and military attack at the Dardanelles; Hankey on policy after the Dardanelles, the winter campaign and meteorological conditions,...
Dates:
1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: correspondence mainly about the Dardanelles Expedition., Apr 1915 - Oct 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/43A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Josiah Wedgwood, General Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander of Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (4), Kenneth Dundal and Harold Cawley on their personal experiences of events at the Dardanelles; Maurice Hankey [Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence] on his responsibility for policy on the Dardanelles expedition; "Freddie" [Frederick Guest]; Major General Charles Callwell [Director of Military Operations at the War Office] (10) on subjects including movements of...
Dates:
Apr 1915 - Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: Foreign Office telegrams., Aug 1915 - Oct 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/53
Scope and Contents
Typescript telegrams on various subjects including: affairs in Bulgaria, Russia, Romania, Greece, Italy and Servia [Serbia]; the strength, weaponry and distribution of the Turkish forces; calculations of the Austro-German forces; the Dardanelles campaign; negotiations with [Eleutherios] Venizelos [Prime Minister] of Greece; movements of German and Austrian forces and German submarines; and intelligence reports on the construction progress of a road and railway between Uzun Kopri [Uzunkopru,...
Dates:
Aug 1915 - Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open