First World War (1914-1918)
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Found in 1438 Collections and/or Records:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: miscellaneous papers., May 1915 - Sep 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/44
Scope and Contents
Includes: notes on the formation of the air department; manuscript statements by WSC on the situation in the Dardanelles and at Gallipoli and on the options of the British government; notes by WSC on the positions occupied by the British fleet and the possibility of the United States joining the war; notes on a discussion between General Sir Ian Hamilton [Commander of Mediterranean Expeditionary Force] and Admiral [John] de Robeck [Commander of naval forces] on the disembarkation of troops;...
Dates:
May 1915 - Sep 1915
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: miscellaneous papers., Sep 1915 - Nov 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/45
Scope and Contents
Includes: notes by WSC on economic problems created by the war and the danger of bankruptcy, on recovering the initiative in the Eastern theatre, the possibility of the Germans using gas, on the options open to the British government for the Dardanelles expedition and on the reasons behind the expedition; notes on the Baghdad [Iraq] railway and its strategic importance; a letter from Arthur Balfour [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the situation in the East; David Lloyd George [Minister of...
Dates:
Sep 1915 - Nov 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: printed papers., 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/46
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [Lord] Curzon of Kedleston [Lord Privy Seal] on the air defence of London; Vice Admiral John de Robeck [Commander of naval forces] on the landing of the army on the Gallipoli peninsula; negotiations between [2nd Lord] Esher [earlier Reginald Brett] and General [Joseph] Gallieni and General Girodon; Maurice Hankey [Secretary; Committee Imperial Defence] on the winter campaign at the Dardanelles; summaries of the war...
Dates:
1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: summary of events connected with World War I., 01 Dec 1914 - 31 Dec 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/48
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Printed booklet summarising foreign affairs particularly in Germany, Austria-Hungary and detailing events in the Eastern and Western theatres.
Dates:
01 Dec 1914 - 31 Dec 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: summary of events connected with World War I., 01 Jun 1915 - 31 Jul 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/49
Scope and Contents
Printed booklet summarising foreign affairs particularly in Germany, Austria-Hungary and detailing events in the Eastern and Western theatres.
Dates:
01 Jun 1915 - 31 Jul 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: summary of events connected with World War I., 01 Aug 1915 - 30 Sep 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/50
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Printed booklet summarising foreign affairs particularly in Germany, Austria-Hungary and detailing events in the Eastern and Western theatres.
Dates:
01 Aug 1915 - 30 Sep 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: war appreciations., 28 May 1915 - 13 Nov 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/51
Scope and Contents
Printed papers on various operations including: the Dardanelles by Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War]; the situation in the Aegean; several assessments and forecasts of the situation on the Western Front and in the Balkans (by Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Murray, Chief of the Imperial General Staff), and in Syria and Mesopotamia [later Iraq]; the impact of the Dardanelles operation on the conduct of the war; the employment of an allied force in Macedonia [later North Macedonia]...
Dates:
28 May 1915 - 13 Nov 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: War Office telegrams., May 1915 - Oct 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/54
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Printed telegrams about the Dardanelles expedition including 131 telegrams from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Commander of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on various aspects of the campaign including Turkish fortifications, operations and engagements, landing troops at Gallipoli, his requirements for troops, ammunition and rations and 19 telegrams from Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War. Also includes manuscript calculations by WSC on troop numbers.Other subjects include the...
Dates:
May 1915 - Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers., Mar 1914 - Aug 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/36
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Includes Cabinet papers on various subjects including: a proposed aircraft expedition to Somaliland [later Somalia]; the national insurance bill including measures to alleviate the problems of unemployment; the foreign enlistment bill; notes on the composition of British Expeditionary Force; correspondence between the Foreign Secretary [Sir Edward Grey] and various ambassadors regarding the European crisis and events leading up to the outbreak of World War I including the declaration of war...
Dates:
Mar 1914 - Aug 1914
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Aug 1914 - May 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/38
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Cabinet papers on various subjects by various individuals including: Field Marshal Sir John French [later 1st Lord Ypres, Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France] on the strengths and weaknesses of the British army on the Western Front and in the Eastern theatre; David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions] on the conduct of the war, its treatment by the press and the shortage of munitions; [Lord] Kitchener [Secretary of State for War] on operations, forces, munitions and...
Dates:
Aug 1914 - May 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Jun 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/39
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Cabinet papers by various individuals on various subjects including: WSC on the war situation including the Dardanelles; Walter Runciman [President of the Board of Trade] on food supplies to Germany and the effects on diminished exports; the effects of an air raid on London; national registration and military service; the supply of information to neutral countries; negotiations with the French; Sir William Max-Muller on the economic situation of Germany and Austria-Hungary; literary...
Dates:
Jun 1916
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Jul 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/40
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Printed papers on various subjects including: the situation in Bulgaria and other Balkan states and the effects of the Dardanelles expedition; trade with the United States and the possibility of declaring cotton contraband; the recruitment of coal miners; the economic situation in Germany and Austria-Hungary; a loan to Romania; retaliation policy against Germany; a draft bill relating to elections and registration; the blockade against Germany; the sinking of German submarine U23; a scheme...
Dates:
Jul 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/42
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Printed papers by various individuals on various subjects including: the national register; [Lord] Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], [Lord] Curzon of Kedleston [Lord Privy Seal] and Lord Crewe [earlier Lord Houghton and Robert Milnes] Secretary of State for India] on recruitment to the army; WSC on Gallipoli and the Dardanelles; a neutral press committee; WSC on trench mortar guns; Sir William Max-Muller on the economic situation of Germany and Austria-Hungary; the Dardanelles...
Dates:
Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: War Policy Committee: correspondence and papers., Aug 1915 - Oct 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/61
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Reginald Brade [Secretary, War Office] on machine gun wastage; [Lord] Curzon [of Kedleston, Lord Privy Seal]; [3rd Lord] Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer] on population calculations and compulsory military service (2); Major General Charles Callwell [Director of Military Operations at the War Office](4); Austen Chamberlain [Secretary of State for India]; Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister]; Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on the...
Dates:
Aug 1915 - Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Committee of Imperial Defence: Military Aspects of the Continental Problem (1911): reprint., 13 Aug 1911 - Sep 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 24/7
Scope and Contents
Includes: Theophile Delcasse [French Minister of Foreign Affairs] on WSC's foresight in his memorandum of 1911; a reprint of WSC's memorandum, Military Aspects of the Continental Problem, on the action to be taken by Britain in the event of Germany invading France.
Dates:
13 Aug 1911 - Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: early career, 1904 - 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ELMT 1
Scope and Contents
Includes: midshipman's journal; an account of the battle of Dogger Bank; naval airship papers; correspondence and papers from Turkey; flying logbooks.
Dates:
1904 - 1942
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official: Munitions., 02 Jul 1917 - 20 Sep 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/1
Scope and Contents
General correspondence: Correspondents include Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, C. in C., British Armies in France (3) on supply of arms and ammunition; Major-General Sir John Headlam (2) on numbers of troops in the field; Major-General Sir Reginald Barnes, 57th Division, on the need for air superiority on the Western Front; General Charles Harington; Major-General Noel Birch; Christopher Addison, Ministry of Reconstruction, on the Pledges Bill; and Bertram Romilly.
Dates:
02 Jul 1917 - 20 Sep 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Munitions., 10 Jul 1917 - Sep 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/2
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Various Papers: Including Memorandum on high explosive bombs dropped by aeroplanes; memorandum on export of materials to neutral countries contiguous to enemy territory; memorandum by Major-General John Headlam on use of the canal system in France; and report of Committee enquiring into the recommendations of the Select Committee on National Expenditure regarding the works of the British Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Co. Ltd at Spondon.
Dates:
10 Jul 1917 - Sep 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Munitions., 10 Aug 1918 - 23 Nov 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/38
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War Office Weekly Tank Notes Including accounts of tank actions and operations; drawings of British tanks; extracts from the foreign press on tank operations; notes on German anti-tank measures; notes o the relation between tanks and cavalry; notes on the interrogation of a German tank corporal; notes on co-operation between tanks and aeroplanes; notes on German anti-tank land mines; and the development of Gas and is influence on tank warfare. With Survey of Tank Corps Operations, 8 Aug - 7...
Dates:
10 Aug 1918 - 23 Nov 1918
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Official: Munitions., 01 Jan 1918 - 30 Apr 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/58
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A (Air) Various papers including Report on output of aircraft with a view to increased offensive against German Towns by Major-General Hugh Trenchard; note by Lord Rothermere of conversation with Major-General Robert Brooke-Popham on the desirability of reducing the number of engine types in use in service aircraft; memorandum by Major-General Sefton Brancker [Controller-General of Equipment and Master-General of Personnel on the Air Council] on the requirements of the Air Force in...
Dates:
01 Jan 1918 - 30 Apr 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Munitions., Jun 1917 - Nov 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/85
Scope and Contents
E (Engineering) Mechanical warfare - various papers on tanks, including programme for demonstration of experimental tanks; letter from Lord Robert Cecil [later Lord Cecil of Chelwood] on the problems of the Tank Corps in France.
Dates:
Jun 1917 - Nov 1917
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Official: Munitions., Sep 1917 - 31 May 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/86A-B
Scope and Contents
E (Engineering) Mechanical Warfare Department - various papers, mainly on tanks including memo by Sir Tennyson d'Eyncourt; Intelligence reports on German tanks; papers on tank production; papers of Munitions Council Committee on Tanks, Sep 1917.
Dates:
Sep 1917 - 31 May 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open