First World War (1914-1918)
Found in 1438 Collections and/or Records:
Three issues of The New Europe, with articles by JWHM, 1917-11 - 1918-03
"The internal crisis in Germany" I and II; and "Mittel-Europa Again". Includes typescripts of two of the articles.
Tipperary Club papers, 1915 - 1924
Transcripts of diaries, 1914-18, 1918 - 1926
Diaries, photograph albums and some personal papers.
Travelling kitchens of First World War: album, c 1914-18
Horsbrugh was initially based in a kitchen in Chelsea [London], but extended the provision of food to a broader audience with a travelling kitchen via donkey and cart. She offered nutritious food at reasonable prices, with dishes available from 2d to 7d. Her cart was laden with all sorts of food, from sausage-rolls to dumplings and fishcakes.
Two issues of The Nineteenth Century and After, with articles by JWHM, 1916-05 - 1916-07
"The Real Aims of the 'Peaceful' German Nation" and "The German Chancellor and Peace".
"Two men who saved France": text, 1966
Text of ELS’s "Petain and the French Mutinies".
"Two men who saved France": texts, 1966
Texts of "General Petain in 1917" [incomplete] and "General de Gaulle in 1940".
Typescript copies of letters to Lady Diana from Raymond Asquith, 1913-08 - 1916-09
Includes one original letter.
Typescripts and proofs of articles on Germany for The New Europe, 1918-04 - 1918-11
"Revolution and Reaction in Germany"; "Germany and Revolution"; "Germany in Defeat"; "Cross Currents in Germany"; "Germany in Dissolution".
U-boats in World War I, 1940-08 - 1945-08
Reports and diagrams.
"Une crise morale de la Nation Française en Guerre", 1926
Paper written by Marshal Philippe Petain on the events of 16 April-23 October 1917, particularly on the spread of pacifism in France, lack of morale, strategic errors and mutinies among the French troops. Later published in ELS’s "Two men who saved France".
(Untitled), 15 Aug 1935
Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (Lennoxlove, Haddington [East Lothian] Scotland) to WSC, on the publication of 1st Lord Haig's memoirs. Hamilton expresses his anxiety about how an argument between himself, Sir John French [later 1st Lord Ypres] and Haig, at a Cabinet meeting in August 1914, over postponing landings on the Western Front, will be represented in the memoirs.
(Untitled), 28 Jul 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Tingewick, Buckinghamshire) to WSC describing his proposed account of the Dardanelles campaign and asking to see WSC to discuss it.
(Untitled), 05 Aug 1933
Letter from [WSC] to [Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, later 1st Lord Keyes] approving [a foreword to the chapter from Keyes's naval memoirs on the Dardanelles campaign]. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 08 Aug 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire] to WSC describing how he criticises Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] in his account of the Dardanelles campaign and how he treats the Dogger Bank action.
(Untitled), 07 Aug 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire] discussing Keyes's account of the Dardanelles campaign and suggesting that his brother [Sir Terence Keyes] could supply from India valuable information and suggestions for criticism of the White Paper.
(Untitled), 11 Aug 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] asserting that Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] deserted him after having given his full support to the Dardanelles campaign. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 17 Aug 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC on his account of the Dardanelles campaign, including his correction of inaccuracies in Vice-Admiral Cecil Usborne's "Smoke on the Horizon" and his criticism of the role of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] and Duckworth.
(Untitled), 11 Sep 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] giving his permission to publish a telegram of his sent during the Dardanelles campaign in which he talked of two or three hundred casualties as being "a moderate price". Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 12 Sep 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC describing how he argues in his account of the Dardanelles campaign that a battle to force the Narrows would have resulted in victory for the Allies and mentioning that he is staying with Vice-Admiral Harry Godfrey, who is a supporter of his and WSC's.
(Untitled), 05 Nov 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC asking him to read his chapters on the Dardanelles campaign, reporting that Butterworth & Co have agreed to publish his naval memoirs in two volumes and asking WSC to help him "to put that old villain [Lord Fisher, earlier Sir John Fisher] in his proper place in history".
(Untitled), 14 Oct 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC describing the next two chapters in his account of the Dardanelles campaign which cover WSC's efforts to get Rear-Admiral John de Robeck to adhere to the naval attack.
(Untitled), 29 Dec 1933
Letter from [WSC] to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] giving detailed suggestions as to how he should treat the resignation of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] in his account of theDardanelles campaign. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 03 Sep 1936
Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes to WSC, asking if it was true that Asquith had wanted WSC to go out to the Dardanelles after he left the Admiralty in 1915.
(Untitled), 03 Jan 1915
Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on forthcoming meeting of the War Council, and naval and military operations in the Dardanelles [typescript copy].