Letter from Hugh Warrender (Serge Hill, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he gives her an address for Eleanor Warrender], discusses the likelihood that he will be gazetted to a battalion, describes his billet, and [General] Ian Hamilton's announcement that they will go to the [Western] Front.

Letter from Hugh Warrender (H M S King George V, c/o G P O London) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he comments on her talent for decorating houses, discusses the positions which Germans have occupied in society, German naval strategy, the position of Italy, and his resentment at George [Cornwallis] West being given a position . Envelope present marked "Passed Ship Censor".

Letter from "Montie" [Montagu Porch](Tati river east of Takum, near Anglo Saxon Boundary, Muri Province, Nigeria) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he discusses his appointment as Intelligence Officer, fighting at Takum, the casualties, his responsibilities and the bravery of the native troops.

Newspaper cutting from the Northern Standard which describes memorial services in Glaslough [County Monaghan, Ireland] and in London for Norman Leslie and which includes an excerpt from his last letter to Shane Leslie describing his life in the trenches.

Letter from "Winnie" [Winifred, Duchess of Portland](43 Avenue Henri Martin [Paris, France]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which she describes her impressions of wartime Boulogne, Dunquerque and Paris. She comments on the open theatres and restaurants and the optimistic mood in Paris and says that she enjoyed discussing the war situation with her and receiving news from [WSC from] the Admiralty.

Letter from Oswald [Frewen](H M S Lookout, Third Flotilla) to Auntie Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] thanking her for a thermos and describing Christmas day including the vivid impression made by anti aircraft fire and the approach of a zeppelin and the "heroics" of his engineer.

Letter from an unidentified correspondent (Serge Hill, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] commenting on the birth of [Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley] and asking her to use her influence with WSC at the Admiralty to recall an unidentified man and to ask questions abut the war situation.

Photograph of nurses being presented with medals at Bourbourg [France].

Letter from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood (Hotel Crusader, Nieuport [Belgium]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], on the naval and military situation in France and Belgium, including: the use of Hood's ships at Nieuport; the placing of German guns along the shore; Hood's mining of the coastal waters; the chances of a Belgian advance; relations between the French and Belgians.

Letter from Commander Charles Samson [Naval Air Service] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], reporting on the occupation of Lille [France] by a British and French force, following the withdrawal of German forces. [Typescript copy].

Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Ollivant [General Staff Officer, Admiralty], to Colonel Macdonagh (War Office), on the formation of a Naval Motor Force at Dunkirk [France], and keeping in communication with the army. Also includes notes on the organisation of the Motor Force. [Carbon].

Telegram from WSC to John S Churchill, stating that he hoped that John's "friend" [General Sir Ian Hamilton, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Mediterranean] would ask for more men if he needed them, and that there were 20,000 troops available in Egypt. [Hand-written draft, initialled by WSC].

Telegram from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Grand Duke Nicholas [Russian Minister of War], reporting the success of the initial attack in the Dardanelles. WSC asks when the Russian fleet and army would be ready to co-operate. [Hand-written draft, initialled by WSC].

Minute from WSC to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], suggesting that information on the landings in the Dardanelles should be sent to the Grand Duke Nicholas [Russian Minister of War]. [Hand-written draft, initialled by WSC].

Letter from Frederick Guest to WSC, on the military situation in France, including the halt of the German advance, the new French generals and the disappointing French cavalry.

Letter from Sir Francis Villiers, [Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Belgium] to WSC, enclosing a letter from Colonel John Seely [later 1st Lord Mottistone] on the behaviour of the sailors and marines in the retreat from Antwerp.

Letter from Francis Grenfell to WSC, asking for help in obtaining an armoured car with a machine gun for his squadron; also giving an account of an action at Neuve Chapelle [France] and of trench warfare generally, particularly the difficulties of keeping in touch with the artillery.

Letter from Francis Grenfell, (Dublin [Ireland]) to WSC, giving an account of fighting at Messines [Belgium], problems with the artillery, the shortage of machine guns, and his being wounded.

Letter from Field Marshal Sir John French [Commander- in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force, later 1st Lord Ypres] to WSC, on meeting with General Joseph Joffre [Commander-in-Chief, French Army] on the military situation in France and Belgium, particularly the possibility that a joint expedition to Ostend might have to be postponed.

Note from Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], reporting on his meeting with Noel Noel-Buxton on the Balkans, particularly the need to persevere with diplomacy, and the misfortune of having the pro-Serbian Sir Henry Bax-Ironside as [Minister Plenipotentiary] to Bulgaria.

Telegram from Sir George Buchanan [British Ambassador to Russia], to the Foreign Office, reporting that he had delivered a message from WSC to the Grand Duke Nicholas, and that the Russian fleet would proceed to the Bosphorus [Karadeniz Bogazi, Turkey]. [Typescript copy].

Telegram from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden [in command of naval operations at the Dardanelles], on the Dardanelles campaign, urging him to destroy the forts at Chanak, and stating that the results to be gained were great enough to justify the loss of ships and men which success could not be obtained without. [Hand-written drafts, initialled by WSC. See also CHAR 13/45/165.].

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], on the landing of the Royal Naval Division in the Dardanelles: WSC suggests that a good General be sent there to take command of the troops, including the Royal Naval Division, and suggests Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston. [Hand-written copy].