First World War (1914-1918)
Found in 290 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 28 Jan 1915 - Jul 1916
Secretary's notes [minutes] of a War Council meeting on 28 Jan 1915 on the general policy of the war, gunboats for the Danube, naval attack on Zeebrugge [Belgium] and the Dardanelles. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, July 1916. Sent with CHAR 2/86/1.
(Untitled), [1918]
Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (36 Berkeley Square, [London]) to WSC reporting that he has heard that WSC is to go to Scotland with David Lloyd George and is involved in a conference on a British military advance along the Belgian coast in conjunction with a naval action. Asserts that "success depends on smoke and gas from the sea." Typescript copy at CHAR 2/92/22.
(Untitled), 15 Apr 1917
Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC on: the danger that WSC might hamper his "Great Resolve" [the plan for an offensive on the Belgian coast] by associating Fisher with it, even though Fisher himself feels very fit for his age; the aircraft, mine-laying facilities, submarines and other vessels required for the attack; the need for an immediate "Big Change" in Admiralty building policy. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/92/40-41.
(Untitled), 1918
Letter from Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] (Ferne, Donhead, Salisbury, [Wiltshire]) to WSC stating that he will be glad to see him "at this tragic moment with the Germans only a few miles from Amiens [France] and so threatening the starvation of London by stopping the Channel traffic". Deplores the fact that the Royal Navy is still to be kept "in cotton wool" and announces his intention of speaking about it in the House of Lords.
(Untitled), [1917]
Letter from [WSC] to Sir William Pickford [later Lord Sterndale] arguing that the evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry from Rear-Admiral Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] showed that there was universal agreement about the continuation of the naval attack on the straits until Rear-Admiral John de Robeck called it off in March 1915, after which the navy's offensive effectiveness was severely reduced. Typescript copy. Annotated: "not sent in".
(Untitled), 05 Mar 1915 - 06 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener commenting on communications between Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden and General Sir William Birdwood on operations in the Dardanelles and complaining about the recruitment of persons engaged in Admiralty work. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 25 Mar [1915]
Letter from Lord Kitchener (War Office) to WSC stating that preparations are continuing for land operations in the Dardanelles and hoping that the Navy will continue to engage the forts so that the Turks expend their ammunition. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 24 Aug 1915
Letter from WSC to Lord Kitchener enclosing a memorandum on naval operations in the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara which he has sent to Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] and Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] [see CHAR 2/88/32-38]. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), [21] [Aug] [1915]
Memorandum [by WSC] describing a plan whereby 3 or 4 monitors may be got through the Dardanelles into the Sea of Marmara and, with protection from submarines, cut Turkish communications across the Bulair Isthmus. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 03 Jan 1915 - Sep 1916
"Naval operations in the Dardanelles. Admiralty telegrams. January 3-May 29, 1915." Printed in Sep 1916.
(Untitled), 13 Sep 1916
Letter from (Admiralty Transport Division) enclosing lists of the transports which conveyed the Royal Naval and military divisions to the Mediterranean for the Dardanelles operations [see CHAR 2/88/45-53].
(Untitled), [Apr] [1915] - [Aug] [1915]
Lists of transports conveying the Royal Naval and military divisions to the Mediterranean for the Dardanelles operations. Sent with CHAR 2/88/44.
(Untitled), 04 Mar 1915
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1906 - Feb 1907
"The possibility of a joint naval and military attack upon the Dardanelles. I. Memorandum by the General Staff. II. Note by the Director of Naval Intelligence." Written 20 Dec 1906. Printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence, Feb 1907.
(Untitled), 25 Mar 1915
Letter from Lord Kitchener (War Office) to WSC stating that preparations for land operations [at the Dardanelles] are continuing and hoping that the Navy will engage the forts vigorously so that the Turks expend their ammunition. Typescript copy annotated by WSC for inclusion in a publication.
(Untitled), 21 May 1915
Extract by Captain Alexander Davidson (HMS Cornwallis) from report by Rear-Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss [later Lord Wester Wemyss], praising the conduct of Naval personnel landing troops in theDardanelles. Signed typescript. Sent with CHAR 2/66/33-35.
(Untitled), 26 May 1915
(Untitled), 23 Jun 1915
Letter from Captain Alexander Davidson (HMS Cornwallis, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron) to WSC praising the naval operations in the Dardanelles initiated by him and his energetic management of the Navy in general. Describes his (Davidson's) role in the landing of the South Wales Borderers at Gallipoli, and sends extract of a report by Rear-Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss [later Lord Wester Wemyss][see CHAR 2/66/4].
(Untitled), 09 Nov 1920
Letter from [WSC] to Walter Long [later Lord Long] asserting that the conclusions of the report on the Dardanelles will encourage a negative attitude in the Navy and that if it is published so should all other relevant documents. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 15 Nov 1920
Letter from Walter Long [later Lord Long] (Admiralty) to WSC stating that he intends to leave the consideration of the report [on the Dardanelles defences] to his Naval Staff and does not intend to publish it.
(Untitled), 23 May 1920
(Untitled), 13 Oct 1930
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later Lord Keyes] (Admiralty House, Portsmouth, [Hampshire]) to WSC recalling a talk he had with Vice-Admiral Paul Guepratte at the time of the Dardanelles campaign.
(Untitled), 09 Oct 1930
Letter from [WSC] to Vice-Admiral Paul Guepratte (5 Rue de Neptune, Brest, Finisterre [France]) agreeing with his praise of Vice-Admiral John de Robeck and praising the French naval squadron which fought in the Dardanelles campaign. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1930
Letter in French from Vice-Admiral Paul Guepratte (5 Rue de Neptune, Brest, Finisterre, [France]) to WSC thanking him for his reply to Guepratte's letter criticising his article on the Dardanelles campaign [see CHAR 2/169/76-77 and 79-82] and regretting the vehemence of his first letter.