First World War (1914-1918)
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Found in 1504 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: "Thoughts and Adventures."., 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/319
Scope and Contents
Proofs and offprints of WSC's articles which were collectively published as "Thoughts and Adventures" including: "Winston Churchill described the Battle of Sidney Street" on his actions as Home Secretary; "In the air" on WSC's personal experiences of flying and his encouragement of the development of military aviation while First Lord of the Admiralty; "My own spy story" on espionage during World War I and WSC's experiences on the Western Front; "Plugstreet" on his posting to Ploegsteert...
Dates:
1932
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: various articles by WSC., Jan 1938 - Nov 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/609
Scope and Contents
Includes: Press cutting for "1938 - World's Year of Fate", published in Answers (29 January 1938), briefly commenting on rearmament, the Spanish Civil War, the threat of Japan, Italy and Germany, and the role of Britain, France and the United States. Cuttings and proofs for "Women in War", published in the February edition of the Strand Magazine, looking at the subject from both an historical perspective, focusing on figures such as Joan of Arc, and examining the contemporary situation...
Dates:
Jan 1938 - Nov 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: various articles by WSC., May 1941 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/689
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from Liberty for: "U-Boat Menace" on the war on the Western Front during World War I, the Dardanelles [Turkey] campaign, the German U-boat campaign, and the role of the Royal Navy in defeating it; "Tank Tactics" on the development of the tank, its initial rejection, WSC's intervention, and its use in action at the Battles of the Somme and Cambrai [France]; "Our Friendship with America" on misunderstandings with the United States, a history of Anglo-American conflicts,...
Dates:
May 1941 - Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Literary: various correspondence., 14 Sep 1937 - 31 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/594
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Correspondents include: Sir John Marriott on the projected 1910 Coalition Government; Maurice Gamelin, Vice-Admiral Emile-Paul Guepratte and others thanking WSC for copies of ["My Early Life"]; Arthur Asquith praising "The River War"; Longmans, Green and Company (8) on subjects including WSC writing the foreword for "Alarms and Excursions" by General Sir Tom Bridges (6); General Sir Hubert Gough on a memorial to the 5th Army; Adam Marshall Diston (15) on subjects including the preparation of...
Dates:
14 Sep 1937 - 31 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: various correspondence., 29 Dec 1934 - 31 Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/502A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Agence Litteraire Internationale on reproduction rights in WSC's articles (10); William Blackwood [Literary Director of the Amalgamated Press Limited] (2); Sir John Hammerton, Amalgamated Press Limited; Sir Eugen Millington-Drake (2); William Hadley [Editor of the Sunday Times] (2); representatives of the British General Press, asking WSC to write a series of articles on Ramsay Macdonald (8); Shane Leslie; G Bernard Hughes, Editor-in-Chief of...
Dates:
29 Dec 1934 - 31 Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Various correspondence., 04 Jan 1928 - 28 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/216
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with: [1st Lord] Riddell asking WSC to write for Country Life; Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson on the possibility of publishing WSC's speeches (3); Sir William Tyrrell and [Brigadier General] James Edmonds of the Military Branch of the Historical Section.Other subjects include: interception by the Admiralty of German information; WSC's opinion of Bismarck and permission to quote from "The World Crisis".Also includes proofs of WSC's introduction to "The Secret Battle"...
Dates:
04 Jan 1928 - 28 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Various correspondence., 21 Oct 1922 - 31 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/223
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Colonel Minnegerode of the New York Times about the serialisation of Volume 4 of "The World Crisis", "The Aftermath"; Sir James Henderson-Stewart; Lucy Wise on the visit of Sir Frederic Wise to Germany to report on the country's financial position to the Peace Conference; Professor Leslie Hearnshaw; Henry Forster (3); [Major] Desmond Morton; [Brigadier General James] Edmonds [of the Military Branch of the Historical Section] (6); Commander Taprell Dorling (4); Peter...
Dates:
21 Oct 1922 - 31 Dec 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Various correspondence about corrections to and research for WSC's book "The Aftermath" [Volume 4 of "The World Crisis"]., 01 Dec 1928 - 27 Dec 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/218
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with: Sir James [Cosgrave] (2); Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence]; on various subjects including the Peace Treaty after World War I, reparations, the roles of President [Woodrow] Wilson, [David] Lloyd George, [Vittorio] Orlando and [Georges] Clemenceau (6); James Headlam-Morley [Historical Advisor to the Foreign Office] on approving the book for the Foreign Office (2); Desmond Morton on WSC's treatment of General [Pierre] Janin and...
Dates:
01 Dec 1928 - 27 Dec 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Various correspondence about "The World Crisis"., Mar 1927 - May 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/209
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: T E Shaw [T E Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia"] praising WSC as a writer and a historian (2); Sir Eugene Millington-Drake; [Joseph] Caillaux (2); Commandant Lanrezac (2); Peter Larkin [High Commissioner of Canada] on WSC's treatment of the Canadian troops (3); Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice including proofs of an article by him disputing facts cited by WSC.Includes 3 copies of a letter from WSC to [Geoffery Dawson] Editor of the Times defending the statistics...
Dates:
Mar 1927 - May 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Various correspondence about WSC's book "The Aftermath", Volume 4 of "The World Crisis"., 01 Jan 1929 - 31 Jan 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/222
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [James] Headlam-Morley [Historical Advisor to the Foreign Office] on subjects including the blockade and starvation of Germany after the armistice (4); David Lloyd George on his role in negotiations in Ireland, and on policy regarding Greece and [Eleutherios] Venizelos, Turkey and Russia [the Soviet Union]; Lord Cecil of Chelwood; Lionel Curtis; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence]; Hubert Carr-Gomm; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st...
Dates:
01 Jan 1929 - 31 Jan 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Various Correspondence relating to Volume 3 of "The World Crisis"., Jan 1917 - Mar 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/208
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Jonathan Cape Limited on the possibility of WSC writing an introduction to Lord John Herbey's memoirs of the reign of King George II (2); Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice on the accuracy of WSC's citation of army statistics which were given to [David] Lloyd George (8); Brigadier General James Edmonds of the Military Branch of the Historical Section (3); General Debeney of the French Ministry of War; Professor F A Lindemann [later Lord Cherwell]; Admiral Sir Cecil...
Dates:
Jan 1917 - Mar 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Log book of German submarine U121, 1918-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 5/14
Scope and Contents
It is not known how this log book came to be in Somerville's possession.
Dates:
1918-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Lord Wester Wemyss's correspondence and draft memoirs, 1915 - 1919
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WMYS 11
Scope and Contents
Copy of papers on the Dardanelles Operation and his service as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, Deputy 1st Sea Lord and 1st Sea Lord 1915-19.
Dates:
1915 - 1919
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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
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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
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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.