First World War (1914-1918)
Found in 1504 Collections and/or Records:
The original Charter of Room 40, 1914-11-08 - 1914-11-09
Draft minute drawn up by [Edward Marsh, Private Secretary to Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty] and annotated by Churchill and [?] Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [1st Sea Lord] drawing up the system for continuous monitoring and analysis of de-coded German signals, with memorandum from the director of naval intelligence, Captain [William] Reginald Hall, to Vice-Admiral Henry Oliver, Chief of Admiralty War Staff, adding his proposals.
The Papers of 1st Lord Fisher of Kilverstone
The Papers of Admiral John Henry Godfrey
The Papers of Admiral Sir Charles Daniel
The papers consist of Daniel's diaries while serving with HMS Orion, 1914-16, and orders and signals on the surrender of the German Fleet in 1918.
The Papers of Admiral Sir Henry Ralph Crooke
Admiral Crooke's papers chiefly consist of a long series of pocket diaries belonging to himself and his wife, and photograph albums which cover most of Crooke's naval career, also including assorted items of memorabilia.
The Papers of Admiral Sir John de Robeck
This collection consists of De Robeck's naval, official and personal papers. The naval and official papers include Midshipman's Logs, correspondence and Fleet orders. The personal papers include correspondence and diaries.
The Papers of Admiral Sir Reginald Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
The Drax Papers mainly consist of naval files. These date mostly from the First World War and before, and also include a large number of intelligence reports, some from the First World War, but the majority dating from the Second World War. The papers also include articles and lectures by Plunkett on naval themes, with some publications.
The Papers of Admiral Sir (William) Reginald Hall
Memoirs and papers, 1915-42, additional papers, 1851-1911, and correspondence, 1939-1943.
The Papers of Adrian Grant Duff
Correspondence, 1905-14.
With photocopies of diaries, 1910-13, and photocopies of correspondence, 1912-14.
Also with photocopies of letters to Ursula Grant Duff, 1914, 1919, 1922 and 1930.
The Papers of Air Vice-Marshal Stanley Vincent
The papers consist of drafts for Vincent's autobiography, Flying Fever, with correspondence on its publication.
The Papers of Alexander Guthrie Denniston
This collection consists of letters and accounts of Denniston's code-breaking work in Naval Intelligence in both World Wars and of the setting up of Room 40. There are several photographs of Denniston in Naval uniform and some of the Royal Naval College at Osborne.
The Papers of Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
The Papers of Captain Arthur Clarke
The Papers of Captain William Richmond Fell
Papers comprising diaries, log books, correspondence, official papers and photographs
Including papers about the Second World War, 1939-45; post-war salvage operations, 1952-5; and salvage operations during the Suez Crisis, 1956-7
With diaries of Captain Fell's father, Dr Walter Fell, 1915
The Papers of Commander Colin Buist
The Papers of General Lord (Henry S) Rawlinson
War journals and related papers. Includes reports, maps, letters to Rawlinson, lists of casualties and details of ammunition used
The Papers of General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter
The papers include Bonham-Carter's diaries, correspondence, photographs and speeches particularly from his time as Governor and Commander in chief of Malta.
The Papers of Group Captain Hugh Williamson
The collection comprises unpublished memoirs, articles and other papers relating to Group Captain Williamson’s service in both World Wars and the inter-war period.
The Papers of Jack Oughtred
Papers mainly comprising letters to his fiancée, Phyllis Bentham.
The Papers of Leslie Ashmore
The collection comprises material relating to Ashmore's active service in World War I in the Baltic and Russia; material for a naval lecture (1938) and correspondence with Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Ashmore relating to Ashmore's career.
The Papers of Lieutenant Richard L Sale
Commission and letters from the front during World War I; and letters of Dorothy Sale
The Papers of Lord and Lady Esher
The collection includes: Lord Esher's journals; general, political, royal, personal and literary correspondence; political papers, particularly on army reform and India; literary papers; press cuttings.
The Papers of Lord Lloyd of Dolobran
The Papers of Maurice Hankey
The Papers of Robert Rhodes James
This collection relates to Rhodes James' research and writings on the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign. The collection includes Rhodes James' research notes and correspondence plus material he collected about Gallipoli including a significant number of contemporary photographs and newspaper cuttings and rare printed material.