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First World War (1914-1918)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1510 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 20 Jan 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/51
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Extract from Minute from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, urging the recall of the Grand Fleet of HMS "Blenheim" and the Destroyer flotilla from the Dardanelles, stating that the Turkish Naval Force was "quite a negligible quantity", and French Destroyers and Submarines could be called upon to deal with it [typescript copy].

Dates: 20 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/74
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on publication of despatches on th sinking of the "Dresden", also on suggestion raised by Captain Reginald Hall that the best German battleships rush the Dover Straits and get to the Dardanellles and "gobble up" all our ships there [typescript copy].

Dates: 12 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/75-76
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, sending copy of memorandum by Julian Corbett on "Nanshan and Bulair", dated 1 Mar, and asking if he intended to continue with assault on Constantinople [Instanbul] [typescript copy].

Dates: 15 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/78
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Extract from Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the Dardanelles, but also reminding him "not to let our eyes be too much off the main theatre" [typescript copy].

Dates: 19 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/79
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, commenting on the 28 destroyers and torpedo boats in the Dardanelles, " a much bigger proportion than we have at home" suggesting that the French be asked to send more destroyers and light cruisers [typescript copy].

Dates: 20 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/82
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Letter from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord,on the Prime Minister's disappointment that the Admiralty had not sent Vice Admiral John de Robeck a definite order to go on with his attack on the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 25 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/85
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Minute from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, agreeing to refer the question of Borkum to Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, also on the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 31 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/95
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Minute from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, on need to receive a full statement from the War Office on the action to be taken by the Army in the Dardanelles, concluding "We cannot go back now" [typescript copy].

Dates: 28 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Mar 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/96
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, sending two papers to WSC, on the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 29 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Apr 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/112
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Extract from Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on rumour that Gen Sir Ian Hamilton in the Dardanelles had carte blanche to send for more troops from Egypt.

Dates: 27 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/118-119
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Letter from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, on his resignation as 1st Sea Lord, due to opposition to WSC's policy on the Dardanelles [typescript copy].

Dates: 15 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/120
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Minute from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, offering his resignation as 1st Sea Lord "I find it increasingly difficult to adjust myself to the increasingly daily requirements of the Dardanelles to meet yr views - As you truly said yesterday I am in the position if continually veto-ing yr proposals", stating that he was leaving for Scotland to avoid all questioning [typescript copy].

Dates: 15 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/121
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on his opposition to a Naval attack on thge Dardanelles without military support [typescript copy].

Dates: 12 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/122
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, statng that he would never put forward a plan to "rush" the Dardanelles, and that he agreed with the views expressed in Fisher's memo of 11 May. Stating that they were now "committed to one of the greatest amphibious enterprises of history. You are now committted . Comradeship, resource, firmness, patience all in the highest degree will be needed to carry the matter through to victory.....I beg...
Dates: 11 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/57/123
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, sending formal memorandum setting out his views on the Dardanelles. [typescript copy].

Dates: 11 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/58/17
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Memorandum by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on "unfavourable comment" on the alleged failure of the Admiralty to forsee the danger to which ships operating in the Dardanelles would be exposed from floating mines [printed, Cabinet Paper].

Dates: 24 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Sep 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/58/20
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Minute by WSC, commenting on Admiralty despatches on Antwerp Operations, Oct 1914 [printed].

Dates: 29 Sep 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Oct 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/58/23
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Cabinet Paper - Antwerp Operations - October 1914 [printed Oct 1915].

Dates: Oct 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/41/91
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Telegram from the Admiralty to the French Ministry of Marine, Bordeaux [France], on plans to maintain aerial command of the area around Dunkirk. [Carbon].

Dates: 06 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/41/139
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Telegram from Major-General Sir George Aston [Royal Naval Division], (Dunkirk [France]) to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on a request from French Territorial Forces at Douai for cavalry support. [Carbon].

Dates: 24 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Nov 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/44/89-96
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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.

Dates: 05 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Sep [1914]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/45/45
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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.

Dates: 08 Sep [1914]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Nov 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/42/25
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Telegram from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood to Admiralty, on his naval operations to support the Army in Belgium, including problems with French mines, and his need for HMS Revenge to help knock out the German guns on the coast. [Carbon].

Dates: 04 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Oct 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/40/78
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Telegram from Rear-Admiral Horace Hood, to Admiralty, reporting on his support of the Army in Belgium. [Carbon].

Dates: 27 Oct 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/41/128
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Telegram from Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Ollivant [General Staff Officer, Royal Naval Division] (Dunkirk [France]), to Admiralty, on a planned move on Douai. [Carbon].

Dates: 20 Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open