First World War (1914-1918)
Found in 1501 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), [Mar] 1915
Admiralty minute on naval operations in the Dardanelles on 6-7 Mar [carbon].
(Untitled), [Mar] 1915
Admiralty minute on naval operations in the Dardanelles on 6-7 Mar [carbon].
(Untitled), [Mar] 1915
Admiralty minute on attack on the four principal forts guarding the Dardanelles [carbon].
(Untitled), [Apr] 1915
Admiralty and War Office statement on progress of operations in the Dardanelles from 25-29 Apr, particularly account of Gallipoli landings [carbon].
(Untitled), 01 Mar 1915
Telegram from Gen Sir Ian Hamilton to the War Office, reporting that they had broken the back of the work, and would begin embarking Australians and New Zealanders on 4 Apr, with the French and the Royal Naval Division to follow [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 23 Mar 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Amiralty to Rear-Admiral John de Robeck, Naval C. in C,. Dardanelles, on his suggestion to abandon the original plan for the naval forcing of the Dardanelles, and to use the whole military force available, whish would not be available until 14 Apr [handwritten draft, not sent - Lord Fisher (1st Sea Lord) had threatened to resign if the telegram was sent. WSC modified it and the redrafted version (CHAR 13/65) was sent on 24 Mar.].
(Untitled), [Mar] 1915
Minute from the Director of Transports, Admiralty, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on transport of troops to the Dardanelles, reporting that one Division was delayed by 24 hours by War Office action and half a Division was delayed a further 24 hours by labour difficulties [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 01 May 1915
Admiralty minute on artillery in the Dardanelles, typescript, initialled by WSC and Lord Fisher.
(Untitled), 14 May 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to the Italian Minister of Marine, confirming that four British Battleships and four Light cruisers under the command of Rear-Admiral Cecil Thursby would leave the Dardanelles for service in the Adriatic as soon as they had been relieved by French ships [carbon].
(Untitled), 18 May 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Major-General Archibald Paris, appreciation of the work of the Royal Naval Division in the Dardanelles.
(Untitled), 18 May 1915
Telegram from Major-General Archibald Paris, to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, thanks for his appreciation of the work of the Royal Naval Division in the Dardanelles.
(Untitled), 28 May 1915
Telegram from Vice Admiral John De Robeck to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, thanking him for telegram, and support for the Squadron in the Dardanelles [carbon].
(Untitled), [May] 1915
Statement by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty on the resignation of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher as 1st Sea Lord, mainly over the Dardanelles [carbon].
(Untitled), [May] 1915
Telegram from the Admiralty to Vice Admiral John De Robeck, on precaution against attack by submarines in the Dardanelles [carbon].
(Untitled), 1915
Admiralty minute to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, report on the Turkish Forts in the Dardanelles.
(Untitled), May 1915
Minute from WESC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Lord Kitchener, War Office, on military operations in the Dardanelles [handwritten, unsigned].
(Untitled), 1915
Reply by Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord, to Parliamenary Question asking if the 1st Sea Lord had been consulted and had approved the attack of 9 Mar 1915.
(Untitled), 1915
Minute from Edward Marsh to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty on "teriffic fuss" about transport of women to Holland for a conference on social questions.
(Untitled), [May] 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Vice-Admiral John de Robeck, on naval and military operations in the Dardanelles, and the possible abandonment of naval plan to force the Dardanelles without the aid of a large army [carbon].
(Untitled), 18 Apr 1915
Admiralty minute on the destruction of the British submarine, E15, grounded on Kephey Point, by boats from HMS "Triumph" and HMS "Majestic", to prvent the submarine falling into Turkish hands in a serviceable condition, praising the commander of the expedition, Lt-Cdr Eric Robinson [carbon].
(Untitled), Nov 1914
Minute by Lord Fisher, 1st Sea Lord "On the possibility of using our command of the sea to influence more drastically the military situation on the continent" [carbon, with ms annotations ? by WSC].
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1915
Telegram from WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty to Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden, asking for details of the strength and composition of Turkish troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and his views on aid which could be given by a military force".
(Untitled), 17 Apr 1915
Admiralty minute reporting that the transport "Manitou" had been attacked by a Turkish torpedo boat in the Aegean, with the loss of about 100 lives [carbon].
(Untitled), 20 Jan 1915
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.
(Untitled), 12 Mar 1915
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.