Letter from WSC to Sir William Pickford [later Lord Sterndale], chairman of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry, correcting what he sees as the wrong impression given by certain aspects of the Commission's interim report. Additional copies contained in CHAR 2/102.

3 sets of duplicates for CHAR 2/102/2 - 3.

Letter from Edward Marsh to the editor of the Liverpool Daily Courier asking for a reference to the remarks of Dr Helfferich [the former German minister of finance] quoted in a recent edition [see CHAR 2/106/75] that the Gallipoli campaign came close to total success. Typescript copy.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC on the steps he intends to take for the publication of his diary once the Dardanelles Commission papers have been laid before the House of Commons. Encloses a letter he has written to Violet, Lady Beaumont and her answer [see CHAR 2/106/66, CHAR 2/106/67 and CHAR 2/106/68].

Cutting from the Liverpool Daily Courier: article anticipating the publication of the memoirs of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] and referring to the statement of Dr Helfferich, the former German minister of finance, that the Gallipoli campaign came close to success.

Letter from Guy L'estrange, London editor of the Liverpool Courier (187 Fleet Street, London) to Edward Marsh (War Office) giving the source of the remark by Dr Helfferich, the former German minister of finance, that the Gallipoli campaign came close to success.

Cutting from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph: article noting that WSC is expected to escape censure in the second report of the Dardanelles Commission but that he will be criticised in books by Sir Julian Corbett and Sir Percy Scott.

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC thanking him for praising his role in the Dardanelles campaign [in his speech paying tribute to General Sir Edmund Allenby, later Lord Allenby].

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC reporting that Sir George Arthur's account of the Dardanelles campaign is hostile to WSC but that he does not think it will harm WSC. However a forthcoming article by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] may be more serious.

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC noting that the first of the articles on the Dardanelles by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] is not hostile to WSC, referring to the valuation of the stock on the farm [at Lullenden] and arguing that Sir George Arthur's portrayal of WSC as an overwhelmingly persuasive and powerful figure during the Dardanelles campaign will do WSC good rather than harm.

Letter from Major G C Woodcock to ? Shaw reporting that Turkish artillery officers believe that a renewed naval attack on the Dardanelles would have succeeded and that parts of the Gallipoli peninsula are so honeycombed that it is surprising that any sort of landing was possible.

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC enclosing an article from The Truth on the Dardanelles Commission [see CHAR 2/106/139] and suggesting that the Times correspondent who wrote a "masterly" article on the Commission's report (Mr Sidebotham) should be asked to write one on Commodore Francis Mitchell's report as well.

Cutting from the Truth: article on the report of the Dardanelles Commission taking a sympathetic view of those who planned it and carried it out. Sent with CHAR 2/106/138.

Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC explaining that he may omit some parts of his Gallipoli diary when it is published (but not his references to "the wickedness at the end which bust up the whole show") and praising WSC's painting of a cedar.

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Tingewick, Buckinghamshire) to WSC describing his proposed account of the Dardanelles campaign and asking to see WSC to discuss it.

Letter from [WSC] to [Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, later 1st Lord Keyes] approving [a foreword to the chapter from Keyes's naval memoirs on the Dardanelles campaign]. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire] to WSC describing how he criticises Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] in his account of the Dardanelles campaign and how he treats the Dogger Bank action.

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire] discussing Keyes's account of the Dardanelles campaign and suggesting that his brother [Sir Terence Keyes] could supply from India valuable information and suggestions for criticism of the White Paper.

Letter from [WSC] to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] asserting that Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] deserted him after having given his full support to the Dardanelles campaign. Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC on his account of the Dardanelles campaign, including his correction of inaccuracies in Vice-Admiral Cecil Usborne's "Smoke on the Horizon" and his criticism of the role of Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] and Duckworth.

Letter from [WSC] to Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] giving his permission to publish a telegram of his sent during the Dardanelles campaign in which he talked of two or three hundred casualties as being "a moderate price". Carbon typescript copy.

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC describing how he argues in his account of the Dardanelles campaign that a battle to force the Narrows would have resulted in victory for the Allies and mentioning that he is staying with Vice-Admiral Harry Godfrey, who is a supporter of his and WSC's.

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC asking him to read his chapters on the Dardanelles campaign, reporting that Butterworth & Co have agreed to publish his naval memoirs in two volumes and asking WSC to help him "to put that old villain [Lord Fisher, earlier Sir John Fisher] in his proper place in history".

Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (Tingewick House, Buckinghamshire) to WSC describing the next two chapters in his account of the Dardanelles campaign which cover WSC's efforts to get Rear-Admiral John de Robeck to adhere to the naval attack.