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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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'War Neuroses' by John T. MacCurdy, 191707

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Reference Code: GBR/3377/JTMacC/2/8
Dates: 191707
Found in: Department of Psychology / The papers of J T MacCurdy / Off-prints of articles in scholarly journals
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War Service, 1917 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/590/WBRK/02
Dates: 1917 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. The Collections Research Centre [West Cambridge] is open from Monday to Friday, 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00. A prior appointment made at least two weeks in advance, and one form of identification is required.
Found in: Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences / The Papers of William Bernard Robinson King
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"Wearing soldier's shrapnel helmet", 1916-02-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/68
Scope and Contents

Photo shows WSC wearing a mackintosh and Sam Browne belt and metal helmet.

Dates: 1916-02-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Broadwater Collection / Photograph albums / "Winston S. Churchill: A record of seventy-seven glorious years"
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"With Channel Cruiser Squadron", 1914 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WMYS 7/11/1
Scope and Contents Written from Cowley House in Uxbridge, Admiralty House in Devonport, H.M.S. Charybdis, H.M.S. Euryalus and H.M.S. Diana. Subjects include German plans regarding territory, Italy's possible neutrality, Wemyss' own hopes for an end to the use of submarines, mines and military air ships in warfare, Wemyss' view of Sir Winston Churchill's abilities, the Dardanelles campaign, the repulsion of the Germans from Warsaw by the Russians and Wemyss' difficulty in feeling glad at German...
Dates: 1914 - 1915
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 / The Papers of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Wester Wemyss / Lord Wester Wemyss's letters to his wife / Letters to Lady Wester Wemyss, "Codda", "Puss Cat", "Cat"
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"With Grenadiers in France, 1916", 1915-12-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 2/56
Scope and Contents Group photograph of WSC with officers of the French 33rd Corps, on the French front line near Arras during the First World War. WSC is standing in the centre of the group, in uniform, carrying a cane and wearing a steel "poilu" helmet [given to him by the French]; to his left, in the dark jacket, is General Emile Fayolle, commander of the 33rd Corps; third from the left of the group, wearing a cap, is Captain Edward Spiers [later Edward Spears, liaison officer with the French], and just...
Dates: 1915-12-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Broadwater Collection / Photograph albums / Winston S. Churchill: Childhood and Early Career, "Album no. 1"
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World War 1 and aftermath, 1912 - 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLGF 3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection includes: letters collected by Leslie while working on the biography of Beatty, notes by him, and extracts from a diary, and his manuscript and typescript drafts; letters dealing both with the production of "The Epic of Jutland" and its reception; and letters from Beatty to Eugenie Godfrey Faussett.

Dates: 1912 - 1949
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 / "The Shane Leslie-Godfrey Faussett Archive"
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World War I, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TERY 1/1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the entire captured German Fleet at Scapa Flow, taken by [Midshipman] Charles Terry on the day before the Fleet was scuttled.

Dates: 1918
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 / The Papers of Major Charles Terry
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World War I, 1916 - 1968

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BLGN 1/2
Scope and Contents

Includes typescript of memoir of service in 2nd Battalion HAC in France and Italy 1916-18; correspondence with Chief Postal Censor about transmission of manuscript 1917; commission as 2nd Lieutenant, The Dorsetshire Regiment, 15 Aug 1918; Trench Map, sheet 57B North-East, near Le Cateau 29 Sep 1918; French Identity Card; demobilization papers 1919-20; envelope of French Ration Cards (undated); typescript of draft of HMS's contribution to "Promise of Greatness" (Cassell, 1968).

Dates: 1916 - 1968
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 / The Papers of (Harold) Montgomery Belgion / Family Records and World War I
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World War I, 1916 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FWCT 1
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Photographs relating to the Battle of Jutland and correspondence on Fawcett's account of the battle.

Dates: 1916 - 1921
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 / The Papers of Commander Harold Fawcett
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World War I: nursing, 1914-09 - 1914-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/16
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Letters from Nellie Hozier [later Nellie Romilly] to her mother Lady Blanche Hozier and to Clementine while on active service, nursing in the hospital in Mons [Belgium] as a prisoner-of-war. Also includes a letter from Lady Blanche to Mrs Cazelet begging for funds for the hospital.

Dates: 1914-09 - 1914-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell / Lady Spencer-Churchill's correspondence and personal papers

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