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Western Front (1914-1918)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 316 Collections and/or Records:

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Literary: Various correspondence about "The World Crisis"., Mar 1927 - May 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/209
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: T E Shaw [T E Lawrence, "Lawrence of Arabia"] praising WSC as a writer and a historian (2); Sir Eugene Millington-Drake; [Joseph] Caillaux (2); Commandant Lanrezac (2); Peter Larkin [High Commissioner of Canada] on WSC's treatment of the Canadian troops (3); Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice including proofs of an article by him disputing facts cited by WSC.Includes 3 copies of a letter from WSC to [Geoffery Dawson] Editor of the Times defending the statistics...
Dates: Mar 1927 - May 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Various Correspondence relating to Volume 3 of "The World Crisis"., Jan 1917 - Mar 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/208
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Jonathan Cape Limited on the possibility of WSC writing an introduction to Lord John Herbey's memoirs of the reign of King George II (2); Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice on the accuracy of WSC's citation of army statistics which were given to [David] Lloyd George (8); Brigadier General James Edmonds of the Military Branch of the Historical Section (3); General Debeney of the French Ministry of War; Professor F A Lindemann [later Lord Cherwell]; Admiral Sir Cecil...
Dates: Jan 1917 - Mar 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Admiralty: Telegrams., 01 Oct 1914 - 01 Nov 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/40
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Telegrams on France, Belgium and the North Sea.

Dates: 01 Oct 1914 - 01 Nov 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Admiralty: Telegrams., 23 Jul 1914 - 26 Dec 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/41
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The telegrams are mainly on the North Sea and Western Front.

Dates: 23 Jul 1914 - 26 Dec 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: correspondence and notes on World War I., 17 Feb 1915 - 22 Oct 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/37
Scope and Contents Correspondence includes: [1st Lord] Emmott [First Commissioner of Works] on the fortification of Buckingham Palace against air attacks; Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC]; David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions] on negotiations between Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] and Bulgaria and Greece; Austen Chamberlain [Secretary of State for India] on rewards to India after the war; Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister]; [Lord] Curzon [of Kedleston, Lord Privy...
Dates: 17 Feb 1915 - 22 Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: C I D [Committee of Imperial Defence] "G" series: printed papers on World War I., 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/47
Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions] on the military position and the conduct of the war; Arthur Balfour [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the limits of enlistment, the war; covering letters from Maurice Hankey [Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence]; the possibility of a combined naval and military attack at the Dardanelles; Hankey on policy after the Dardanelles, the winter campaign and meteorological conditions,...
Dates: 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: miscellaneous papers., Sep 1915 - Nov 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/45
Scope and Contents Includes: notes by WSC on economic problems created by the war and the danger of bankruptcy, on recovering the initiative in the Eastern theatre, the possibility of the Germans using gas, on the options open to the British government for the Dardanelles expedition and on the reasons behind the expedition; notes on the Baghdad [Iraq] railway and its strategic importance; a letter from Arthur Balfour [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the situation in the East; David Lloyd George [Minister of...
Dates: Sep 1915 - Nov 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: summary of events connected with World War I., 01 Dec 1914 - 31 Dec 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/48
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Printed booklet summarising foreign affairs particularly in Germany, Austria-Hungary and detailing events in the Eastern and Western theatres.

Dates: 01 Dec 1914 - 31 Dec 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: summary of events connected with World War I., 01 Jun 1915 - 31 Jul 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/49
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Printed booklet summarising foreign affairs particularly in Germany, Austria-Hungary and detailing events in the Eastern and Western theatres.

Dates: 01 Jun 1915 - 31 Jul 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: summary of events connected with World War I., 01 Aug 1915 - 30 Sep 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/50
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Printed booklet summarising foreign affairs particularly in Germany, Austria-Hungary and detailing events in the Eastern and Western theatres.

Dates: 01 Aug 1915 - 30 Sep 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: war appreciations., 28 May 1915 - 13 Nov 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/51
Scope and Contents Printed papers on various operations including: the Dardanelles by Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War]; the situation in the Aegean; several assessments and forecasts of the situation on the Western Front and in the Balkans (by Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Murray, Chief of the Imperial General Staff), and in Syria and Mesopotamia [later Iraq]; the impact of the Dardanelles operation on the conduct of the war; the employment of an allied force in Macedonia [later North Macedonia]...
Dates: 28 May 1915 - 13 Nov 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers., Mar 1914 - Aug 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/36
Scope and Contents Includes Cabinet papers on various subjects including: a proposed aircraft expedition to Somaliland [later Somalia]; the national insurance bill including measures to alleviate the problems of unemployment; the foreign enlistment bill; notes on the composition of British Expeditionary Force; correspondence between the Foreign Secretary [Sir Edward Grey] and various ambassadors regarding the European crisis and events leading up to the outbreak of World War I including the declaration of war...
Dates: Mar 1914 - Aug 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Aug 1914 - May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/38
Scope and Contents Cabinet papers on various subjects by various individuals including: Field Marshal Sir John French [later 1st Lord Ypres, Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France] on the strengths and weaknesses of the British army on the Western Front and in the Eastern theatre; David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions] on the conduct of the war, its treatment by the press and the shortage of munitions; [Lord] Kitchener [Secretary of State for War] on operations, forces, munitions and...
Dates: Aug 1914 - May 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Jun 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/39
Scope and Contents Cabinet papers by various individuals on various subjects including: WSC on the war situation including the Dardanelles; Walter Runciman [President of the Board of Trade] on food supplies to Germany and the effects on diminished exports; the effects of an air raid on London; national registration and military service; the supply of information to neutral countries; negotiations with the French; Sir William Max-Muller on the economic situation of Germany and Austria-Hungary; literary...
Dates: Jun 1916
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Oct 1915 - Nov 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/42
Scope and Contents Printed papers by various individuals on various subjects including: the national register; [Lord] Kitchener [Secretary of State for War], [Lord] Curzon of Kedleston [Lord Privy Seal] and Lord Crewe [earlier Lord Houghton and Robert Milnes] Secretary of State for India] on recruitment to the army; WSC on Gallipoli and the Dardanelles; a neutral press committee; WSC on trench mortar guns; Sir William Max-Muller on the economic situation of Germany and Austria-Hungary; the Dardanelles...
Dates: Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: War Policy Committee: correspondence and papers., Aug 1915 - Oct 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/61
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Reginald Brade [Secretary, War Office] on machine gun wastage; [Lord] Curzon [of Kedleston, Lord Privy Seal]; [3rd Lord] Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer] on population calculations and compulsory military service (2); Major General Charles Callwell [Director of Military Operations at the War Office](4); Austen Chamberlain [Secretary of State for India]; Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister]; Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on the...
Dates: Aug 1915 - Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Committee of Imperial Defence: Military Aspects of the Continental Problem (1911): reprint., 13 Aug 1911 - Sep 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 24/7
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Includes: Theophile Delcasse [French Minister of Foreign Affairs] on WSC's foresight in his memorandum of 1911; a reprint of WSC's memorandum, Military Aspects of the Continental Problem, on the action to be taken by Britain in the event of Germany invading France.

Dates: 13 Aug 1911 - Sep 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Munitions., 02 Jul 1917 - 20 Sep 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/1
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General correspondence: Correspondents include Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, C. in C., British Armies in France (3) on supply of arms and ammunition; Major-General Sir John Headlam (2) on numbers of troops in the field; Major-General Sir Reginald Barnes, 57th Division, on the need for air superiority on the Western Front; General Charles Harington; Major-General Noel Birch; Christopher Addison, Ministry of Reconstruction, on the Pledges Bill; and Bertram Romilly.

Dates: 02 Jul 1917 - 20 Sep 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Munitions., 10 Jul 1917 - Sep 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/2
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Various Papers: Including Memorandum on high explosive bombs dropped by aeroplanes; memorandum on export of materials to neutral countries contiguous to enemy territory; memorandum by Major-General John Headlam on use of the canal system in France; and report of Committee enquiring into the recommendations of the Select Committee on National Expenditure regarding the works of the British Cellulose and Chemical Manufacturing Co. Ltd at Spondon.

Dates: 10 Jul 1917 - Sep 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Munitions., 10 Aug 1918 - 23 Nov 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/38
Scope and Contents War Office Weekly Tank Notes Including accounts of tank actions and operations; drawings of British tanks; extracts from the foreign press on tank operations; notes on German anti-tank measures; notes o the relation between tanks and cavalry; notes on the interrogation of a German tank corporal; notes on co-operation between tanks and aeroplanes; notes on German anti-tank land mines; and the development of Gas and is influence on tank warfare. With Survey of Tank Corps Operations, 8 Aug - 7...
Dates: 10 Aug 1918 - 23 Nov 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Munitions., Sep 1917 - Oct 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/156
Scope and Contents WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos 201-400.Correspondents include: Sir James Stevenson; Lord Swaythling on scrap iron in the Netherlands; Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions (2); General Sir Francis Bingham; Charles Hobhouse on shortage of field guns; Lord Northcliffe (5); Lord Derby, War Office (5); Sir Joseph Maclay, Ministry of Shipping (4); Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service; Dundee Chamber of Commerce and others on the telephone service...
Dates: Sep 1917 - Oct 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Munitions., Oct 1917 - Nov 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/157A-C
Scope and Contents WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos. 401-600 Correspondents include: Lord Derby, War Office (9); Edwin Montagu, India Office; H W Massingham, The Nation; Louis Loucheur, French Minister of Munitions; Sir Herbert Hambling, Finance Member of the Ministry of Munitions Council; Sir Joseph Maclay, Ministry of Shipping; Sir Boverton Redwood, on the organisation of the Chemical Warfare Department; Sir Alfred Mond [later Lord Melchett], Office of Works (4); Sir Stephenson...
Dates: Oct 1917 - Nov 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Munitions., Nov 1917 - Dec 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/158
Scope and Contents WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos. 601-743 Correspondents include: Wedgwood Benn (later Lord Stansgate); Major-General Sir William Furse; Lord Robert Cecil (later Lord Cecil of Chelwood), Foreign Office; Walter Long Colonial Office (3); Sir Abe Bailey; Lord Killanin, complaining about treatment by the Priority Dept., Ministry of Munitions; Lady St Aldwyn, on the death of her husband and son; Louis Loucheur, French Minister of Munitions (2); Lord Cowdray on his...
Dates: Nov 1917 - Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Munitions., Apr 1918 - May 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/162A-B
Scope and Contents WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos 301-400 Correspondents include: Major-General Noel Birch; Sir Abe Bailey; Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; Lord Derby, War Office; Sir Frederick Black, British War Mission to the United States; Lord Rhondda. Ministry of Food; Lord Stamfordham, PS to King George V (2); Lord Robert Cecil (later Lord Cecil of Chelwood), Foreign Office; Lord Northcliffe (2); Cecil Harmsworth; Colonel Albert Stern; Sir William Weir; Vice Admiral Charles...
Dates: Apr 1918 - May 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Munitions., 01 Jan 1918 - 30 Apr 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/58
Scope and Contents A (Air) Various papers including Report on output of aircraft with a view to increased offensive against German Towns by Major-General Hugh Trenchard; note by Lord Rothermere of conversation with Major-General Robert Brooke-Popham on the desirability of reducing the number of engine types in use in service aircraft; memorandum by Major-General Sefton Brancker [Controller-General of Equipment and Master-General of Personnel on the Air Council] on the requirements of the Air Force in...
Dates: 01 Jan 1918 - 30 Apr 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open