Public Statements by the Secretaries of Defense, 1947-1981 are microfilmed copies of official statements, press releases, speeches, announcements and memoranda released by successive US Secretaries of Defense, 1947-1981. Compiled by the US Department of Defense at the Pentagon, Washington, DC, the material reflects US government national security concerns during the height of the Cold War. Arranged chronologically, the series includes statement before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan), 1948; statement before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives on aid to Greece and Turkey, 1948; memoranda relating to Civil Defense Planning, 1948; statement on biological warfare potentialities, 1949; statements relating to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1949-1981; remarks at the unveiling of the memorial to British FM Sir John (Greer) Dill, 1950; testimony relating to the military situation in the Far East and the Balkans; statements relating to the Mutual Security Pact, 1952 and the Mutual Security Program, 1953; statement regarding the deployment of nuclear weapons for air defence, 1957; statement before the Senate Committee on Armed Services relating to satellite and missile programs, 1958; testimony regarding the Foreign Assistance Act, 1962; press conferences relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; joint statements with Gen Maxwell Davenport Taylor, Chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff, relating to the situation in the Republic of Vietnam, 1963; press conference regarding Gulf of Tonkin 'incident', 1964; statement regarding the appointment of Gen William Childs Westmoreland as Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1964; press releases relating to the increased commitment of US ground troops to Vietnam, 1966; testimony regarding US operations in Cambodia, 1970; press conferences relating to US-Soviet Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) tests, 1970; statements regarding US arms sales to Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, 1974; statements regarding the fall of Saigon, Republic of Vietnam, to the North Vietnamese Army, Apr 1975; testimony relating to nuclear technology, including the Minuteman II nuclear missile, 1976; statements regarding Stealth technology and its application, 1980.

Scrapbook of his service in France and Belgium, 1914-1917 and Italy, 1917-1918, compiled in 1923 and 1927, including a detailed account of the period Oct 1914-May 1915, notably the first Battle of Ypres, Oct-Nov 1914, written up from letters to his wife, 1914-1915; typescript copies of notes on the operations of 7 Div, Oct-Nov 1914, compiled by the General Staff, 7 Div in [1917-1918]; typescript copies of orders of 231 Field Company, 1916, and 528 Field Company, 1917; account of his service in Italy, 1918, written in 1923; copies of divisional and brigade orders for attack at Ypres, Oct 1917; various maps, 1914-1918; reproductions of photographs, 1918; 'The crossing of the Piave in 1918', article by Kerrich cut from The Royal Engineers Journal, Dec 1927.

Bound editions of the K-H News-Letter, 1936-1941, the National News-Letter, 1941-1957, and the King-Hall News-Letter, 1958-1959. Bound editions of Personal letters, 1946-1954. Editions of seven books and pamphlets by King-Hall, World history. An outline from the earliest times to the present day for the young of all ages (K-H Services, London, 1948), North Americandiary (K-H Services, London, 1949), Men of destiny or the moment of no return (K-H Services, London, 1960), Moment of no return (Ballantine Books, New York, 1961), Power politics in the nuclear age (Victor Gollancz, London, 1962), Common sense in defence (K-H Services, London, 1962) and Parliament viewing hall: a look-listen room. A scheme to enable more people to see and hear the proceedings of Parliament, with Gerald F Sheard (K-H Services, London, 1963). Editions of seven books and pamphlets published by King-Hall, United Europe. A short history of the idea by Sydney D Bailey (National News-Letter, London, 1948), The state of Britishindustry by S E Davson (National News-Letter, London, 1948), India, Pakistan in world politics by Jossleyn Hennessy (National News-Letter, London, 1949), What is Communism? by John Plamervatz (National News-Letter, London, 1949), Snorky, a stanley crane by Kay King-Hall (K-H Services, London, 1961), The peace race by Seymour Melman (Ballantine Books, New York, 1961) and National incomes policy, a democratic plan by Elliott Jaques (K-H Services, London, 1963).

Photocopy of report entitled 'The enemy side of the hill: the 1945 background on interrogation of German commanders' by Maj Kenneth William Hechler, Historical Section, US Army, including accounts of interrogations of captured senior German officers including Col Gen Johannes Blaskowitz, Grand Adm Karl Dönitz, Reichsmarschall Hermann William Göring, Gen ofArtillery Alfred Josef Jodl, FM Wilhelm Keitel, FM Albert von Kesselring and Gen of Artillery Walter Warlimont, Jul 1945.

Papers relating to his army career, 1906-1927, notably including Naval and military despatches relating to operations in the war covering the period Sep-Nov 1914, issued by HMSO, 1914; 'Peace celebrations, 1919, victory march through London, 19th July. Orders by Field Marshal Douglas Haig', issued by HMSO, 1919.

Papers chiefly related to Lethbridge's service in the Second World War, 1943-1948 and the Control Commission, 1945-1948. Typescript report, photographs, glass photographic slides and correspondence relating to 220 Lethbridge Mission, to the USA, India, South West Pacific and Australia to study tactics and equipment required to defeat Japan in the Far East, 1943-1944. Photographs, including album of Australian troops in action with Japanese, Papua New Guinea, 1943, with related publications, notably War in New Guinea (Department of Information, Australia, 1943) and The Australasians [27 Nov 1943], with profile of Lethbridge. Papers relating to Lethbridge's service as Chief of Staff, 14 Army, Burma, 1944-1945, including printed chart of the planned phases of the Burma campaign, 1944; letters home, Aug 1944-Jun 1945; personal letter from Gen Sir William Joseph Slim, Commander in Chief, Allied Land Forces, South East Asia, to Lethbridge, 26 Sep 1945; typescript operational and administrative notes on the Burma campaign, 1945; portrait photographs, including Gen Slim [1945]; typescript administrative memoranda, 1945; edition of Campaign in Burma (Central Office of Information, London, 1946). Papers relating to Control Commission for Germany, 1945-1948, including photocopies of Hitler's last will and testament, with copies of translations, 1945; Lethbridge's notes on evidence for Hitler's death, 1945; Hitler's signed Christmas card [1944]; press cuttings relating to defeat of plot by former SS officers, 1947; two UK Government papers relating to Germany (HMSO, London, 1939); photograph album of pre-war Berlin, with notes on post war condition [1946]. Photographs and press cuttings relating to the opening of the Civil Defence College, Sunningdale, Berkshire, 1950; photographs relating to Civil Defence exercise, Bristol, 1956. Obituary for Lethbridge, reprinted from The Royal Engineers Journal [1961].

Capt Sir Basil Liddell Hart's papers reflect his position as the foremost military theorist in Britain between World Wars One and Two, as an influential military correspondent and as a prolific author of books on military theory and history. As such he sustained throughout his life an extensive correspondence with a wide variety of prominent individuals, including those in the armed forces, politicians, playwrights, journalists, military historians, embassy officials and clergymen.The collection includes Liddell Hart's files containing correspondence with several thousand individuals, as well as with government departments and military establishments, and clubs and political parties; his own military writings, including diary notes, memoranda, books, articles, letters to the press and texts of lectures; and an extensive collection of reference material, mainly comprising newspaper cuttings and pamphlets, covering a wide range of topics including military history, politics and society. The collection includes a small quantity of correspondence with Lady Liddell Hart, particularly after 1970.Correspondence with individuals, 1916-1970, with related papers, 1/1-780; general correspondence, 1904-1976, including with Embassy staff, Israeli military personnel, and researchers, 2/1-3241; correspondence with British and overseas publishers, military and non-military journals, news agencies, literary and legal advisers, 1919-1970, 3/1-196; correspondence with officialinstitutions, 1927-1970, including government departments, military establishments and museums, with correspondence relating to official histories of World Wars One and Two, 4/1-39; correspondence with political parties, clubs and organisations, 1922-1970, 5/1-35; letters to newspapers and journals, 1927-1968, 6/1927/1-6/1968/2; writings relating to military matters, 1910-1925, including diaries and notebooks, 7/1910/1-7/1925/13; papers relating to early life and career, 1895-1925, including service in World War One, 8/1-355; manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and reviews of books written or edited by Liddell Hart, with related papers, 1925-1970, 9/1-32, which includes notes on talks with T E Lawrence, 9/13, papers relating to German generals of World War Two, 9/24, and correspondence and papers relating to tanks, 9/28; published articles, including book reviews, with related papers, 1925-1969, 10/1925/1-10/1969/19 plus miscellaneous and supplementary papers; unpublished papers, 1925-1970, including appointment diaries, records of conversations and papers on military matters, and papers relating to Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1937-1957, 11/1925/1-11/1970/1 plus undated memoranda; notes for lectures, speeches, broadcasts and interviews, 1926-1969, with related correspondence, 12/1926/1-12/1969/4 plus miscellaneous papers; papers including presscuttings and copy letters relating to life and career, 1925-1970, 13/1-112; non-military material, including papers relating to religion, philosophy, sport, aviation, science, psychology and fashion, 1913-1969, 14/1-93; reference material, including original and published papers and proofs of publications, relating to military history, politics and society, 15/1-7, 16; military manualsand pamphlets, 1870-1961, 15/8. See below for those individuals who passed their own private papers to Liddell Hart.

Papers relating to his service in the Middle East, principally comprising account of his work at No 62 General Hospital, Tobruk, Libya, Oct 1941-Feb 1942; cutting of newspaper article based on this account, written by Patrick Marnham (his son) in 1991; text of his lecture on surgery in the Middle East, 1940-1943, [1943]; photocopy of his printed article 'The Tobruk Plaster', 1945;diary of Col H V Leigh, Commander, No 62 General Hospital, Oct 1941-Jan 1942; Leigh's official report on No 62 General Hospital for the period Oct-Dec 1941, written in Jan 1942.

Papers of Sir William George Tennant, including official service documents; midshipman's logs, 1905 to 1909; diaries of war service, written up in 1919, and one for the cruises of 1925; a work book, 1927; papers on the loss of the REPULSE , 1941; tactical and secret papers on the 'Mulberry' operations, 1944, and engagement diaries, visitors' books, notes for speeches and lectures, 1946 to 1949, as well as many general papers and notebooks relating to Tennant's historical interests and the role of the three services in defence strategy.

Papers of the Troubridge and Cochrane Family. Correspondence includes Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, 2nd Baronet and his family, Sir Thomas St. Vincent Hope Cochrane Troubridge, 3rd Baronet and his family circa 1800 to 1900. The collection also includes correspondence within the Cochrane family involving Sir Alexander Forrest Inglis Cochrane and his wife, Thomas Cochrane, Louisa Cochrane and Andrew Cochrane. The nature of the correspondence is personal and undated. Also included is correspondence with the Noel family, a collection of 'verse and poetry', miscellaneous prints, drawings and sketches (10 items), invitations, business cards and miscellaneous pamphlets 1808-1948. In addition, Louis Shennan's research and biographical information on the Troubridge family is included (TRO/407/1-10)

Papers of Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, comprising Orders from the Admiralty in this collection are wide ranging covering the period 1810-52. Including memorandum, commissions, provisions, transport orders for the ARMIDE during the Anglo- American War, 1812-14 and orders for the STAG, 1831-34. Official correspondence, 1810-52, includes Sir A. F.I. Cochrane, Napier, Elphinstone and papers concerning Sir Edward Thomas's father's Neapolitan pension. Also included is letters re: the action fought by the GREYHOUND in company with the HARRIER in 1806 against the Dutch Company's brig's QUEEN ELIZABETH and BELGICA. Personal correspondence includes letters to his wife Anna Maria, his sons Edward Norwich and Thomas St. Vincent Hope Cochrane and his daughters Charlotte and Louisa. There are also letters from the Cochrane family.

Papers of Adml Sir Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge. The collection includes his scrapbook album, 1889-99, a pocket notebook, correspondence as President of the International Danube Commission (1920-4), correspondence from a variety of individuals, 1895-1921 and volume listing his commission dates, entitled 'recollections in ranks'.

Sir Thomas Herbert Cochrane Troubridge including letters 1933-6 and a certificate dated 1879 from the Royal Military College and three invitations to dinner parties.

Papers of Sir Thomas Hope Troubridge, including training guidelines whilst as a gunnery officer 1922-1944, Naval orders 1925-1926, Admiralty papers 1945-1946, two commissions 1915 and 1943, and lecture notes, syllabuses and essays whilst at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1924-1925.

Papers of Sir Thomas St. Vincent Hope Cochrane Troubridge. Official letters include work concerning the improvement of army uniform, 1856-59 and letters on his award of the Companion of the Bath, 1855. Personal correspondence includes his account of the events leading up to the Battle of Alma and Inkerman, 1854, during the Crimean War. He recounts his time in Hospital and being severely wounded at the Battle of Inkerman. Letters also recount his voyage from Southampton to Sevastopol, 1854. Letters also include correspondence with his wife, Lady Louisa Troubridge (nee Gurney) and his children, 1854-67.

Papers of Sir Thomas Troubridge. The papers include orders, 1795-1801, commissions of Sir Thomas Troubridge and his son Sir Edward. Correspondence and orders, 1801-1807, correspondence relating the Battle of Copenhagen, 1801, the court martial of Calder, 1801, HARRIER and GREYHOUND, 1806, re: destroying Dutch Company's brigs CHRISTIAN ELIZABETH and BELGICA. The collection also consists of 12 letters detailing prize money, 1798-1802, purchased via Maggs in 1982.

Official photographs of the British Army in North Africa, [1940-1943], principally depicting personnel, tanks and infantry.

Copy of typescript memoir of his RN career, 1914-1918 and 1939-1943, covering his service with the Harwich force in the North Sea, 1914-1917, notably the Battle of Dogger Bank, Jan 1915, at Nore Command, 1918-1919, in the Atlantic convoys, 1939-1940, Norway, 1940, the evacuation of Dunkirk, 1940, as Staff Officer, HQ Western Approaches, 1940-1941, in the Mediterranean,1941-1942, Madagascar, 1942, Malta convoys, 1942, and the landings in North Africa, 1942, Sicily, 1943, and Italy, 1943. Includes copies of naval signals, 1915-1916.

Papers relating to Jenkins' early RN service, 1932-1941, including four editions of HMS ENTERPRISE magazine The 'Prise wail, 1932-1934, including accounts of service in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf; thirteen uncaptioned photographs of aircraft carrier operations, Mediterranean Fleet [1936]; two punishment registers in French, taken from the French battleship PARIS, atPlymouth, Devon, when the ship was commandeered by the Royal Navy to prevent its use by the Vichy French or German forces, Jul 1940; edition of printed booklet German law and German lawlessness. An address by General Sikorski before the University of St Andrews (St Andrews University Press, St Andrews, Fife, 1941), signed and dedicated to Jenkins by the Polish Prime Minister in exile, Gen Wladyslaw Sikorski, 1 Jun 1941. Papers relating to Jenkins' command of 5 Minesweeping Flotilla, Mediterranean, Adriatic and Aegean, 1944-1946, including printed chart of waters off the southern coast of France entitled 'Operation DRAGOON...Areas swept byFifth Minesweeping Flotilla and 2nd Div 31st ML (Motor Launch) Flotilla, 15th-21st Aug 1944'; typescript diary entitled '5th MSF (Minesweeping Flotilla) - Diary', 12 Jul-17 Sep 1944, containing account of the 5 Minesweeping Flotilla's role in Operation DRAGOON, the Allied invasion of southern France, Aug 1944; typescript copies of official reports by Jenkins on Operation MANNA,Minesweeping off the coast of Greece, 30 Oct 1944, and Operation SINUS, Minesweeping in the Gulf of Salonika, Nov 1945. Papers relating to a visit by Jenkins to the Royal Naval Armament Depot, Kauri Point, New Zealand, 1954, including album containing 41 photographs and two manuscript maps of the Depot, 1954; sixteen captioned photographs of the destruction of cordite on the beach atKauri Point, and HMNZS ENDEAVOUR and HMNZS STAWELL at anchor at Kauri Point, New Zealand, 1954. Manuscript copy of letter from Capt Richard Fortescue Phillimore, RN (an uncle of Jenkins, and later Adm Sir Richard Fortescue Phillimore), commander of HMS INFLEXIBLE, 2 Battlecruiser Sqn, Grand Fleet, to his wife, 9 Dec 1914, containing a detailed account of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 Dec 1914; six postcards relating to the scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet, interned at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, 21 Jun 1919, including German battleship BAYERN, battlecruiser DERFFLINGER, and cruiser NUREMBURG, Jun-Jul 1919; edition of The GrandFleet: a wartime sketch book by John Coleridge (Medici Society, London, 1920).

Papers relating to Kennedy's service as Capt of the battlecruiser HMS INDOMITABLE during World War One, including brief diary of the war training of the British Mediterranean Fleet, 1913-1914; narratives describing the shadowing, chase and escape of the German battlecruiser GOEBEN and its companion ship BRESLAU from the British Mediterranean Fleet, Aug 1914; apersonal description of the first bombardment of the Dardanelles, Nov 1914; intelligence reports of the positions of the warships of various nations, 1915; summary of information received from survivors of the German battlecruiser BLUCHER sunk during the Battle of Dogger Bank, Jan 1915; a brief personal memoir of the Battle of Jutland, May 1916.

Papers of Greive, William Samuel, containing logs, 1845 to 1847, and 1851 to 1855; a letterbook, 1871 to 1874; commissions, 1851 to 1884, and a few single documents.

Papers of Cpt William Wrey. They include logs, 1882 to 1885; photographs, 1882 to 1918; office diaries, 1918 to 1919, and secret sailings, reports, statistics of troops embarked and disembarked at Southampton and other official papers, 1914 to 1918. There are also papers of the following relatives: General John Tatton Brown, R.M., notes and memoranda, 1823 to 1826 and 1849; Commander John Bathurst (d.1866), commissions, 1838 to 1860; Captain Lord Francis Granvill Godolphin Osborne (1864-1924), a log, 1888 to 1889, and notebooks, 1887 to 1889.

Papers of the Elliot family including:

Papers of Lord Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto, comprising sixty-two volumes and covering the official correspondence of Lord Minto when he was Commissioner at Toulon and Viceroy of Corsica. In addition, there is an account of the attack and defence of Toulon, 1793, a journal for March 1794, a few loose papers and some correspondence between Elliot, Nelson and Lady Hamilton.

Papers of Lord Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto consisting of correspondence and papers covering the period when he was First Lord of the Admiralty. There are forty volumes of in-letters and some draft replies in his own hand including the letters from commanders connected with the events of the Carlist war, 1836 to 1841. There are also loose papers which consist of reports and memoranda and correspondence on a wide variety of naval topics. Further naval papers of the 2nd Earl form part of the Minto collection in the National Library of Scotland.

Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, content is mainly official and consists of account rolls of the Treasurer of the Chambers, 1762 to 1770, and an account made as Treasurer of the Navy, 1776 to 1777. There are some miscellaneous papers and a few letters, some personal and some official, relating to the settlement of Elliot's naval accounts. There are other papers relating to Elliot as Treasurer of the Navy and as Lord of the Admiralty in the National Library of Scotland.

Papers of George Eliott, consisting of three cases of orders and letters relating mainly to the siege of Gibraltar.

Papers of of Hugh Elliot consisting of diplomatic correspondence, 1803 to 1806, and contain sixty-two letters from Nelson (q.v.), together with drafts and copies of Elliot's replies and correspondence with Admiral Collingwood (q.v.). There are also intelligence reports and other material which throw light on the diplomacy of the Neapolitan Court.

Papers of Adm John Elliot, consisting only of one volume, containing a biographical note and seventy-two letters sent mostly by Elliot to his father or brother, 1745 to 1805. There are also letters received, including some from Lords Sandwich (q. v.) and Barham (q.v.). Also included is a description by Captain Erasmus Gower (q.v.) of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China in 1793 and another of the First of June, 1794.

Three logs kept by Willaim Elliot between 1803 and 1810.

Papers of Adml Thomas Graves including logs, 1742 to 1744, 1746 to 1748 and 1779 to 1782; a letterbook, 1793 to 1794; order books, 1788 to 1793; a book of sailing directions with some orders, 1755 to 1756; letters and a volume on courts martial, 1771 to 1780 and 1786 to 1787. There are some loose papers which relate to Graves' court martial and to his Governorship of Newfoundland. The latter contain some documents on hydrographic surveys, among which is a letter of 1764 to Graves from Captain James Cook (1728-1779). There are also some commissions, official letters and drafts, 1764 to 1767, 1777 to 1782, a few private letters, 1782 to 1797 and a biography of Graves up to 1790. Some papers of Admiral Sir Thomas Graves (c 1747-1814), another cousin of Lord Graves, are also in the collection. They are orders received as Captain of the Savage, North American Station, 1779 to 1781, and official letters received, 1800 to 1804.

Letters of Edwin Thomas Hinde. The letters are divided into two groups: those written to his family from the ATHOLL, BLACK JOKE, FAIR ROSAMOND and DRYAD between 1829 and 1832 during service on the West Coast of Africa; and those written from the SERPENT from the West Indies between 1833 and 1836.

This catagory is composed of small collections of documents relating to specific events. It includes sketches of operations for raising the wreck of the ROYAL GEORGE and coloured illustrations with notes of items salvaged by Colonel Sir Charles Pasley (1780-1861) from the ROYAL GEORGE and the EDGAR, 1839 to 1840; press cuttings and correspondence relating to the Benin Expedition, 1897; and press cuttings and watercolours of the Zeebrugge Raid, 1918, with a chart used on the occasion by Sub-Lieutenant (later Captain) Nevil Pritchard (fl 1900-1979) of the WHIRLWIND.

Papers of Captain Henry George Hamilton, consisting of official service documents, letters to his family, 1822 to 1830, and from Australia, 1839 to 1843.

Papers of Adml Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton, consisting of logs, 1870 to 1872, 1877 to 1881, 1885 and 1915 to 1916, and semi-official letters received, 1914 to 1917, including some from Admirals Lord Fisher (1841-1920), Jellicoe (1859-1935), Beatty (1871-1936), Sir Charles Madden and Prince Louis of Battenburg (1854-1921). In addition, there is detailed material on the resignation of Lord Fisher in 1915. There are also a large number of private papers and letters received, 1889 to 1917, letters to his son Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton, 1906 to 1915, scrap and photograph albums, official service documents, notes on manoeuvering the HOOD, 1893 to 1894, and reports and memoranda, 1917.

Papers of Sir Louis Henry Keppel Hamiltom. The diaries cover most of his career and all periods afloat from 1908 to 1928. There are also diaries for journeys in the merchant ships Lagos, 1915, and in the Usaramo to Lisbon in 1924. In addition there are official reports and signals for the time when Hamilton commanded the First Cruiser Squadron and a very full collection of letters written by him to his family, 1906 to 1956. There are also photograph albums of Osborne and Dartmouth, 1903 to1907 of the Durbar, 1911, and of other periods in Hamilton's life. Finally, there are lecture notes and memoranda from Dartmouth, 1922 to 1924, and papers relating to Australia, 1947.

Papers of Sir Henry Keppel, consisting of logs, 1824 to 1825, 1830 to 1831, 1834 to 1835, 1842 to 1845, 1847 to 1851, 1853 to 1857, 1860 to 1861; private journals, 1867 to 1869; annual diaries, 1834 to 1838, 1842 to 1844, 1855 to 1857, 1867 to 1869; private letterbooks, 1867 to 1869, 1874 to 1875 and loose papers. These are mainly letters received, 1841 to 1900, the bulk of which date from 1870. Of the two groups of Keppel's letters to his family, one covers the Crimean War and the other his tour of the Far East, 1897 to 1900.

Papers of Sir John Donald Kelly, consisting of reports on the unsuccessful attack on the GOEBEN; on the Dardanelles, February to May 1915, and on a German raider in West Indian and South American waters, December 1916 to March 1917. There are orders relating to the Dardanelles, 1915, to the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet, 1918, to the Chanak incident of 1922, to the Invergordon mutiny in 1931 and to Kelly's final commands. The letters are mainly official but the private correspondents include Prince Louis of Battenburg (1854-1921), 1903, Earl Beatty (1871-1936), 1918 and 1932, Lord Louis Mountbatten (1900- ), 1929, Sir Roger Keyes (1872-1945), 1930 to 1931, and Lord Chatfield, 1932 to 1936. In addition, a small collection of fifteen letters, 1831 to 1847, relate to Captain, later Vice-Admiral, William Kelly (ca. 1795-1874), and are mostly concerned with the attack on the forts of Tamatave, Madagascar, in 1845. William Kelly is believed to have been a relative of Sir John Kelly.

Papers of Charles Wadsworth Murray, including notebooks dealing with his time at Stornoway and contain information about German submarine warfare. There are lists of ships lost and of those that engaged enemy submarines and accounts of the loss or surrender of submarines. There are also three manuscripts unrelated to the main collection, consisting of an order book of Captain Richard Grindall, 1801 to 1805; a Navy Prize Office register, 1803 to 1820, and a log of the REVENGE, Captain Sir John Gore, Mediterranean, 1812 to 1813.

Papers of Sir Henry Francis Oliver, they include papers relating to the establishment of the Navigation School, and to the Dardanelles Operations, 1915 to 1917; included in the latter are minutes and notes by Churchill. There is also a Report of the Grand Fleet Committee on Officers' Pay and Prospects, 1919. Other letters and papers span Oliver's career, 1914 to 1965, although thinly. There is a diary, 1925 to 1927, a draft autobiography and official service documents.

Papers of Adml Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby, comprising official letterbooks, memoranda and other papers 1900-1913. There are a diary, a rough journal and papers for his second command from 1914 to 1915. Finally, there are papers relating to his work on torpedoes and reports from the various Admiralty committees on which he served,

Papers of Sir James Porter, almost entirely comprising letters to his family, 1889 to 1913, and include accounts of various battles during the South African War. There are some Gallipoli signals and letters arranging for hospital trains, 1914 to 1917. Also included in the collection are about one hundred letters relating to the family, into which Porter married, of Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets M W Cowan (1830-1903).

Pendant and vane lists are included in this category; amongst these is a sheet of distinguishing signals issued by Lord Howe, 1794; a number of sheets of signals which were issued in addition to the printed signals, which include two recognition signals issued by the Admiralty for naval vessels and East Indiamen, 1778 and 1780.

In-Letters of the Board Of Admiralty consisting of 324 volumes and 45 boxes of loose letters to the Board of Admiralty from subordinate boards, 1703 to 1832. The majority are letters from the Navy Board concerning the construction and fitting of ships, dockyard management, appointments, the settlement of accounts and naval finance, 1738 to 1832 (235 vols, classmarks ADM/B, ADM/BP, ADM/Y). There are also letters from the Victualling Board concerned with the problems of purchasing, packing and supplying provisions to ships, 1703 to 1714, 1714 to 1732, 1732 to 1769, 1787 to 1822 (51 vols, 34 boxes, ADM/D, ADM/DP); letters from the Sick and Hurt Board relating to the care and housing of sick and wounded seamen, 1742 to 1754, 1755 to 1764, 1794 to 1806 (37 vols, 11 boxes, ADM/F, ADM/FP).

Papers of Capt Arthur Rodney Blane from some commissions for his early service, they concern Blane's activities in China. There are charts of Canton, orders from the Admiralty and copies of contemporary newspapers.

Papers of Sir Willam Abdy, comprising logs, 1750 to 1753, and two combined letter and order books, 1761 to 1766. There are also copies, made by Abdy in his retirement, of despatches describing actions, 1778 to 1782 and 1793 to 1797, and of the Agamemnon's log, 1782 to 1783.

Papers of Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, comprising correspondence with publishers including Longmans and Macmillans; manuscript drafts, working papers, notes and essays, lecture notes for the Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth, reports, press cuttings for his Naval reviews. Also included is correspondence from Naval Officers, Corbett's parents, from his wife E.R.C (previously Edith Rosa Alexander), the Fisher Correspondence and letters to Sir John Pakington, Admiralty, 1858/9, including a series of letters from Sir Houston Stewart to Pakington.

Papers of Sir George Cockburn, relating largely to Napoleon's transportation and imprisonment in St. Helena and there is also a very detailed personal diary, 1797 to 1818. There are no papers for his later career.

Papers of Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen. They consist of an account, drawn up in 1825, of the mutiny at Spithead in 1797 and of documents and narrative towards a history of the Walcheren expedition of 1809. There is also a letter of Privy Seal appointing Owen Clerk of the Ordnance, 1834.

Papers relating to his RAF career, 1942-[1953], principally comprising correspondence relating to the development of a submersible target at RAF St Eval, Cornwall, 1942, dated 1948; manuscript notes on the problems of establishing Coastal Command Station, Nassau, Bahamas, as a training centre for Coastal Liberator crews, 1942; official report on the RAF occupation of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 5-11 May 1945; printed reports on the progress of air disarmament in Germany in 1944-1946, produced by British Air Forces of Occupation, 1945-1947; correspondence relating to his work as Director of Air Branch, Control Commission, Berlin, 1947-1949, and to the planning of the Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949; official report on organisation and structure of Berlin Airlift administration; RAF training course notes and papers, 1950; papers relating to his service as Assistant Chief of Staff, Allied Air Forces Central Europe, [1951-1953], notably including photographs of Waite, [1951-1953]; published RAF manuals, 1948, 1950.

Diary, 17 Sep-16 Oct 1944, covering his service at Battle of Arnhem (Operation MARKET GARDEN), with part of 'Suggested medical plan' prepared for Deputy Director of Medical Services, 1 Airborne Corps, 22 Sep 1944, and part of note relating to the strength of medical forces, [1944]. Transcript of part of above diary made by Sir Basil Liddell Hart, with related correspondence, 1949-1951. Bound transcript of above diary made by Lt Col Kenneth Garside, Honorary Keeper of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, with foreword by Warrack, 1979. The diary formed the basis of Warrack's book Travel by dark: after Arnhem (Harvill, London, 1963), and a BBC television production Arnhem: the story of an escape, originally broadcast in 1976. Typescript copy of 'The Airborne Hospital, Willem 111 Kazerne, Apeldoorn, 25th Sept 1944 to 26th Oct 1944. Nominal roll of the wounded' compiled by Peter H Starling, Curator of the Army Medical Services Museums, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1998.

Papers relating to Weston's career, 1916- 1945, including manuscript notes by Weston entitled 'Some notes on the discipline of Imperial troops in convoy on HM Transport LLANSTEPHAN CASTLE from Durban to Suez', 1941; notebook containing manuscript 'Standing orders for POWs', 1943; typescript report on the sinking of the EMPRESS OF CANADA, 1943; typescript instructions and duties of Draft Conducting Officers on board troopships [1943]; typescript memorandum by Weston on the co-ordination of Movement Control in South Africa, 1944, with typescript reports on officers attached to Imperial Movement Control, South Africa (IMPCON), 1944; printed material including memorandum on the German attack near Givenchy, Western Front, 1918, with printed map annotated with dispositions of German 4 Ersatz Div during attack north of Cuinchy, France, 9 Apr 1918, scale 1: 10, 000; trench map entitled France. Sheet 57D SE. Edition 3A, scale 1:20,000 (GSGS 2742, 1916), annotated with features near La Boisselle, Pozieres and Courcelette, Battle of the Somme, 1916, Field Service Pocket Book, Orders and intercommunication (HMSO, London, 1939), Rifle Drill illustrated (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, 1940), Restricted War Office booklet 'Standing instructions for Officers Commanding units and drafts ordered overseas', 1943.

Papers of Col Alexander Camac Wilkinson, 1906-1983, including appointment diary, 1931; typescript memoir, 'Fun and games and narrow squeaks' relating to Wilkinson's early cricketing and military career; account of service with 1 Company, 2 Bn, Coldstream Guards, 1917, with trench map, Bourlon; an account by Wilkinson as regimental Cdr of 99 Light Anti-Aircraft Regt's role in Operation HONKER, before the capture of Rome, providing smoke screens across all river crossings to protect Royal Engineers who were constructing bridges; letter on Wilkinson's thoughts on post-war Imperial development and reconstruction, 1943; letters from Wilkinson to his aunt, written from Eton, 1906-1907; social and personal correspondence, 1945-1983; correspondence relating to business and charity;
correspondence and press cuttings relating to reunions, notably a visit to Graz, 1970, capital of Austrian province of Steiermark, where Wilkinson was Head of British Military Government, 1945; citation (with translation) and press cuttings relating to the presentation of an Austrian decoration to Wilkinson, 1977; photocopy of citations for Wilkinson's military decorations, with covering letter from the Ministry of Defence, 1982; maps of North West Europe, Texas and London; notes on an old cricketing friend in Australia, Jack Massie; note of thanks from Peter Thwaites, Imperial War Museum, 1980, relating to the loan for copying of an account dealing with incendiary bombs, World War Two; artefacts including an empty presentation box, with inscription to Wilkinson from 99 LAA Regt on his marriage, 1947; empty DSO medal case and Austrian medal, in original case.

Photocopies of memoir covering military service, 1860-1918; published account of Tochi Valley expedition, Afghanistan, 1897-1898; complaint relating to conditions in trenches, Western Front, World War One, 1915.

Papers of Tom Wintringham and his second wife Katherine 'Kitty' Wintringham (née Bowler), 1891-1982. Papers of Tom Wintringham relating to the Home Guard include correspondence, articles, radio broadcasts, press cuttings, photograph, report, lecture transcripts and training exercises. Papers relating to the Common Wealth Party including correspondence, photographs, minutes, publications, papers on Common Wealth Party policy, formation, resignations, libel charges, election campaigns and conferences. Other papers relating to Tom Wintringham including papers from his time at Balliol College, Oxford, 1918-1920; Wintringham's visit to Moscow, 1920; various inventions by Wintringham, 1929-1949; the Communist Party, 1933-1944; British economic crisis, 1947, and obituaries and biographical articles. Wintringham's correspondence includes his school days, First World War, prison, Spanish Civil War, Home Guard, Common Wealth Party and general personal and professional correspondence; Kitty's correspondence includes Spanish Civil War, the Common Wealth Party and general personal and professional correspondence. Photographs notably cover the Spanish Civil War, Home Guard, Common Wealth Party, Tom and Kitty Wintringham, their children, friends and family. Writings by Wintringham include draft and published articles (chiefly for the Picture Post, the Tribune, the Daily Herald and the Daily Mirror), drafts of published and unpublished books, scripts, reviews, notes, short stories and essays. Draft articles by Kitty. Poems by Wintringham and others on topics including World War One and the Spanish Civil War, 1910-1950 and printed material, 1923-1950.

Papers relating to his service in Italy, 1943-1944, principally comprising 1 Div, 3 Infantry Bde and 3 Field Ambulance operation orders concerning the landings on Pantelleria (Operation CORKSCREW), May-Jun 1943, and at Anzio (Operation SHINGLE), Jan 1944; report on the action at Campoleone, 30 Jan-4 Feb 1944, written by J G James, Commander, 3 Infantry Bde, 12 Feb 1944; 3 Infantry Bde intelligence summary for Operations ANT and APHIS; three aerial photographs of Anzio beaches, 1943, and plan of Blue Beach (North), Anzio, 1944; two parts of 'The First Division in action' covering the Anzio campaign, Jan-Jun 1944, written in Apr and Jul 1944.

Photograph album entitled 'Ellichpur, Berar, India, September 1893', containing 136 captioned photographs, Sep 1889-Jul 1894, including visit to Brussels and Ostend, Belgium, 1889; Mandalay and Rangoon, Burma, Dec 1889; Bombay, India, 1892; the arrival, mounting and testing of 10 inch breech loading gun, Colabra South Battery, Bombay, Mar-Sep 1892; photograph of Lt Gen Hon Sir James Charlemagne Dormer, Commander-in-Chief, Madras, India, examining large calibre gun, Beder Fort, Beder, India, Dec 1892. Photograph album containing 150 captioned photographs, Jun 1894-Mar 1908, including Simla, India, 1894; the Bhori Ghaut Railway, and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, India, 1896-1898; Burma, 1906-1907, with printed article by Woods entitled 'A motor car in the Southern Shan hills of Burmah' from Indian Motor News, Aug 1908. Photograph album containing 84 photographs on expedition in Mongolia, Apr-May 1902, with typescript report by Woods to the Deputy Quartermaster General for Intelligence, China Force, Tientsin, North China, entitled 'General report on tour to Lama Miao and back via the Wei Chang (Imperial hunting grounds)', Aug 1902; also, printed report entitled 'China Expedition - Despatches', 24 Sep 1902, by Maj Gen O'Moore Creagh, General Officer Commanding China Force, published in The Royal Engineers Journal, 1 Jan 1903. Photograph album containing 129 captioned photographs, many colour tinted, of Japan and the USA, 1904, and the UK and Switzerland, 1905. Two photograph albums containing 72 captioned photographs including Tientsin and the Yangtse river, China, 1904, and Kilkeel, Ireland, 1905.

Manuscript entitled History of the Russian Fleet during the reign of Peter the Great, long considered anonymous but now thought to have been written by John Deane who served in the navy of Peter the Great (1672-1725).

Papers of Joseph Langland, undated, comprise copies of his poems about Buchenwald and Hiroshima entitled 'Buchenwald near Weimar'; 'The Lotus Song'; 'A Hiroshima Lullaby' and a copy of an entry from Who's Who in America.

Diaries of Wilhelm Hollitscher, a Jewish refugee in England, 13 Jun 1939-16 Oct 1943. Hollitscher begins his diaries by remembering his last days in Vienna, but soon turns to a discussion of the political news of the day. In this case a secret meeting between Hitler and Mussolini. Hollitscher is furious about Hitler's treachery, abandoning South Tyrol as a gift to Mussolini. From this time on Hollitscher chronicles the political, and later, military developments and the diaries become a history of the period seen through the eyes of a Jewish emigrant living in England. The tense months leading up to the war, the declaration of war and the war itself are described. Likewise is the landing of Rudolf Hess; the bombing of English towns and later of German ones; Stalingrad; and even events in the Pacific and China.

Comments on the political situation are regularly interspersed with notes on family and friends, most of whom, seem to have escaped Austria. Letters written and received and the more mundane events of daily life at Petts Wood are recorded faithfully.

Hollitzer is very conscious of the fate of the Jews in Germany, Austria and Poland and he notes any news he receives. On the fourth anniversary of his arrival in England he is grateful for four years of a 'blessed old age' and for the fact that his children and grandchildren are safe and healthy. In 1943 he mentions heart troubles, difficulties in sleeping and cramps. The diaries close rather abruptly on 6 October 1943.

Printed topographical map, 1918, made up of 8 separate sheets (one titled Mayence) glued together showing the border region of France and Germany with approximate centre on Homburg representing approximately 220 miles east-west and 225 miles north-south. The 1918 front line is hand drawn and coloured as are national borders. Enemy airfields housing bomber units are indicated by coloured markers. This map is complementary to JSCSC IF 2/1.

35-page typescript foolscap volume with photographs and plans pasted onto and between the pages.

This volume is one of a set of seven that records the damage caused by the Independent Force's bombing raids during 1918 and the enemy counter-measures that were encountered. This volume records attacks and their affect on industrial targets including those at Thionville, Trier (Treves), Kaiserslautern, Coblenz, Saarbrucken, Wiesbaden and Bonn. Many of the photographs show bomb damage caused by specific raids and many of the town plans are marked to show where bombs exploded.

Staff College 1906. Schemes, Indoor and Outdoor, and Notes issued: Senior Division.: 1 Position of both armies 31st July 1870, Col Kiggell. 2 Rough sketch, Central Europe, Col Kiggell. 3 State knowledge of foreign places visited, Col Aston. 4 Discuss the best course of action for the French on 31st July 1870, Col Kiggell. 5 March of the IIIrd German army, 4th Aug 1870, Col Kiggell. 6 Railways of South Africa, Lt Col Stopford. 7 List of books etc best suited for study of Imperial strategy, Col Aston. 8 Imperial strategy scheme 1 (preliminary). Study of Hampshire, especially ground near Blackwater, Col Aston. 9 Draw up distribution of German cavalry throughout German armies for 1870 war, Lt Col Gough. 10 Employment of population of the United Kingdom, Col Aston. 11 Seizure of harbour to be used as fortified base, Col Aston. 12 Prepare railway station for reception of troops, Lt Col Stopford. 13 Battle of Weissenburg, Col Kiggell.

14 As officer of HQ French staff, draft instructions for Emperor and MacMahon on information received up to 30-7-1870, Col Kiggell. 15 As C of S Prussian HQ in 1870, draw up dispositions of covering force of VII and VIII Corps and Cavalry to cover concentration of IInd army, Lt Col Gough. 16 Proportional annual values of United Kingdom trade routes, Col Aston. 17 Raily. Exercise. Report on stations for entraining, Lt Col Stopford. 18 Financial aspects of the Franco-Prussian War, Col Aston. 19 Arrangements for battlefield tours, April and May, Col Kiggell. 20 The difficulties and cost of sea transport during war, Col Aston. 21 British vessels suitable for infantry transport, Col Aston. 22 Large general map of 1870 campaign showing positions of armies on 5th August, Col Kiggell. 23 Annual coal production of the world, Col Aston. 24 Disembarkation (preliminary) appreciation of the situation as member of Committee of Imperial Defence, Col Aston. 24a Problem No 3. 25 List of ships that can be used as transports, Col Aston. 26 Embarkation and disembarkation, capture of Blackwater, landing in Stratfieldsaye Bay, Col Aston and Lt Col Stopford. 27 French positions at Woerth about 8.15am, Col Kiggell. 28 Operations of 5th German cavalry 11th to 14th Aug 1870, Lt Col Gough. 29 Attack of the XIth German corps on Lartigue's divn at Woerth, Col Kiggell. 30 Joint naval and military staff tour. Four parties with directing staff, the Commandant. 31 Battle of Spicheren about 12.30pm, Col Kiggell. 32 Sketch showing positions of both armies 5th August 1870, Col Kiggell. 33 List of lectures on 1870 campaign to end term, Col Kiggell. 34 Sketch of positions night of 13th Aug 1870, Col Kiggell. 35 Rough notes on Battle of Rezonville from French official account, Vol "Metz 2", Lt Col Gough.

36 Railway exercise No 3, concentration of invading army from south at Guildford, Lt Col Stopford. 37 Two sketches: 1. showing positions on 18th August 1870. 2. showing 1st attack of IXth corps on 18th Aug, Col Kiggell. 38 Cavalry problem No 3. As Bazine about 2pm on 16th Aug, draw up plan of attack on Germans, Lt Col Gough. 39 Positions of armies on 24th and 28th Aug 1870, Col Kiggell. 40 British and Foreign Mercantile Marine (E), Col Aston. 41 Battle of Beaumonth (30th Aug 1870), Col Kiggell. 42 Semene [sp? Meant to be "scheme"?] I embarkation at Southampton, The Commandant. 42a Scheme II raid on Portsmouth and Reconnce, Cols Aston and Stopford. 43 Positions evening of 31st Aug 1870. 44 British vessels suitable for transports (E1), Col Aston. 45 Principles of Imperial strategy applicable to the British Empire (K), Col Aston. 46 Naval and military strategy compared (D), Col Aston. 47 Notes on telegraph cables (E), Col Aston. 48 Special idea No 1 and special idea no 2} Staff tour with opposing forces 21st to 24th May: Red - Marlborough; Blue - Winchester, The Commandant.

49 List of NID books, Col Aston. 50 Distribution of 1st class battleships on 15-4-1906, Col Aston. 51 General idea of permanent scheme for summer term, the Commandant. Appreciation etc from French side. 9 syndicates of 3 (K.L), Col Kiggell. Prepare army order giving effect to "linked county" Bde: system. 4 syndicated of 3 (S.1), Lt Col Stopford. 52 Contn. of no 51. Units composing 1st, 2nd and 3rd cav: bde and 1st IInd and IIIrd Army Corps, Lt Col Stopford. 53 Cont. of no 48. Map showing positions of Red and Blue just N of Winchester, Col Kiggell. 54 Imperial strategy no IV. Ascertain how far desirable to employ raiding forces in case of war, Col Aston. 55 Lines of communication of a fleet (D.2), Col Aston. 56 List of lectures given in a preliminary course of imperial strategy, Col Aston. 57 Narrative of field operations, Col Kiggell. 58 List of parties, Red and Blue, Col Kiggell. 59 Permt. Scheme, work for 11th June. Reconnaissance. Red with view to offensive operations. Blue for defensive position, Col Kiggell.

60 General idea and Part I Wales staff tour 25th to 30th June. Description of proposed operations &c. Plan of campaign and exercise no 11. Intelligence report of country, composition of columns etc, the Commandant. 61 Offensive action by the British Army in war (M), Col Aston. 62 Permt. scheme. Narrative to 7th day. Work for 2nd July. Red & blue. Reconnaissance for 8th day. Force orders and sketch showing dispositions, Col Kiggell. 63 Amplify and criticise paper (M) no 61, Col Aston. 64 Instructions re visit of portion of division to Channel Fleet at Weymouth, the Commandant. 65 Frame 4 day's staff ride scheme, the Commandant. 66 Instructions re writing report while attached to other arms during August, the Commandant. 67 Narrative of supply arrangements up to 3rd day, Lt Col Stopford. 68 Work for Monday, "8th day", Col Kiggell. 69 General situation 8th day, conference with sketch and dispositions of red and blue, Col Kiggell. 70 Work of red and blue for 12th day, Col Kiggell. 71 Positions of both forces at dusk 8th day. Work for 16th and 18th July, Col Kiggell. 72 Staff duties required in carrying out withdrawal in face of enemy, Col Kiggell. 73 Red - General dispositions of troops during 9th day. Blue - reconnoitre red position with view to attach, Col Kiggell. 74 Issue of verbal orders in attack by commanders of divns, bdes and battns, Col Kiggell.

75 Discuss in syndicates of 3, best course of action for red and blue. Work for Thursday (9th day), Col Kiggell. 76 Work for Friday 27th, Col Kiggell. 77 Precise of solutions of scheme IV, Col Aston. 78 Inspection staff tour 8th to 11th October, the Commandant. 79 Imperial strategy. Scheme VI. Report conditions under which force not exceeding 4 cav: bdes: and 6 infty: divns: would be likely to be required, Col Aston. 80 Frame schemes and make arrangements for examination of officers for tactical fitness, Col Kiggell. 81 Opposing forces cavalry Gettysburg campaign, Col Gough. 82 Study of a possible campaign in Abyssinia, the Commandant. 83 Comparative statement of war vessels in principal foreign powers, Col Aston. 84 Japanese lines of advance to Liao Yang, Col Kiggell. 85 Brandy Station, showing battle of 9.6.1863, Col Gough. 86 Distribution of the British Fleet, Col Aston. 87 Sketch of Liao Yang operations up to 31st August 1904, Col Kiggell. 88 Draw up scheme for propose manoeuvres in 1902. 8 parties, Lt Col Stopford. 89 Outline of events of China-Japanese war 1894-5, Col Aston. 90 Study of possible operations of British force on the continent in case of violation of Belgium neutrality, Col Kiggell. 91 Papers to be read in connection with lecture "Regtl tactical exercise" on 14th inst, Lt Col Du Cane. 92 Outline of events of Spanish-American war of 1898, Col Aston. 93 Belgian scheme part II (contn of no 90). New appreciation of situation &c. Syndicates as before, Col Kiggell. 94 Certain officers of division only. "Tactical fitness" scheme no 1, Col Kiggell. 95 Imperial strategy scheme VII. Part I. Raiding forces reaching shores of U Kingdom in war. Outline map with objectives, Col Aston. 96 Precis of solutions of scheme VI (no 79), Col Aston. 97 Scheme for the defence of India. 10 syndicates, the Commandant. 98 Cont. of no 94. Certain officers of divisions. Exercise in "tactical fitness", Col Kiggell. 99 List of lectures in Imperial strategy II, Col Aston. 100 Contn of nos 90 and 93. Positions of Germans and Dutch and French and Belgians, Col Kiggell. 101 "Tactical fitness" problem no 3, Col Kiggell. 102 Heads of syndicates to draw up brief summary of conclusions arrived at. Cont of nos 90 and 93, Col Kiggell. 103 Austro-Italian war 1866, events up to battle of Lissa, Col Aston. 104 Sketch of positions of Grant and Lee in 1864, Col Kiggell. 105 "Tactical Fitness" scheme no 4. Action between opposing advanced guards, Col Kiggell. 106 5 maps to illustrate lectures of "cavalry and horse artillery", Lt Col Du Cane. 107 Precise and comment of Royal Commission of 1859 on stationery defences, Col Aston. 108 Abyssinian scheme. Summary of work submitted by parties, Lt Col Stopford. 109 Precise of work. NW frontier scheme, the Commandant. 110 Maps re issues for students lectures, the Students.

1 Railways in 1870-71, Lt Col Bols. 2 1870 campaign. Notes and exercises. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Ross. 3 1870 campaign. Exercise. 13 syndicates, Col Perceval. 4 Organization of German Army Corps, Lt Col Hoskins. 5 1870 campaign. Exercise, Lt Col Furse. 6 Four maps illustrating cavalry actions, Lt Col Greenly. 7 South African railway map, Lt Col Bols. 8 1870 (Woerth), Col Perceval. 9 1870. Exercise no 4. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Ross. 10 1870 (Gravalotte), Lt Col Furse. 11 Battlefield tour, April-May; instructions re, Col Perceval. 12 Cavalry scheme (outdoor) - 17 syndicates, Lt Col Greenly.

13 Overseas expeditions - disembarkation on open beach, etc, Col Gough. 14 Tactical exercise (under Directing Staff), Lt Col Furse. 15 Problem - Canadian Frontier (confidential), The Commandant. 16 Hints on writing an appreciation of a situation, The Commandant. 17 Instructions on writing 'papers on military subjects', The Commandant. 18 Reorganization of T&S, Colonel Foster. 19 Manchurian campaign (Yalu), Lt Col Fuse. 20 Manchurian campaign Exercise A. 13 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 21 Manchurian campaign (Te-li-ssu), Lt Col Furse. 22 Manchurian campaign exercise B, Lt Col Ross. 23 Japanese divisions of service, Lt Col Hoskins. 24 Japanese system of conscription and training, Lt Col Hoskins. 25 Exercise in reconnaissance work, 7/8th March, Col Gough. 26 Cavalry scheme for 9th. 6 syndicates under Directing staff, Lt Col Greenly. 27 Paper required on 'foreign armies', Lt Col Hoskins. 28 R-J War: 1) Judsiatan, 2) Cavalry 29th May '04, 3) Protection Stackelberg's Corps 10/13.04, Lt Col Greenly. 29 Suggestions required re co-operation with other arms, The Commandant.

30 Railway control exercise I. Outdoor, Lt Col Bols. 31 Coast reconnaissance exercise - 8 syndicates, Lt Col Roper. 32 Tactical exercise. 7 syndicates, Col Perceval. 33 Night operations, 18/3. Exercise (8 syndicates), Col Perceval. 34 Organization of staff duties in the field, Lt Col Whigham. 35 Staff tour ("staff duties") 10th-12th April, The Commandant. 36 Railway control exercise. 13 syndicates, Lt Col Bols. 37 Tactical exercise (indoor). 6 parties under Directing Staff, Lt Col Fowler. 38 Combined naval and military exercise, 3/7th April, Col Gough. 39 Eastern counties staff tour - half division, Col Gough. 40 Eastern counties staff tour - half division, Col Perceval. 41 Syllabus training and manoeuvres (3 lectures), Lt Col Whigham. 42 Instructions re messages and signals, Lt Col Whigham. 43 Staff duties exercise (indoors), Lt Col Hull. 44 'Signals' exercise (indoor), Lt Col Fowler.

45 Railway exercise (3), Lt Col Bols. 46 Tactical exercise - 25/5, Col Perceval. 47 Mars la Tour (cavalry lecture), Lt Col Greenly. 48 Reconnaissance - (29/5 - 2/6), Lt Col Greenly. 49 Lecture "Mars la Tour and Vionville" (cavalry), Lt Col Greenly. 50 Tactical problem (outdoor), Lt Col Ross. 51 Signal exercise (outdoor), Lt Col Fowler. 52 Administrative scheme, 5/6 (indoor), Col Foster. 53 L. of C. exercise, 6/6 (indoor), Lt Col Bols. 54 Tactical ex: staff duties, 7/7 (indoor), Lt Col Hoskins. 55 Preparation of schemes for tactical exercise (1), Lt Col Whigham. 56 Mars la Tour, charge of Bredow's Brigade (lecture), Lt Col Greenly. 57 'Tel el-Kebir' (lecture), Lt Col Furse. 58 Forms for 'reports on resources', Col Foster. 59 Staff duties exercise (writing orders etc) - indoor, Col Gough. 60 NW frontier of India, Lt Col Stewart. 61 Reconnaissance exercise, 21/6, Lt Col Roper. 62 Choice of 3 subjects re memoir 'expeditionary force', The Commandant. 63 Lecture 'Mountain warfare', Lt Col Stewart. 64 Staff tour in Wales, Lt Col Stewart. 65 Reconnaissance of manoeuvre areas, June 27/28, Lt Col Hull.

66 Tactical day 'defence by night', Lt Col Furse. 67 March and supply of two Divisions (graphic), Col Foster. 68 Staff duties exercise 4/7 (continuation of no 59), Col Gough. 69 Preparation of schemes for field operations (2), Lt Col Whigham. 70 March and supply (graphic exercise), Col Foster. 71 Tactical Ex: 'interfering with march of hostile column', Lt Col Furse. 72 'Cavalry co-operating in attack' (exercise), Lt Col Greenly. 73 Tactical problem 'action of an inferior force', Lt Col Ross. 74 Night operations exercise, July 24th, Lt Col Whigham. 75 Night operations exercise, July 25th, Lt Col Whigham. 76 Night operations exercise, July 24th, Col Gough. 77 Night operations exercise, July 26th, Col Gough. 78 Night operations exercise, July 24th, Col Gough. 79 Night operations exercise, July 26th, Col Gough. 80 Transport and supply services, army manoeuvres, 1911, Col Foster. 81 Example graph "march and supply of 2 divisions", Col Foster. 82 Report on attachment to other arms, The Commandant. 83 Inspection staff tour, The Commandant. 84 India - internal defence. Notes (1), Lt Col Stewart. 85 Railways - designation of railway personnel, Lt Col Bols. 86 Tactical exercise, reconnaissance, etc, Lt Col Furse. 87 Protective cavalry - 6th October, Lt Col Greenly. 88 Preparation of tactical schemes (indoor exercise), Lt Col Whigham. 89 Cavalry scheme - distribution of mounted troops - 10 Oct, Lt Col Greenly. 90 Persia - map of the Baghdad railway, Lt Col Stewart. 91 Preparation f a scheme - inspection of a division, Lt Col Whigham. 92 General paper on Abyssinia, Lt Col Hoskins. 93 Tactical problem, 24th October, Lt Col Ross. 94 L. of C. estbts (lecture on organisation of the administrative services, European warfare), Col Foster. 95 Abyssinia problem, paper 2, Lt Col Hoskins. 96 Corunna - map to illustrate cavalry retreat, Lt Col Greenly. 97 Military aviation - notes, Capt Brooke-Popham. 98 English and German cavalry formations (strength), Lt Col Greenly. 99 Tactical problem - outdoor - 16th November, Lt Col Ross. 100 Franco-German 'conversations'. Utilization, Indian troops, The Commandant. 101 Comparative summary of the fighting fleets (imp. Defence), Lt Col Fowler. 102 Railways of France and Germany, Lt Col Bols. 103 Indoor exercise - Friday, 24th November, Col Gough. 104 Paper on home defence, Lt Col Furse. 105 "1870-1871", Lt Col Ballard. 106 "1870-1871", "operations on the Loire", "organization of the People's army", "German forces on the Loire", Lt Col Ballard. 107 Exercise in control of divisional ammunition columns, Col Foster. 108 Schedule of railway movements, Lt Col Bols. 109 Comments on memoirs (see No 62), The Commandant.

201 Precis of lecture: administrative arrangements in open warfare, A Div, Maj Tomes. 202 Precis of lecture No. 8: staff duties “preparation of schemes for tactical exercises”, A & B Div, Lt Col Collins. 203 Precis of lecture Q2 (light railways”, A Div, Br Gen Anderson. 204 Precis of lecture; submarines, A&B Div, Comdr. Hall RN. 205 Precis of 5th lecture; strategy & military history, A&B Div, Col Anley. 206 Special paper on war; war establishments, Cav signals, etc, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 207 Precis of lecture; A5 manpower, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 208 Instruction re visit Tank Centre, WOOL, A&B Div, Lt Col Neame. 209 Precis of artillery lecture no 9: development of artillery tactics no 3, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 210 Precis of lecture : counter intelligence, A Div, Maj Grubb. 211 Precis of cavalry lecture (4), Corps cavalry, B Div, Lt Col Osborne. 212 Precis of lecture; Russo-Japanese war, B Div, Maj Platt. 213 Outdoor exercise No 13; conduct of the battle, A Div, Col Anley. 214 Outdoor exercise No 15; preparation of a scheme for a tactical exercise, B Div, Lt Col Collins. 215 Outdoor exercise No 16, A Div, Br Gen Dill. 216 Outdoor exercise No 17; maintenance of pressure on an enemy, A Div, Br Gen Dill. 217 Indoor exercise no 18: supply, Lt Col Grubb. 218 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (I) The escape from Elba, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 219 Precis of lecture: convening and checking courts martial, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 220 Precis of lecture: strategy & military history, A &B Div, Col Anley. 221 Precis of lecture: artillery No 10, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 222 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (II) The opposing armies, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 223 Outdoor exercise No 17, A Div, Br Gen Dill. 224 Administrative problems, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 225 Cav Lecture (IV) Corps cavalry, A Div, Lt Col Osborne. 226 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (III) Plans, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 227 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (IV) Crossing of the Sambre, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 228 Precis of lecture: imperial strategy, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 229 Indoor exercise No 13: preparation of a scheme for administrative arrangements without troops, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 230 Special paper on war establishments: organization Cav. Div, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 231 Special paper on war establishments: Cav Div Engineers, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 232 Special paper on war establishments: Art. Bde. Hd. Qrs, A Div, Lt Col Venning. 233 Special paper on war establishments: Art. Bde. Hd. Qrs, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 234 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (V) Ligny, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 235 Conference agenda, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 236 Precis of lecture: war office, B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 237 Precis of lecture re work in stationary warfare, B Div, Lt Col Neame. 238 Precis of lecture: Salamanca campaign (I), A Div, Lt Col Haskard. 239 Outdoor exercise No 16: reconnaissance, B Div, Br Gen Farmar. 240 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (VI) Quatre Bras, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 241 Notes indoor exercise No 12, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 242 Outdoor exercise No 17. Tactical exercise with troops, A Div, Col Anley. 243 Outdoor exercise No 15: administrative arrangements in open warfare, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 244 Precis of lecture: Art. No 11: forecasts of ammn. Expenditures, a Div, Lt Col Broad. 245 Precis of lecture; railway artillery, A Div, Lt Col Brooke. 246 Precis of lecture No 1 India, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 247 Outdoor exercise No 18: machine guns for defence, A Div, Col Anley. 248 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (VII) Events of the 17th, B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 249 Indoor exercise No 14, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 250 Precis of lecture: Salamanca campaign (II), A Div, Lt Col Haskard. 251 Lecture A&Q, B Div, Lt Col Liddell. 252 Precis of lecture: Australian military organization, B Div, Maj Hutchins. 253 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (IX), B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 254 Outdoor exercise No 19: Mailheads, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 255 Precis of lecture: Salamanca campaign (III), A Div, Lt Col Haskard. 256 Precis of lecture: Salamanca campaign (IV), A Div, Lt Col Haskard. 257 Precis of lecture: RE (4) RE duties in war, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 258 Precis of lecture: Waterloo (VIII), B Div, Br Gen Kearsley. 259 Precis of lecture: RA (6) Counter battery work, B Div, Lt Col Crozier. 260 Precis of lecture: Infy tactics and formations, B Div, Maj Visct Gort. 261 Precis of lecture: India II: internal security, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 262 Precis of lecture: India III: strategical geography of NW frontier, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 263 Conference notes 4th Oct: Infy. dispositions and action plans, defensive position, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 264 Conference notes 18th Oct: battle order for the infy. soldier etc, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 265 Notes on indoor exercise No 14: ammunition supply in attacks, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 266 Art. Amm. Tables expenditure etc, B Div, Lt Col Crozier. 267 Outdoor exercise No 19: ceremonial, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 268 Precis of lecture: manoeuvres and training grant, B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 269 Outdoor exercise ceremonial, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 270 Precis of lecture: list of duties at the Gen. Staff office at Command Hd. Qrs, A&B Div, Commandant. 271 Precis of lecture: machine guns in defence, A Div, Col Anley. 272 Conference 25th Oct: replacing of horse transport by mechanical etc, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 273 Precis of lecture: transportation with special reference to railways and railheads, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 274 Programme of field artillery demonstration, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 275 War Game Oct 23rd, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 276 War Game, Oct 23rd, B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 277 Attack Vimy Ridge, B Div, Capt. Foss. 278 Precis of lecture: pay staff duties, A Div, Lt Col Venning. 279 Precis of lecture: India (IV) continued: strategic geography NW frontier, A&B Div, Br Gen Charles. 280 Precis of lecture: discipline excluding court martial, A&B Div, Lt Col Venning. 281 War game Oct 27th, B Div, Lt Col Haskard. 282 Paper on formation of citizen guards, A&B Div, Lt Col Collins. 283 Indoor exercise No 13: continuation of indoor exercise No 12 & outdoor exercise No 13: conduct of battle, B Div, Lt Col Collins. 284 War Game Oct 20th, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 285 Precis of lecture (9) General staff duties in peace, A&B Div, Lt Col Collins. 286 Special paper re manual map reading, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 287 Conference notes: battle order of infantry soldier, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 288 Outdoor exercise No 18: preparation of a scheme for an administrative exercise, B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 289 Precis of lecture: Schleswig Holstein question, A Div, Maj Hansen. 290 Precis of lecture (RA7) (RA staff work and training, B Div, Lt Col Crozier. 291 Outdoor exercise No 21. Reconnaissance, A Div, Lt Col Broad. 292 Agenda for conference: anti tank defence etc, A Div, Lt Col Neame. 293 Precis of lecture: cooperation between RE and infantry, A Div. 294 Conference on outdoor exercise No 19 “railheads”, A Div, Lt Col Grubb. 295 Administrative problems, A Div, Lt Col Liddell. 296 Administrative problems solution, B Div, Lt Col Venning. 297 Outdoor exercise No 19 (notes on), A&B Div, Lt Col Liddell. 298 Indoor exercise No 14: artillery I, B Div, Lt Col Crozier. 299 Precis of lecture: L of C for 6 Divs (Italy), A&B Div, Lt Col Wingfield. 300 Conference notes on Div. transport, A Div, Lt Col Neame.

Papers relating to the military career of Gp Capt Montague Ellis Dawson, 1940-2003, including copies of three letters home describing bombing raids, 1940; account, 'The raid on the SCHARNHORST, La Pallice, 24th July 1941', describing a daylight bomb attack on the German cruiser SCHARNHORST for which Dawson was awarded the DFM, with annotated sketch map and navigation log relating to the raid, Jul 1941, and two letters from Harry Drummond, the pilot of the raid, 1970; essay 'An outline of my service experience and some lessons from it', prepared for a course at RAF Staff College, Bracknell, 1950; reminiscences for Dawson's 50th wedding anniversary, including list of Dawson's various postings; copy of obituary, 2003. Also typescript memoir by J Ralph Wood: 'My War Memories', detailing career in the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1939-1944.

Records of the Greater London Area War Risk Study (GLAWARS) comprising:

GLAWARS/1 - Home Office: records from the Home Office regarding emergency planning and civil defence in local authorities, 1975-1987

GLAWARS/2 - Greater London Council (GLC): GLC records regarding civil defence, emergency planning, the GLAWARS and the Civil Defence Regulations 1983, 1975-1985

GLAWARS/3 - Research Materials: records regarding civil defence, emergency planning and local and global effects of nuclear war or attacks, 1967-1987

GLAWARS/4 - Background, Terms of Reference and Research Task Outlines: outlines and outcomes for 11 of the 12 tasks required by the GLAWARS. Task Eight is not included, c.1984-1986

GLAWARS/5 - Newsletters, Progress Reports, Home Office and Consultants' Meetings, 1984-1985

GLAWARS/6 - Commissioners: records concerning the seven GLAWARS commissioners, their roles, memorandum and meeting minutes, 1984-1986

GLAWARS/7 - Presscuttings regarding the GLAWARS and the publishing of 'London Under Attack', 1984-1986

GLAWARS/8 - 'London Under Attack': publicity and publishing records for the GLAWARS findings published in a book entitled 'London Under Attack', 1985-1986