Item GODLEY 3/91-103 - Letters to the Godleys from Admiral Sir John de Robeck, 1915-1923, notably on Gallipoli and on international relations

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GODLEY 3/91-103

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Letters to the Godleys from Admiral Sir John de Robeck, 1915-1923, notably on Gallipoli and on international relations

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  • 1915 - 1923 (Creation)

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37pp

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Letters to Godley and Louisa Marion Godley, Lady Godley, from Adm Sir John Michael de Robeck, 1st Bt, notably on events in Gallipoli including rumours of the accidental shelling of Allied troops by the RN, 1915; brief descriptions of the naval blockade of the Dardanelles straits, 1916; comments upon Gen Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton's evidence before the Dardanelles Commission relating to the accidental firing of HMS BACCHANTE's guns on Allied troops, 1917; opinions on the foreign policy of the Rt Hon David Lloyd George and the British Government especially towards Greece, Turkey and Russia, 1920. 37pp.

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The correspondence between Godley and Col Sir Clive Wigram is held at the National Archives of New Zealand, Wellington, and may be consulted on microfilm at the Centre.

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