Item GRANT 2/1/1-41 - Correspondence chiefly with Lord Rosebery (father in law of Sir Charles), 1914-1927, chiefly about the progress of the War

Correspondence, mainly between Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, and Charles John Cecil Grant, his son-in-law, during World War One, notably brief descriptions of conditions and events on the Western Front, including the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Mar 1915, Verdun 1916, the Somme, Jun-Nov 1916, and Second Ypres, Apr-May 1917; discussions regarding the necessity for general conscription in Britain and Grant's belief that resources should be concentrated on the Western Front as opposed to the Eastern; Grant's estimation of the net results of the Allied autumn offensives of 1915. Also including letters to and from Capt Albert Edward Harry Mayer Primrose, (Lord Dalmeny), Lady Sybil Myra Caroline Grant, and Capt the Hon Neil James Archibald Primrose, notably papers relating to the part played by the latter in an action at Agagiya, Egypt, 1916, where a charge by The 1/1 Queen's Own Dorsetshire Yeomanry resulted in the capture of the Turkish leader Jaafar Pasha. 41 items.