Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 11/2/18
Title
Correspondence relating to the British Legion, Mar-May 1929, chiefly concerning Legion events and requests for financial assistance
Date(s)
- 1929 Mar 14 - 1929 May 31 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Correspondence relating to the British Legion, mainly in regard to Hamilton's attendance at Legion functions as President of the Metropolitan Area; administration by the Legion of petitions of financial hardship from ex-servicemen addressed to Hamilton. With cuttings from The Edinburgh Evening News, The Scotsman and The Evening Despatch, 11 May 1929, on Hamilton's speech to a Legion demonstration in Edinburgh, Scotland, protesting against the retention of the seven years' limit in the payment of war pensions. 1 file