Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 11/2/22
Title
Correspondence relating to the British Legion, Jul-Dec 1930, chiefly concerning Legion events and requests for financial assistance
Date(s)
- 1930 Jul 17 - 1930 Dec 30 (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, and at the Eleventh Annual Congress of FIDAC (Fédération Interalliée des Anciens Combatants) in the USA, Sep 1930; administration by the Legion of petitions of financial hardship from ex-servicemen addressed to Hamilton. With 'It is the women who make wars', article on Hamilton's introduction to Thoughts of a soldier (English translation, Ernest Benn, London, 1930) by German Gen Hans von Seeckt, Sunday Express, 3 Aug 1930. 1 file