Item HAMILTON, ISM 17/33 - Scrapbook of press cuttings, 1915-1918, relating to Hamilton and the Gallipoli campaign

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HAMILTON, ISM 17/33

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Scrapbook of press cuttings, 1915-1918, relating to Hamilton and the Gallipoli campaign

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  • 1915 Jan 6 - 1918 Nov 8 (Creation)

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1 vol

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Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings including texts of Hamilton's second dispatch from the Dardanelles, 26 Aug 1915, covering actions 6 May-30 Jun 1915, from The Daily Telegraph (21 Sep 1915) and his final dispatch from the Dardanelles, 11 Dec 1915, covering actions July-16 Oct 1915, from The Times (7 Jan 1916); on the unveiling by Hamilton of war memorials to 29 Div at Holy Trinity Church, Eltham, London, 25 Apr 1917 and at Deanston, Perthshire, 30 Sept 1918; on Hamilton as chief guest at Gallipoli day commemorations, Bristol, 25 Apr 1918; reproduction of portrait of Hamilton by John Singer Sargent, from The Graphic (23 Oct 1915); photographic portraits of Jean Hamilton from The Sketch (25 Aug 1915), The Tatler (25 Aug 1915), The Court Journal (3 Sep 1915) and The Gentlewoman, 20 Jul 1918. With edition of French magazine Le Miroir (30 Apr 1916), featuring photograph of French Gen Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre presenting Hamilton with the Grand'Croix de la Légion d'Honneur, 16 Apr 1916. 1 vol

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