Item HAMILTON, ISM 17/45 - Scrapbook of press cuttings, 1923-1924, relating to Hamilton's writings and speeches

Scrapbook of newspaper and journal cuttings, including 'The courage of Jan Smuts', biographical article by Hamilton in praise of Jan Christian Smuts, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, The Star (26 Oct 1923); reviews of Hamilton's The friends of England-lectures to members of the British Legion (Allen and Unwin, London, 1923); 'New light on Gallipoli', letter by Hamilton to The Times (30 Oct 1923), stating that the Tekke Tepe Ridge, Dardanelles peninsula, should have been captured by Allied troops on 8 Aug 1915, with supporting letter from John Still, former adjutant of 6 Bn East Yorkshire Regt; speculation on Hamilton being appointed Secretary of State for War, Daily Express (15 Jan 1924); on his lecture tour of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, Jan-Feb 1924; on his speech to the London Press Club, proposing that British infantry forces should be reduced by two thirds and the remainder of the Army be converted to mechanised divisions, 25 Feb 1924; on his speech to the British Legion, Hull, ascribing the failure of the Dardanelles Expedition to the failure of the Allied High Command to allocate him reinforcements from Egypt, 13 Apr 1924. 1 vol