Item HAMILTON, ISM 17/46 - Scrapbook of press cuttings, 1924-1925, relating to Hamilton's writings and speeches

Scrapbook of newspaper and journal cuttings, including articles on Hamilton's speech to the Westminster British Legion, proposing that German ex-soldiers should be admitted to the London congress of the Fédération Inter-Alliée des Anciens Combatants, Sep 1924; 'The Suvla Bay failure-new evidence, article from The Times (14 Feb 1925) featuring a letter from James T Underhill, former officer of the East Yorkshire Regt, stating that the Tekke Tepe Ridge, Dardanelles Peninsula, was only lightly held by Turkish troops, and supporting Hamilton's claims that this position should have been captured by Allied forces on 8-9 Aug 1915; Obituary for French Gen Charles Louis Marie Lanrezac, The Times (Jan 1925); 'Hindenburg-the portent', article by Hamilton in The Sunday Express (19 Apr 1925), proposing a moderation of the British perception of German FM Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg; on his speech to the Association of 29 Div, 25 Apr 1925, stating that he considered aborting the Gallipoli landings because of leaked details of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Egyptian press. 1 vol