Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 20/3/18
Title
Scrapbook of press cuttings, Aug-Oct 1918, on topics including the Russian revolution, police and railway strikes, and a proposed Gallipoli medal
Date(s)
- 1918 Aug 3 - 1918 Oct 2 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Scrapbook compiled by Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, including newspaper cuttings on the appointment of Hamilton as Lieutenant of the Tower of London, 2 Sep 1918; on speculation over the possible murder of Tsar Nicholas II and the imperial Russian family; on the controversy regarding the proposed award of the Gallipoli medal to colonial troops only; on strikes of the Metropolitan Police and railwaymen, Sep 1918. 1 vol