Item HAMILTON, ISM 5/1/24 - Correspondence as Inspector General of Overseas Forces, Jul-Dec 1911

Correspondence of Hamilton, mainly personal and semi-official, during his tour of the West Indies and South Africa as Inspector General of Overseas Forces, including letter from R Adm Hon Alexander Edward Bethell, Director of Naval Intelligence, regarding strategic implications of the Panama Canal, 1 Jul; from Hon Eustace (Edward) Fiennes MP, requesting Hamilton's help in gaining a commission for his son in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 27 Jul; from Maj Frank Bourne, a former Quartermaster at the School of Musketry at Hythe, Kent, a former Colour Sergeant of The South Wales Borderers, and veteran of the battle of Rorke's Drift, Zulu War, Jan 1879, requesting Hamilton to assist his petition for a distinguished service reward for past military service, 17 Dec; correspondence with Col Hugh Montgomerie Sinclair, regarding Sinclair's failure to be promoted Major General, 27 Jul and 19 Aug; correspondence with Maj Gen Sir John Grenfell Maxwell, regarding Maxwell's request that his appointment as General Officer Commanding Egypt be extended, 7 and 14 Dec; printed annual report of 8 Bn The Royal Warwickshire Regt, 23 Dec 1911. 1 file