Item HAMILTON, ISM 6/2 - Correspondence as C-in-C Central Force, Home Defence, Aug-Dec 1914

Correspondence, mainly personal and semi-official, of Hamilton as Commander-in-Chief Central Force, Home Defence, including his special order, requesting troops under his command to show full courtesy to civilians; letter from Walter Richard Sickert, artist, requesting introduction to Belgian military authorities in order to paint studies of Belgian troops; letter from Lt Hon George St John Brodrick, accepting post of Hamilton's aide-de-camp; correspondence with Brig Gen Edward James Montagu Stuart-Wortley, regarding readiness of his division for foreign service; Lt Gen Sir Bruce Meade Hamilton and Lt Gen Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford, regarding proposals of the War Office to replenish fatigued battalions in the BEF by voluntary drafts from Central Force. 1 file