Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 7/2/23
Title
Telegrams between Hamilton and Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, Aug-Sep 1915, about replacement commanders for the Gallipoli campaign
Date(s)
- 1915 Aug 11 - 1915 Sep 15 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file, 23 telegrams
Scope and content
Telegram correspondence between Hamilton and FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, regarding the supersession of Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford, General Officer Commanding 9 Corps, and the despatch of Lt Gen Hon Sir Julian Hedworth George Byng, Maj Gen Frederick Stanley Maude and Maj Gen Edward Arthur Fanshawe as replacements for superseded 9 Corps generals. With associated telegram correspondence between General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and Stopford relating to his relinquishment of 9 Corps. 1 file, 23 telegrams