Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 7/2/28
Title
Copy telegram from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, 16 Aug 1915, on Lieutenant Colonel Lord Granard's opinion of the conduct of the Gallipoli campaign
Date(s)
- 1915 Aug 16 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1p
Scope and content
Copy telegram from Hamilton to FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, repeating letter of 15 Aug sent to Hamilton by Lt Col Rt Hon Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, commanding 5 Bn The Royal Irish Rifles, stating that Granard disagreed with the conduct of the Gallipoli Campaign, and had made his views known to George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland and fellow Privy Councillors, with Hamilton's reply of 16 Aug 1915. 1p