Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 8/1/66
Title
Correspondence with Brigadier General Samuel Winter, 1915-1918, on topics including the MEF staffs, communications and water supply
Date(s)
- 1915 Dec 3 - 1918 Apr 22 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file, 26 letters
Scope and content
Correspondence between Hamilton and Brig Gen Samuel Henry Winter, former Deputy Quarter Master General, General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF), mainly relating to information required for Hamilton's evidence to the Dardanelles Commission regarding composition of Quarter Master General and Administrative Staffs of the MEF; the work of Maj Gen Alexander Wallace, Inspector General of Communications, MEF, and Brig Gen Alain Chartier de Lotbinière Joly de Lotbinière, Director of Works, MEF; relations between Administrative, Corps and General Staffs; arrangements for supply of water at the Suvla Bay landings, Gallipoli, 6 Aug 1915. 1 file, 26 letters