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Photocopies of letters sent by Hamilton to Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP, relating to the Second Boer War, including Hamilton's proposals for making peace terms with the Boers, 20 Jan 1902; recommending that Churchill should not come to South Africa as a journalist, 23 Mar 1902; the negotiations taking place prior to the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, 31 May 1902. With letter from Churchill to Hamilton, regarding Churchill's admiration for Boer leaders, and condemning suggestions that British officers should be tried by courts martial for defeats suffered during the war, 25 Jun 1902. 1 file, 13 letters (Letters of 22 Mar and 25 Jun 1902 are originals, remainder are photocopies of originals held by Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge)

Photocopies of letters from Hamilton to (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson, including Hamilton's admission of being insufficiently frank in his communications with FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, during the Dardanelles Expedition, 27 May 1921. 1 file, 4 letters

Photocopies of letters from Hamilton to (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson, military historian and author, relating to the Second Boer War, including Hamilton's allegations of military incompetence against Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller, General Officer Commanding Natal Army, 8 and 16 Mar 1900; on his stay at the house of Cecil (John) Rhodes, and the hatred between Boers and British colonial South Africans, 26 Mar 1900; his proposals to decentralize the administration of Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, and improve standards of British musketry, 11 Nov 1901; his account of the battle of Rooiwal, Western Transvaal, 19 Apr 1902; on the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, 31 May 1902. With copy of Kitchener's account of the last drive against the Boers in Western Transvaal, 7-11 May 1902 and Hamilton's orders issued to his columns for the advance towards Vryburg, 6 May 1902. 1 file, 10 letters

Typed copies of two letters from Hamilton to Maj Gen Frederick Hammersley, acknowleding receipt of Hammersley's report on operations of 11 (Northern) Div, 30 Jun 1915-23 Aug 1915, and informing Hammersley of the refusal of the British Government to publish documents collated by Hamilton pertaining to the Gallipoli Campaign. 2pp

Photocopies of letters sent by Hamilton to his father Col Christian Vereker Monteith Hamilton and his brother Vereker Monteith Hamilton, relating to his progress up the River Nile with 1st Bn The Gordon Highlanders, First Sudan Expedition, 29 Nov 1884-6 Feb 1885. With manuscript letter from Vereker and his wife Lilian, regarding Hamilton's proposal of marriage to Jean Miller Muir, and Hamilton's Icarus (Vizetelly's one volume novels, Vol 18, 1886), 14 Sep 1886. 1 file, 7 letters

Typed copies of Hamilton's weekly letters, as General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, to FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, reporting progress of the Dardanelles Campaign, including the Allied naval bombardment of the Straits forts, 18 Mar; Hamilton's account of the first landings at V Beach, W Beach and ANZAC, 30 Apr; his anxieties over the leadership and morale of the French Corps Expéditionnaire d'Orient, 5 May; his shortage of artillery ammunition, and his requesting Kitchener to inspect operations at Gallipoli in person, 21 May; his account of the Suvla Bay landings, 11 Aug; his concerns over the transfer of troops from Gallipoli to Salonika, 29 Sep; his request to be re-employed following his recall to London, 13 Nov. 1 file, 38 letters

Letter book of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, containing carbon copies of letters and telegrams from Hunter with some incoming telegrams, including letter to Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Chief of Staff, notifying him of officers who rendered valuable service to the transport logistics of the flying column of Brig Gen Bryan Thomas Mahon, 22 May; telegram to Maj Gen Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell at Mafeking, requesting release of Mahon's transport to assist in protection of railways, 26 May; letter to Kitchener, 7 Jun, enclosing report by Mahon, 23 May, on the operations and progress of his flying column from Barkly West to relieve Mafeking, 4-17 May; letter from Hunter to commander of Boer forces in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, demanding the surrender of his troops and the town, 18 Jun. 1 vol

Typed copy of letter from Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF), to Lt Gen Sir William Riddell Birdwood, General Officer Commanding ANZAC, regarding Birdwood's request for promotion of Maj Cyril Mosley Wagstaff to Brigadier General, General Staff, ANZAC. 2pp

Typed copy of letter from Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford, formerly 9 Corps, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, to Lt Col Stephen Hungerford Pollen, regarding units worthy of special mention in forthcoming despatch by Hamilton for distinguished service during operations at Suvla Bay. 3pp

Typed copy of reply of Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford to Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of General Staff Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, advising of his inability to advance further until 10 Aug 1915 due to exhaustion of his troops. 1p

Copy of a letter from Mr K A Murdoch to the Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth. Letter, 23 Sep, of Keith Arthur Murdoch, journalist, to Rt Hon Andrew Fisher, on the conduct of the Dardanelles Campaign, printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence. 15pp

Typed copy of letter from Hamilton to Maj Gen Sir Frederick Spender Robb, Military Secretary, War Office, recommending the award of the Companionship of the Order of the Bath upon Lt Col Stephen Hungerford Pollen, Assistant Military Secretary, General General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 1p

Photocopy of letter from Hamilton to (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson, author and military historian, giving his favourable impressions of the Japanese Army. 4pp

Photocopy of letter from Hamilton to (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson, describing Hamilton's advance through the Bara Valley, Indian North West Frontier, during the Tirah Campaign. 9pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including on the purported superiority of the South African Constabulary over soldiers for pacification purposes, on the suitability of Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller to command 1 Army Corps and on the retention of military control of South African farms. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including on the escape of Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet through the blockhouse line between Lindley and Kroonstad, Orange River Colony; his opinions on the military capabilities and character of Lt Col Michael Frederic Rimington, Lt Col Henry De Beauvoir De Lisle, Brig Gen Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, Col Thomas David Pilcher, Lt Col Douglas Haig, Col Henry Jenner Scobell, Col William Pitcairn Campbell, Lt Col Alexander Whitelaw Thorneycroft and Maj Vivian Henry; on the poor quality of Australian horses despatched to South Africa. 11pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including on the eligibility for staff duties of officers by virtue of war service in South Africa; the proposed visit to Germany by Boer leaders at the invitation of the Pan-Germanic League; his suggestion that Boer Generals Jacobus Hercules De La Rey and Louis Botha be given British Army commissions and invitations to visit Britain. 7pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, suggesting columns should be located in districts defined by blockhouses to deal with Boer rebels; the inability of Maj Gen Arthur Singleton Wynne, General Officer Commanding Administration, Cape Colony, to work with Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, General Officer Commanding Mobile Columns Cape Colony, and Kitchener's opinions on the respective command capabilities of Lt Gen Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle, Lt Col Alexander Whitelaw Thorneycroft, Maj Gen Frederick Walter Kitchener and other officers. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including the alleged ill treatment of an Australian officer attached to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Hamilton's quarrels with two of Kitchener's staff, and Hamilton's proposal to deliberately give Boer forces documents containing false information. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his destruction of Boer food crops during his drive in Western Transvaal; his opinions on the respective merits of massed and dispersed artillery, and the retention of swords and lances for cavalry in South Africa. 9pp