- HAMILTON, ISM 16/130
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- 1925 Jan 24
Text of speech by Hamilton at the Salford and Manchester Robert Burns celebration, Grand Hotel, Manchester, Lancashire. 8pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the Salford and Manchester Robert Burns celebration, Grand Hotel, Manchester, Lancashire. 8pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the Student's Union, London School of Economics and Political Science, London University, on command and its related modes of communication. 10pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Twenty Ninth Division Association, Café Royal, London, on his visit to Gallipoli in 1925, and on pre-World War One aspirations of the Bulgarians, Greeks and Russians to seize Constantinople and the Dardanelles. 5pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of a memorial screen, Tipton, Warwickshire, 1921
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of a memorial screen, Tipton, Warwickshire, paying tribute to the spirit of the men of the 46 (North Midland) Div and 48 (South Midland) Div, who would have wanted their former enemies treated with generosity. 3pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the memorial to 8 (Argyllshire) Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders memorial, Ardrishaig, Argyll, Scotland, paying tribute to the battalion's service in World War One. 4pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the memorial to Rupert Chawner Brooke at Rugby School, Warwickshire. 4pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of a picture dedicated to Sub Lt [Basil Wilson] Smyth, Royal Naval Division, at the memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Eltham, London. 2pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of a roll of honour, Highway Clubs, Ratcliffe Highway, London, on the futility of wars he had experienced, and advocating that future generations should not be pledged to fight again by treaties made in the present. 4pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the war memorial in the Drill Hall, Hackney, London, dedicated to 10 (County of London) Bn (Hackney) The London Regt, recalling visiting the trenches held by 54 (East Anglian) Div at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli; requesting they be reconciled to former enemies and to think of unemployed ex-servicemen. 3pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of a war memorial bed at the Middlesex Hospital, London, dedicated to the 2/1st (City of London) Bn, The London Regt (Royal Fusiliers). 2pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the war memorial at Chiswick Cemetery, London, erected by the Imperial War Graves Commission, blaming those who had carried out secret 'military conversations' prior to 1914, which committed Great Britain to a continental war. 2pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the war memorial in the Royal Bank of Scotland, Bishopsgate, London, paying tribute to the staff of the bank who died during World War One. 3pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Ashford war memorial, Kent, 1924
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Ashford war memorial, Kent, on historical precedents of Kentish self-sacrifice in wars. 5pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Ashton-Under-Lyne war memorial, Lancashire, calling for an end to militarism in honour of the dead, and warning of the dangers of seeking harsh reparations from defeated enemies. 6pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Batley war memorial, Yorkshire, 1923
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the war memorial, Batley, Yorkshire, on the relationship between the American Legion and the British Legion; the success of French anti-German propaganda, (particularly of French Gen Henri Joseph Étienne Gouraud), in the USA. 5pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Cambuslang war memorial, Lanarkshire, 1922
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Cambuslang war memorial, Lanarkshire, Scotland, calling for an end to militarism in honour of the dead, and warning of the dangers of seeking harsh reparations from defeated enemies. 2 versions. 5pp, 4pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Crewe war memorial, Cheshire, 1924
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Crewe war memorial, Cheshire, on his experience of the Second Afghan War, 1878-1880; the First Boer War, 1880-1881; the First Sudan Expedition, 1884-1885. 7pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Dunoon war memorial, Argyll, 1923
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the war memorial, Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland, paying tribute to 8 (Argyllshire) Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. 3pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Frome War Memorial Hall, Somerset, 1925
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Frome War Memorial Hall, Somerset, denouncing the continued Allied occupation of Germany, as tending to promote German desires for revenge. 5pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Grangemouth war memorial, Sterlingshire, 1923
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Grangemouth, war memorial, Stirlingshire, Scotland, comparing the mood of imperialism after the Second Boer War with the pacifist aftermath of World War One, and the need to prevent further wars by including former enemies in the League of Nations. 7pp