- HAMILTON, ISM 16/154
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- 1925 Nov 11
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the North West Ham British Legion memorial, London, on members of the Legion who had died since Armistice Day 1918, and his appreciation of the film 'Ypres'. 4pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the North West Ham British Legion memorial, London, on members of the Legion who had died since Armistice Day 1918, and his appreciation of the film 'Ypres'. 4pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Northwich war memorial, Cheshire, 1925
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Northwich war memorial, Cheshire, on the beauty of the war memorials on Gallipoli; warning of the dangers of future commitments to continental alliances. 3pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Paddington Town Hall war memorial, London, 1924
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the war memorial, Paddington Town Hall, London, on the failure of successive British governments to provide for ex-servicemen. 4pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Scunthorpe war memorial, Lincolnshire, warning of the dangers caused by the Washington Conference of 1922 of possible Japanese hostility and Chinese economic collapse. 4pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Ross Mountain Battery war memorial, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, on their heroism during the Gallipoli Campaign. 6pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the unveiling of Wednesbury war memorial, Warwickshire, 1926
Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Wednesbury war memorial, Warwickshire, contrasting the spirit of self-sacrifice shown during World War One, with that exhibited by workers and employers during recent industrial disputes. 4pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at the Warwickshire memorial to 29 Division, 1921
Text of speech by Hamilton at the Warwickshire memorial to 29 Div. 2pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at the Young Men's Christian Association Hostel, Walthamstow, London, referring to the imminent defeat of Germany; the value of education to soldiers, and the lack of education of his men during the First Sudan expedition, 1884. 6pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at Wellington College memorial, Berkshire, in tribute to Old Wellingtonians killed during World War One. 4pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at Wellington College Mission, Walworth, London, 1924
Text of speech by Hamilton at Wellington College Mission, Walworth, London, on the contribution of public school education to funding the mission and strengthening the British Empire. 5pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at Westhoughton British Legion, Lancashire, [1925]
Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Westhoughton, Lancashire, on the concerts given by Ignacy (Jan) Paderewski for the benefit of the British Legion. 2pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at Winchcombe war memorial, Gloucestershire, 1920
Text of speech by Hamilton at war memorial at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, paying tribute to local territorials and yeomanry, and calling for generosity to former enemies as displayed by FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, towards the Boers. 3pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton at Wood Green British Legion annual dinner, 1927
Text of speech by Hamilton at the Wood Green British Legion annual dinner, London, deprecating a 'clean sweep' of the Legion's National Executive Council, as illustrated by the results of'clean sweep' of the War Office undertaken by the Esher Committee in 1904. 7pp
Text of speech by Hamilton at Oxford Hall, Bethnal Green, London, on the failures of British governments to aid unemployed, homeless and disabled ex-servicemen. 4pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton in Bristol, 1924, on the importance of military training for boys
Text of address by Hamilton to the boys of Bristol, Gloucestershire, on parade, on the importance of military training for youths. 2 pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton in Bromley, Kent, 1928, on the Gallipoli landings
Text of speech by Hamilton made in Bromley, Kent, on the thirteenth anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli, during an interval in the performance of 'The Yeomen of the Guard', in aid of the Douglas Haig Memorial Homes for Ex-servicemen. 4pp
Text of speech by Hamilton to ex-servicemen's organisations and regimental associations, St George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, for Glasgow's remembrance day, on American profiteering from World War One in contrast to the poverty of the British worker; advocating workers and employers to use the 'agreed peace' dealing of FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, with the Boers in 1902. 3pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton on the present state of Australia, 1924
Text of speech by Hamilton at the exchange of banners between Enfield, London, branch of the British Legion and Mr Hines, representative of Australia, on the effects of a Labour Government in Australia, egalitarianism, the position of women, and military preparedness in Australia. Two versions. 1p, 4pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton to 42 East Lancashire Division, 1920
Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of 42 (East Lancashire) Div, in tribute to the men of the division and the Territorial Force during World War One. 4pp
Text of speech given by Hamilton to a dinner of the South African War Veterans' Association, 1929
Text of speech by Hamilton at a dinner of the South African War Veterans' Association, contrasting the Treaty of Vereeniging, 1902, with the Treaty of Versailles, 1919. 3pp