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Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the Disabled Service Men's Society, London, on progress of the King's Roll scheme for the employment of disabled ex-servicemen. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of 42 (East Lancashire) Div, Manchester, Lancashire, on 7 Bn The Manchester Regt being given camels to ride at Khartoum, Sudan, and his inspection of the division in Cairo, Egypt, on 28 Mar 1915. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the 42 (East Lancashire) Division Old Comrades' Association, Manchester, on the reluctance of FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, and FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Commander-in-Chief of the BEF, to use complete Territorial divisions in the BEF in 1914. 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton entitled 'The Scot as a soldier' given by Hamilton to the Caledonian Society of London. 19pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference of the Women's Section of the British Legion, London. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference of the British Legion Scotland, Dumfries, Dumfrieshire, on the possible amalgamation of the English and Scottish Legions. 8pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to a conference of the Metropolitan Area British Legion, in Fulham, London, to discuss unemployment. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at Metropolitan Area Conference, British Legion, London, on action to be taken by the Area against unemployment. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the British Legion Metropolitan Area annual dinner, Pillar hall Restaurant, Victoria Station, London, on the increasing public reaction against 'defeatist' war stories after the success of All quiet on the Western Front [Im Westen nichts Neues] by Erich Maria Remarque (Putnam, London, 1929) and Journey's end by Robert Cedric Sherriff (Gollancz, London, 1929). 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the British Legion Metropolitan Area annual conference, London, on the resignation of Lt Gen Sir Edward Cecil Bethune as Chairman; the recent imprisonment of the Legion Organising Secretary for embezzlement. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference, Metropolitan Area British Legion, London, giving his account of the funeral of FM Dougla Haig, 1st Earl Haig, and Haig's role in unifying ex-service organisations into the Legion. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference, Metropolitan Area British Legion, London, on recent difficulties encountered by the Legion with the Ministry of Pensions. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the Union Jack Club, calling for unification of ex-servicemen's associations, and criticizing the high unemployment rate of veterans. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion, London, on the progress of the Metropolitan Area, and his call for the compulsory employment of disabled ex-servicemen. 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the Officers' Benevolent Department of the British Legion, paying tribute to its work. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Twenty Ninth Division Association, Café Royal, London, recalling how his inspection of 29 Div in Egypt in Apr 1915 inspired Hamilton to continue with plans for the landings at Gallipoli despite disclosures of the operations in the Egyptian press. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Royal Naval Division Officers' Association, London, on the strategic consequences had there been no Dardanelles Campaign, and the hostility of FM Sir Henry Hughes Wilson and Allied General Headquarters in France towards the campaign. 8pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, proposing a toast to the guests. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Women's Section, British Legion, London, on the growing importance of women in society and in the Legion. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of 9 (County of London) Bn, The London Regiment (Queen Victoria's), on the argument of compulsory versus voluntary principles of recruitment prior to World War One; the failure to send out Territorial Force units as complete divisions to France in 1914. 5pp