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Typescript war diary of Capt Betham Wilkins Shuttleworth, Bde Maj of 32 Bde, 11 (Northern) Div, reporting operations of 32 Bde at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 6-21 Aug 1915, including landing on B Beach; capture of Lala Baba, Hill 10 and Chocolate Hill; entrenching at Sulajik; attempts to advance on Tekke Tepe and Anafarta Sagir; attack on W Hills. With appendices comprising details of 32 Bde strength during Aug; troops belonging and attached to 32 Bde; names of 32 Bde staff; report by Maj Maximilian David Wood, commanding 9 Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regt on advance on Abrikja and retreat to Sulajik, 8-9 Aug 1915; seven manuscript maps, illustrating attacks on Lala Baba and Hill 10; position of 32 Bde on 7-8 Aug 1915; trench line held by 32 Bde, 12-18 Aug 1915; position of 32 Bde on 20 Aug 1915; attack by 32 Bde on 21 Aug 1915 (scales 1:10,000 and 1:20,000). 49pp

Typescript report from War Office to Hamilton, listing quantities of engineer stores (corrugated iron, cement, timber, wire netting and entanglement) dispatched to Gallipoli, with names and sailing dates of carrying ships, 24 Apr-3 Nov 1915. 3pp

Royal warrant of George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland, appointing Hamilton Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George, 3 Jun 1919, with covering letter from the registrar of the Chancery of the Order, 30 Nov 1922. 1 file

Royal warrant of George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland, appointing Hamilton Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 2 Sep 1918 to 1 Sep 1922. 1p