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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 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 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 Metropolitan Area Conference, British Legion, London, on action to be taken by the Area against unemployment. 3pp

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

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 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 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 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 Dr Barnardo war memorial, Stepney Causeway, London, in tribute to boys of Dr Barnardo homes who fought during World War One, in particular Sapper Harry Balckett and Sgt Leonard Donald Moore. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the inaugural meeting of the Fleet Street section, City of London British Legion. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Gordon Highlanders Old Comrades' Association dinner, London, in praise of the regiment. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the High School Glasgow Club of London, proposing the toast of 'the school'. 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Highlanders' Memorial Church, Glasgow, Scotland, in tribute to Glasgow and men of the 51 (Highland) Div. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Ladysmith Officers' Dinner, Cavalry Club, London, on the Battle of Elandslaagte, Second Boer War, 21 Oct 1899. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Mansion House, London, on Sir Walter Raleigh. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Mayor's luncheon, Birkenhead, Cheshire, proposing the merits of the Mid-Scotland ship canal scheme, and the King's Roll for the employment of disabled ex-servicemen. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the memorial of 5 Bn (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland. 4pp