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Typed copy of telegram GS104 from Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford to Hamilton, attributing failure of 9 Corps to gain heights above Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, due to the inexperience of his troops and their lack of water and artillery. 3pp

Copy telegram from Hamilton to FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, repeating letter of 15 Aug sent to Hamilton by Lt Col Rt Hon Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard, commanding 5 Bn The Royal Irish Rifles, stating that Granard disagreed with the conduct of the Gallipoli Campaign, and had made his views known to George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland and fellow Privy Councillors, with Hamilton's reply of 16 Aug 1915. 1p

Typed transcript of review by Sir Compton Mackenzie of Gallipoli by Alan McCrae Moorehead (Hamish Hamilton, London, 1956), being part of a BBC European Service radio broadcast. 8pp

Photocopies of research materials gathered by Celia Lee and John Lee, biographers, comprising letter from Hamilton's niece Janet Christina Monteith Leeper to Nadédja Muir, Lady Muir, 24 Oct 1947, describing Hamilton's funeral service at Westminster Abbey; extracts from James Finlay & Company Limited, manufacturers and East India merchants, 1750-1950 by Colm Brogan (Jackson, Son and Co, Glasgow, 1951), relating to Sir John Muir, 1st Bt; typescript biography of Janet Leeper compiled by her daughter Katharine Cobbett, 1979; dustjacket of A soldier's life-General Sir Ian Hamilton, 1853-1947 by John Lee (Macmillan, London, 2000). 1 file

Typed copy of report, 19 Aug 1915, by Maj Gen Frederick Hammersley, General Officer Commanding 11 (Northern) Div, to Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford, General Officer Commanding 9 Corps, relating to operations of 11 Div at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 6-19 Aug 1915, including landing at B and C Beaches, 6-7 Aug 1915; advance on Yilghin Burnu (Chocolate Hill), 7 Aug 1915. 10pp. Typescript copy of letter from Hammersley to Hamilton, 19 Nov 1915, with recommendations of units of 11 Div rendering distinguished service at Suvla Bay, for mention in Hamilton's despatch of 11 Dec 1915. 2pp

Typed copy of report by Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford to the War Office, 18 Aug 1915, on operations of 9 Corps at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, 6-15 Aug 1915. With appendices of Stopford's orders for landing of 9 Corps at Suvla, 31 Jul 1915 and 3 Aug 1915. 21pp (Contains manuscript annotations by Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite). With letter to Hamilton from Maj Gen Sir Frederick Spender Robb, Military Secretary, War Office, forwarding Stopfords' report, 6 Nov 1915, and letter to Hamilton from Braithwaite, containing Braithwaite's remarks on Stopford's report, 13 Nov 1915. 1 file

Typed copy of special army order of Lt Gen Sir William Riddell Birdwood, addressed to soldiers of 9 Corps and ANZAC, explaining the necessity for the evacuation of Suvla and Anzac. 2pp

Copy of typescript private diary of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, her health, the raising of her adopted children, philosophical and literary reflections, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, and including related social correspondence with Algernon (Henry) Blackwood; (John Randolph) Shane Leslie; Mellony Katherine 'Molly' à Court Repington; Elizabeth Robins; Logan Pearsall Smith.

Copy of typescript private diaries of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, her health, her adopted children, philosophical and literary reflections, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, Anglo-German relations prior to the outbreak of World War Two, and including related social correspondence with her husband; Rosaleen James and Harold Stone Knight, her adopted children; Lt Gen. Sir (George) Tom (Molesworth) Bridges; Hon Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford; Wilfrid Meynell; Rt Hon William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton.

Copy of typescript private diaries of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, her health, her adopted children, philosophical and literary reflections, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, her husband's speeches and activities, photographs, and including related social correspondence with her husband; Rosaleen James and Harold Stone Knight, her adopted children; William Alexander Gerhardi; Julian Henry Hall; Edward Verrall Lucas; Sir Edward Howard Marsh; Beverley Nichols; Logan Pearsall Smith.

Copy of typescript private diaries of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, her health, the raising of her adopted children, philosophical and literary reflections, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, her husband's speeches and activities, photographs, and including related social correspondence with her husband; Rosaleen James and Harold Stone Knight, her adopted children; Laurence Binyon; William Alexander Gerhardi; Julian Henry Hall; (John Randolph) Shane Leslie; Beverley Nichols; Logan Pearsall Smith; (Giles) Lytton Strachey; Hugh Seymour Walpole.

Copy of typescript private diaries of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, her health, the raising of her adopted children, philosophical and literary reflections, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, photographs and references to Hamilton's retirement from the Army, 1920; his publication of Gallipoli diary (Edward Arnold, London, 1920), and his speeches. Includes related social correspondence with Laurence Binyon; (Joseph) Hilaire (Pierre) Belloc; Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP; Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan; (John Randolph) Shane Leslie; Lt Col Charles à Court Repington and his wife Mellony Katherine 'Molly' à Court Repington; Walter Richard Sickert.

Copy of typescript private diaries of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, literary criticism, photographs and references to Lady Hamilton's Dardanelles Comforts Fund; Hamilton's recall from command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Oct 1915; proceedings of the Dardanelles Commission, 1916-1917; the trial of Roger David Casement for treason, 1916. Includes related social correspondence with Hilaire Belloc; Lt Gen Sir William Riddell Birdwood; Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite; Austen Chamberlain; Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP; Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French; Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan; Edward Howard Marsh; John Masefield; Henry Woodd Nevinson; Lt Col Charles à Court Repington and his wife Mellony Katherine 'Molly' à Court Repington; Rt Hon Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale; John Singer Sargent.

Copy of typescript private diaries of Jean Miller Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, mainly comprising daily entries describing social engagements, personal opinions of friends, relations and acquaintances, literary criticism, photographs and references to life at Tidworth House, Andover, Hampshire, and on Malta, during Hamilton's service as General Officer Commanding Southern Command and Mediterranean Command, 1908-1914; correspondence with Hamilton during the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915. Includes related social correspondence with Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP; Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton; Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan; Rt Hon John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn; Rt Hon Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale; John Singer Sargent; Walter Richard Sickert.

Typescript copy of account made by Sgt Maj G Olden, 28 Feb 1902, of action of C Squadron, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, during the Battle of Elandslaagte, Second Boer War, 21 Oct 1899. 4pp

Typescript copies of notes prepared by Lt Col Stephen Hungerford Pollen, Assistant Military Secretary, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, criticising statements made by Keith Arthur Murdoch, journalist, in Murdoch's letter of 23 Sep to Rt Hon Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia, on the conduct of the Dardanelles Campaign. 1 file (Four identical copies)

Manuscript copy by Hamilton of notes taken by Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of Staff Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, of an interview between Hamilton and Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford on board RN Yacht HMS TRIAD on 13 Aug 1915, relating to the failure of 9 Corps to advance from Suvla Bay, and the perceived pessimistic attitude of Stopford and his divisional generals. 2pp With typescript copy.

Typescript copy of notes by Lt Col Charles Rosenthal, commanding 3 Australian Field Artillery Bde, 1 Australian Div, relating to the use of artillery at Anzac, Gallipoli, compiled from his diary, 25 Apr 1915-25 Aug 1915. Subsequently printed as Appendix 2 in Hamilton's Gallipoli diary (Edward Arnold, London, 1920). 4pp

Typed copy of message from Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford to Hamilton stating his inability to advance due to his need to secure gap between Anafarta Sagir and Ismail Oglu Tepe, Gallipoli. 1p

Typescript copy of memorandum by Japanese Gen Shiba to Lt Gen Sir Gerald Francis Ellison, entitled 'The relation between state-policy and military strategy of Japan during the Russo-Japanese war'. 3pp