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Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, urging the British Government to maintain the observance of Armistice Day. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion and other ex-servicemen of Bow, Bromley and Old Ford districts, London, on the resolutions reached by a conference of former Allied and ex-enemy veterans, in Luxembourg on 11 Sep 1928. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, at the Central Hall, London, on historical precedents for the ill treatment of veterans by their governments. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion Scotland, Edinburgh, on the failure of the recent peace resolution of the League of Nations to establish limits on the number of men given compulsory military training. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to chairmen, secretaries and treasurers of the British Legion Metropolitan Area, London, on FIDAC (Fédération Interalliée des Anciens Combatants); the state of The British Legion Journal; the Legion during the General Strike; activities of the Legion's Women's Sections. 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion and Rotary Club, Edmonton, London, comparing the gloom caused by a correspondent [Keith Arthur Murdoch] at Gallipoli in 1915, with the gloom of the current economic situation. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Brentham Ex-Servicemen's Association Club, London, on the importance of independent ex-service associations affiliating to the British Legion. 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the guard of honour of boy scouts at the Southend-on-Sea British Legion fete, Essex. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Australian Associated Press on the danger to Australia ensuing from a failure of the British Empire to maintain a military alliance with Japan. 1p

Text of speech by Hamilton to the American Society in London, on the request by Theodore Roosevelt to Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, to allow publication of volume 2 of Hamilton's A Staff Officer's scrap-book during the Russo-Japanese War (Edward Arnold, London, 1907); Roosevelt's letter of 28 Oct 1915, expressing support for Hamilton's efforts in Gallipoli. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Aberdeen Battalion of the Boys' Brigade, at Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, recalling a similar inspection in Jul 1909, and his fears that they would have to fight in another war. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Aberdeen Battalion of the Boys' Brigade, on their responsibility for the future of the British Empire. 4pp

Recruiting rally address by Hamilton, St George's branch, British Legion, London, advocating social and industrial peace in England, and the withdrawal of the army of occupation in Germany. 8pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Romford, Essex, on the origins of the British Legion, and Hamilton's tribute to the late FM Sir Henry Hughes Wilson 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Penrith, Cumberland, on the current state of the Legion and proposing that ex-enemy servicemen's organisations be included in FIDAC (Fédération Interalliée des Anciens Combatants). 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to a parade of the London County Council Tramways Old Comrades Association, Kennington Park, London, on the veterans' inability to talk of the horrors of war except to each other; his hope they would affiliate to the British Legion. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Islington and Finsbury British Legion, London, on FIDAC (Fédération Interalliée des Anciens Combatants) and its exclusion of German ex-service organisations. 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Hull, Yorkshire, on differences between the Russian and British soul and character, and future Anglo-Russian relations. 9pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to Hospital Matrons of the Territorial Army, London, on his reminiscences of the role of Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan, in constructing the Territorial Force. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the ex-servicemen of Birmingham, Warwickshire, on the twelth annual Ivy Leaf Sunday service. 4pp