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Typed copies of Hamilton's weekly letters, as General Officer Commanding Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, to FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, reporting progress of the Dardanelles Campaign, including the Allied naval bombardment of the Straits forts, 18 Mar; Hamilton's account of the first landings at V Beach, W Beach and ANZAC, 30 Apr; his anxieties over the leadership and morale of the French Corps Expéditionnaire d'Orient, 5 May; his shortage of artillery ammunition, and his requesting Kitchener to inspect operations at Gallipoli in person, 21 May; his account of the Suvla Bay landings, 11 Aug; his concerns over the transfer of troops from Gallipoli to Salonika, 29 Sep; his request to be re-employed following his recall to London, 13 Nov. 1 file, 38 letters

Photocopies of letters sent by Hamilton to his father Col Christian Vereker Monteith Hamilton and his brother Vereker Monteith Hamilton, relating to his progress up the River Nile with 1st Bn The Gordon Highlanders, First Sudan Expedition, 29 Nov 1884-6 Feb 1885. With manuscript letter from Vereker and his wife Lilian, regarding Hamilton's proposal of marriage to Jean Miller Muir, and Hamilton's Icarus (Vizetelly's one volume novels, Vol 18, 1886), 14 Sep 1886. 1 file, 7 letters

Typed copies of two letters from Hamilton to Maj Gen Frederick Hammersley, acknowleding receipt of Hammersley's report on operations of 11 (Northern) Div, 30 Jun 1915-23 Aug 1915, and informing Hammersley of the refusal of the British Government to publish documents collated by Hamilton pertaining to the Gallipoli Campaign. 2pp

Photocopies of letters from Hamilton to (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson, military historian and author, relating to the Second Boer War, including Hamilton's allegations of military incompetence against Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller, General Officer Commanding Natal Army, 8 and 16 Mar 1900; on his stay at the house of Cecil (John) Rhodes, and the hatred between Boers and British colonial South Africans, 26 Mar 1900; his proposals to decentralize the administration of Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, and improve standards of British musketry, 11 Nov 1901; his account of the battle of Rooiwal, Western Transvaal, 19 Apr 1902; on the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, 31 May 1902. With copy of Kitchener's account of the last drive against the Boers in Western Transvaal, 7-11 May 1902 and Hamilton's orders issued to his columns for the advance towards Vryburg, 6 May 1902. 1 file, 10 letters

Photocopies of letters from Hamilton to (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson, including Hamilton's admission of being insufficiently frank in his communications with FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, during the Dardanelles Expedition, 27 May 1921. 1 file, 4 letters

Photocopies of letters sent by Hamilton to Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill MP, relating to the Second Boer War, including Hamilton's proposals for making peace terms with the Boers, 20 Jan 1902; recommending that Churchill should not come to South Africa as a journalist, 23 Mar 1902; the negotiations taking place prior to the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, 31 May 1902. With letter from Churchill to Hamilton, regarding Churchill's admiration for Boer leaders, and condemning suggestions that British officers should be tried by courts martial for defeats suffered during the war, 25 Jun 1902. 1 file, 13 letters (Letters of 22 Mar and 25 Jun 1902 are originals, remainder are photocopies of originals held by Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge)

Carbon copy letterbook, comprising manuscript letters from Hamilton to Rt Hon William St John Fremantle Brodrick, Secretary of State for India, ending their friendship and refuting Brodrick's allegations that Hamilton was disloyal to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, and to Brodrick as Secretary of State for War, and that Hamilton disclosed information to the press through Leopold Stennett Amery, journalist of The Times, 1 May; to Brodrick, further defending himself from Brodrick's allegations, 3 Aug; to Rt Hon Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster MP, Secretary of State for War, suggesting that expenditure on the Militia should be restricted or the force should be radically changed, and that reform of the Volunteers should be delayed until after reform of the Regulars and Militia was completed, 17 Oct. 1 vol

Photocopies of letters received by Hamilton from Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, comprising undated letter from India regarding Churchill's plans to see active service in Egypt and publication of his The story of the Malakand Field Force (Longmans and Co, London, 1898); letter, 16 Sep, with Churchill's account of his part in the battle of Omdurman, Second Sudan Campaign, 2 Sep 1898. 1 file, 2 letters [Both letters reprinted in Hamilton's Listening for the drums (Faber and Faber, London, 1944)]

Manuscript copy of seven letters from a lieutenant (name not supplied) of 4 Bn The Lincolnshire Regt, to his acting adjutant, regarding his request for posting to active service in Egypt. 4pp

Typescript copies of a Memorandum by General Sir Ian Hamilton on a letter from Mr K A Murdoch to the Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth. Hamilton's response to the allegations contained in the letter of Keith Arthur Murdoch, journalist, to Rt Hon Andrew Fisher, on the conduct of the Dardanelles Campaign, printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence. 1 file (Six identical copies).

Typed copy of memorandum from Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF), to Brig Gen Edward Mabbott Woodward, Deputy Adjutant General MEF, requesting four Gurkali speaking officers for 6th Gurkha Rifles, and surplus staff officers from Egypt. 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

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 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

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 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)

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

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.

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, 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.