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Regimental orders concerning Lt Hastings Lionel Ismay, Adjutant, 21 Cavalry (Frontier Force), Jhelum, India, including his appointment as adjutant to Capt Oswald Muirhead Dyke. Printed, 2pp

Letter to Ismay from Robert McClerverty, 47 Sikh Regiment, Sep 1914, about the Canal Police

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1914 Sep 12

Part of ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)

Letter from Robert McCleverty, 47 Sikhs, to Ismay concerning failure of possibility of Canal Police appointment for Ismay. Manuscript, 2pp

Letter of thanks to Ismay from Terence Mullaly, India, 1915

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1915 Jan 21

Part of ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)

Letter from Terence Mullaly, 6 Gurkha Rifles, Kakul near Abbottabad, India North West Frontier to Ismay thanking him for a letter of sympathy on his brother's death. Manuscript, 8pp

Telegram relating to Ismay's posting to Somaliland, Jul 1914

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1914 Jul 18

Part of ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)

Telegram from adjutant 22 Cavalry, Jhelum, India to Ismay concerning Ismay's acceptance of Somaliland posting. Manuscript carbon, 2pp

Regimental orders, 1914, relating to Ismay's promotion and posting to Somaliland

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1914 Aug 11

Part of ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)

Regimental orders of 21 Cavalry, Jhelum, India concerning, respectively, Ismay's Somaliland posting and his promotion to Capt. Printed, 3pp

Letter from the Adjutant, Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry, about Ismay's posting to Somaliland, [1914]

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[1914 Jan]

Part of ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)

Letter from adjutant PAVO 'Tommy' to Ismay referring to Ismay's acceptance of Somaliland posting. Manuscript, 2pp

Letter to Ismay from Eric Dobs, Western Front, Jul 1915, on life in the trenches

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1915 Jul 13

Part of ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)

Letter from Eric Dobs at Western Front to Ismay concerning life in the trenches. Manuscript, 1p

Letter from Cecil Allanson to Ismay, Oct 1915, on the Gallipoli campaign

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1915 Oct 26

Part of ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)

Letter from Cecil John Lyons Allanson, Gurkha Rifles, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, to Ismay with an account of Dardanelles fighting. Manuscript, 2pp

Letter from Cecil Allanson to Ismay, Feb 1915, on the failure of the Dardanelles campaign and his own injury

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1915 Feb 16

Part of ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)

Letter from Cecil John Lyons Allanson, Gurkha Rifles, London to Ismay mentioning the failure of the Dardanelles campaign, Feb 1915 and his own wounding. Manuscript, 4pp

Letter of thanks to Ismay from Admiral Sir William Hall, Admiralty, Dec 1916