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Text of speech by Hamilton on opening the Plaza Super Cinema Romford, Essex, for a British Legion performance, referring to the recent imprisonment of the Legion Organising Secretary for embezzlement. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the British Legion Club, Nelson, Lancashire, recommending the economic benefits of constructing a Forth-Clyde canal. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the Memorial Hall, Birkenhead, Cheshire, on the unemployment of ex-servicemen and the role of the British Legion in its amelioration. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the Gordon Highlanders Memorial Club, Aberdeen, Scotland. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the concert hall, Ivy Leaf Club, British Legion, Brixton Road, London, on his impressions of Rt Hon James Ramsay MacDonald, the new Prime Minister, and joint proposals of the British Legion and the new Labour British Government to counter unemployment of ex-servicemen. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the British Legion Club, Bacon Lane, Edgware, London, on their future responsibilities. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the British Legion club, Solihull, Warwickshire, on the extent of disabled ex-servicemen maintained by the Legion; urging reconciliation with Germany and reporting his dinner for German Gen Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the South West Ham British Legion Club, on the differences between the Legion and other clubs. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the British Legion Club, Pinner, London, on the gulf between generations brought about by World War One. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the British Legion Club, Penge, London, recommending Canada and New Zealand as the optimum locations for potential emigrants. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of Paddington British Legion, London, on the difficulties of unifying ex-servicemen's associations since the end of World War One. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the Oxted and Limpsfield War Memorial Hospital, Surrey, on the need for a 'clean fight' in the forthcoming general election, to honour the war dead. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the Millwall and Cubitts Town British Legion Club, London, on charitable work undertaken by the Legion there (incomplete). 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the unveiling of the Lanark Memorial Hall, Scotland, paying tribute to the service of Scottish troops in World War One, particularly 9 (Scottish) Div and 15 (Scottish) Div at the Battle of Loos, Sept 1915, and 156 Bde of 52 (Lowland) Div at the Battle of Gully Ravine, Gallipoli, 28 Jun 1915. 8pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the British Legion Club, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, on the achievements of the United Services Fund in relieving children of ex-servicemen from the workhouse. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the British Legion Club, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on the origins of the British Legion. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening by Dorothy Vivian Haig, Countess Haig, of the extension to the Disabled Soldiers' Workshop, Bournemouth, Dorset, on the role of the British Legion in finding work for ex-servicemen. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton on opening the fete and industrial exhibition at the British Legion Home for Consumptives, Preston hall, Aylesford, Kent. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner, Metropolitan Area British Legion, London, paying tribute to H E Phillips, retiring Area Chairman; Hamilton's anecdote of the opinion of FM Sir (Henry) Evelyn Wood on the suitability of Gen Sir William Lockhart as Commander-in-Chief in India. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference, Metropolitan Area British Legion, London, paying tribute to H E Phillips, retiring Area Chairman; advocating that families of Legion members be permitted to join. 7pp