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Text of speech by Hamilton at the British Legion Metropolitan Area annual conference, London, on the resignation of Lt Gen Sir Edward Cecil Bethune as Chairman; the recent imprisonment of the Legion Organising Secretary for embezzlement. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference, Metropolitan Area British Legion, London, giving his account of the funeral of FM Dougla Haig, 1st Earl Haig, and Haig's role in unifying ex-service organisations into the Legion. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference, Metropolitan Area British Legion, London, on recent difficulties encountered by the Legion with the Ministry of Pensions. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the Union Jack Club, calling for unification of ex-servicemen's associations, and criticizing the high unemployment rate of veterans. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion, London, on the progress of the Metropolitan Area, and his call for the compulsory employment of disabled ex-servicemen. 7pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual meeting of the Officers' Benevolent Department of the British Legion, paying tribute to its work. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Twenty Ninth Division Association, Café Royal, London, recalling how his inspection of 29 Div in Egypt in Apr 1915 inspired Hamilton to continue with plans for the landings at Gallipoli despite disclosures of the operations in the Egyptian press. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Royal Naval Division Officers' Association, London, on the strategic consequences had there been no Dardanelles Campaign, and the hostility of FM Sir Henry Hughes Wilson and Allied General Headquarters in France towards the campaign. 8pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, proposing a toast to the guests. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the Women's Section, British Legion, London, on the growing importance of women in society and in the Legion. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of 9 (County of London) Bn, The London Regiment (Queen Victoria's), on the argument of compulsory versus voluntary principles of recruitment prior to World War One; the failure to send out Territorial Force units as complete divisions to France in 1914. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of the 42 (East Lancashire) Div, Manchester, recalling the potatoes and tobacco he supplied to men of 1 Bn The Manchester Regt, during the siege of Ladysmith, 1899-1900, Second Boer War. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner of 42 (East Lancashire) Division Old Comrades Association, Manchester, Lancashire, on concerts given by Ignacy (Jan) Paderewski for the benefit of the British Legion. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference of the Metropolitan Area British Legion, London, on the difficulties and responsibilites of the Metropolitan Area. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference of the East Anglian area of the British Legion, held in London, on the dissolution of the Legion's Metropolitan Area Council; against pledging the lives of future British soldiers to uphold pacts with other nations. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference of the British Legion Scotland, Aberdeen, Scotland, proposing the construction of the Forth Clyde canal, and the importance of enlarging Legion membership. 9pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at Swansea British Legion, Glamorgan, Wales, recalling his previous military campaigns; the danger to peace caused by the failure of the Three Power Naval Conference in Geneva to limit cruiser construction in Great Britain, Japan and the USA; the success of the visit of the American Legion to London. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to British Legion benefit concert, Stratford Town Hall, London, on the current state of the Legion. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Stoke Newington British Legion, London, on the activities of the branch and the national Legion. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the war memorial, St John-at-Hackney, London, dedicated to 10 (County of London) Bn (Hackney) The London Regt. 2pp