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Text of speech by Hamilton at a grand British Legion rally, Woking, Surrey, on the fate suffered by British veterans of the Napeolonic and Crimean Wars. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion mass meeting, Portsmouth, Hampshire, on the pacific intentions of the Legion, and how reconciliation with former enemies could lead to disarmament. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a fete held by West Ham British Legion in aid of war orphans, London, on Legion relief work for children, and the importance of their visits to the British countryside. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the fete of the British Legion, Stroud, Gloucestershire, on his preference for farming over fighting; the position of the British Legion and its leadership during the General Strike. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the Southend-on-Sea British Legion fete, Essex, on the miners' strike; role of the Legion in securing pensions and in aiding families to emigrate to Canada. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the opening of the fete of the British Legion, South Norwood, London, advocating British non-commitment to continental alliances in order to avert future wars. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the British Legion annual conference dinner, Pillar Hall, Victoria Station, London, proposing the health of the American Legion. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a British Legion dinner, Claridges Hotel, London, on the presentation to the Legion of the Preston Hall estate settlement, Aylesford, Kent, for the use of tubercular ex-servicemen, including his remarks on the opportunities lost by the failure of Allied ex-service organisations to be reconciled to their German counterparts. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at a concert for the British Legion at Ealing Town Hall, London, relating his story of butterflies at Motienling Pass, Russo-Japanese War, 1904, and urging civic authorities to maintain Armistice Day commemorations. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton as President of the Glasgow and Lanarkshire Association of London, replying to the toast, 'City, County and Association'. 7pp. With manuscript copy of the address of the Rev Dr Lauchlan Maclean Watt at the Cenotaph, Glasgow, [5 Sep 1926]. 4pp

Text of speech given at Special Brigade dinner in London on 2 Mar, referring to reviews of "Gas!" 1p

Text of speech given at Special Brigade dinner in London on 3 Mar, referring to "Gas!" 1p

Text of speech given at 11th Special Brigade reunion dinner in Birmingham on 21 Oct, referring to "Gas!" With list of acceptances and invitation, listing names of those who attended previous dinners. 4p

Text for speech given at the 10th Special Brigade dinner on 22 Mar, referring to Brig Gen Sir Harold Hartley. 1p

Text of speech given as Chair at the 6th Annual Dinner of the Special Brigade and Gas Services on 20 Mar, referring to the need for redecoration in the officer's mess at Porton Chemical Warfare Establishment. 1p

Annotated text of speech given at the Special Brigade dinner on 31 Mar, including reference to humourous incidents in World War One. 4pp

Text of speech given at the Gas Services dinner on 4 Feb, referring to the writing of _"Gas!" The Story of the Special Brigade (_published in 1934 by W Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London) 1p

Text of speech given at the Gas Services dinner on 13 Feb, celebrating the first occasion that all ranks of the Special Brigade and Gas Services assembled together in London following World War One. 1p

Copy typescript of speech at Foyles' Literary Luncheon, the Dorchester Hotel, London, entitled 'The new look'. 2pp

Copies of the text of a speech by Wilkins on the social implications of science, given at a conference, ‘De la physique théorique a la biologie’, held by the Institut de la Vie, Versailles, France, 1971, with correspondence relating to Wilkins’ attendance and the preparation of his text for subsequent publication