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Text of speech by Hamilton at the dinner of the annual conference of the British Legion Scotland, on the lesson given by the war dead to be friendly to former enemies. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Metropolitan Area annual conference, London, on the dangers of Great Britain attempting to intervene in Japan's invasion of Manchuria; his account of the Legion meeting with Rt Hon Sir Henry Bucknall Betterton, Minister of Labour, regarding the treatment received by ex-servicemen from Pension Advisory Committees. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at British Legion Scotland annual conference, Troon, Ayrshire, demanding that the disparity in wages between munitions workers and private soldiers during World War One should not be repeated in any future war; his suggestion that the Legion should form the core of a national defence force. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual conference, British Legion Metropolitan Area, London, on the mistakes made by the British Government in disbanding the Army cadets in the cause of disarmament; comparisons with the cadets in the USA and their esteemed value to American society. 6pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Stroud, Gloucestershire, on the feats of the Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) and 7 Bn The Gloucester Regt at Gallipoli. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton presenting the Certificate of Merit to Stoke Newington British Legion, London. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at St Andrew's Hall, Glasgow, on 'Scandinavia', recounting adventures from his lecture tour of Denmark, Norway and Sweden in 1924. 5pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, South Shields, County Durham, urging the British Government to negotiate an air forces pact with Germany. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the South Poplar Branch British Legion, London, after laying a wreath to 18 school children killed during a day-light air raid, Jun 1917, proposing that the modern technology of war would remove the inclination of men to fight. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to pupils of Queen's Park Higher Grade School, Glasgow, on his medals and his poppy. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton on opening the North Lambeth British Legion club, London, on personal appeals he received from unemployed ex-servicemen. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the failure of the British Government to utilise veterans for home defence. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton on opening the Marylebone British Legion club, London. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at Kilmun British Legion, Argyllshire, recalling his arrival at Kilmun as a baby in 1853. 2pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, on the occasion of Gen Sir Bindon Blood receiving the freedom of the borough and laying of wreaths on the Dardanelles memorial there, including Hamilton's tribute to Blood and the rank and file soldiers who served on Gallipoli. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton on opening the Haddington centenary flower show, on the contrasts between the Scottish and German landscapes. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the newly formed Haddington British Legion, Scotland, with advice on choosing a delegate for conferences; describing Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, as Britain's best ambassador. 3pp

Text of speech by Hamilton to the British Legion, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, appealing for amity with Germany, and comparing German President FM Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg to Gen Rt Hon Sir Redvers Henry Buller, and German Gen Werner von Blomberg, German Minister of War, to FM Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Bt. 4pp

Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual general meeting of the Gordon Boys School, Mansion House, London, proposing that FM Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 7th Bt, be elected to the Executive Committee. 1p

Text of speech by Hamilton to the Students of Glasgow University, recalling the occasion when he and Sir Henry Irving, actor, were given honorary degrees by Glasgow University in 1899. 3pp