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Typescript report by Hamilton with his recollections of the working relationship between FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander-in-Chief South Africa, and Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, the Vaal and Aspall, his Chief of Staff, during the Second Boer War. 11pp [possibly prepared for use by Sir George (Compton Archibald) Arthur, 3rd Bt, in his Life of Lord Kitchener, 3 vols (Macmillan and Co, London, 1920)]

Typescript of appreciation by Hamilton of the role of the Royal Regiment of Artillery during World War One for The Royal Artillery war commemoration book (G Bell & Sons, London, 1920). 4pp

Wingate. Narrative on operations in Arabia, as contributions to Chapter 12 of Lt-Col Edward Caulfield Warren Sandes: The Royal Engineers in Egypt and the Sudan, Institute of Royal Engineers, Chatham, 1936. (Wingate wrote forward to this book.) Typed carbon, 11pp M 43

Paper by Gen Alan Francis Brooke, Commander 2 Corps, 2 Army outlining the operations of 2 Corps during the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), May 1940, from Louvain to Dunkirk, France. Typescript, 12pp

Fuller. Paper on tank haulage, for towing supplies, men, or guns behind tanks. Initialled. Typed. 3 pp

[Fuller] Paper on tank bridges and rafts. Corrected by [Fuller]. Typed. 3 pp

Fuller, issued by General Staff Fifth Army. Minor tank and infantry operations against strong points, with two diagrams. 14 pp

Frederick Barton Maurice 'The Story of The Crisis of May 1918'. Typed carbon 35 pp

Gas Warfare on the Indian Frontier', guide compiled by Foulkes for the use of the Indian Army. 24pp

Document by E H van Eeghen: 'Experiences and remarks regarding a visit to Siberia and Moscow, second half of July 1978'.

Bound typescript entitled 'An artillery officer in the First World War', by Col Roderick (Rory) Macleod. Presented to Kennedy by the author, Nov 1966. 244pp

Bound typescript entitled 'A secret service agent in South-West Africa: Ironside's story as told to me and from notes he left behind' detailing the service of FM (William) Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron of Archangel and Ironside, as a British agent in South Africa, German South West Africa and British Bechuanaland, 1902-1904, by Col Roderick (Rory) Macleod. Presented to Kennedy by the author, Nov 1966. 61pp

Q [Quartermaster] aspects of the campaigns in Egypt and Libya 1940-1942' a précis by Brig W P Pessell. Typescript, 16pp

Text Book of Topographical and Geographical Surveying (HMSO second edition, 1913) by Col C F Close, revised by Capt E W Cox. 1 vol

Typescript and cuttings relating to interviews of Liddell Hart in several Scandinavian newspapers, including Svenska Dagbladet, 28 Aug 1963, entitled, 'A lack of conventional weapons NATO's big weakness just now'; Kvalsposten, 30 Aug 1963, entitled, 'Captain teaches Generals', and Aftenposten, 3 Sep 1963, entitled, 'The Defence of Western Europe'

Text and notes for speeches by Kirke at ICI plant in Grangemouth, Scotland relating to the role of the Home Guard and to the importance of the factory's production to the war effort. Typescript and manuscript, 8pp

Typescripts with manuscript notes by Hamilton for the third volume of his memoirs (unpublished), comprising synopsis of chapters, and sections covering 1899-1904, including the Battle of Elandslaagte, Boer War, 21 Oct 1899, and his appointment as attaché to the Japanese Army, 1904. With typescript account of the Battle of Elandslaagte by Sgt-Maj G Olden, 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, 28 Feb 1902. 1 file

Text and notes for speech by Kirke for War Weapons Week in Grangemouth, Scotland relating to the way National Savings will help the war effort. Typescript and manuscript, 3pp

Text and notes for speech by Kirke to F Company, 42 Bn, Home Guard, Clifton Junction, near Manchester relating to the importance of home defences. Typescript and manuscript, 4pp