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Satirical account, Nov 1915, of Prime Minister H H Asquith ordering Lord Kitchener to inspect the Gallipoli campaign

A tale of two interpretations, being the true and inward account of the stupendous events which occurred in the week ending Saturday, 6th November 1915', typescript satirical tale relating to the despatch by Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith MP, Prime Minister, of FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, to inspect the progress of the Gallipoli Campaign in Nov 1915 (author not given). 8pp

SANDYS WHITE PAPER ON DEFENCE CONFERENCE, 1988

  • SANDYS WHITE PAPER ON DEFENCE
  • Collection
  • 1988

Three audio cassette tapes of the proceedings of the conference on the Sandys White Paper on Defence, 1957, King's College London, 1 Jul 1988, mostly relating to the proposed purchase of an independent nuclear deterrent, including contributions from Sir Richard (Royle) Powell, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 1957; (Thomas) Cecil (Garside) James, Assistant Secretary, Air Ministry, 1957; Rt Hon George Nigel Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1957; Sir Richard (George Kitchener) Way, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 1957; Rt Hon Julian Amery, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Financial Secretary, War Office, 1957-1958; Professor Robert John O'Neill, Chairman, British Committee of the Nuclear History Project; Nicholas J Wheeler, Department of War Studies, King's College London; Dr Michael Dockrill, Department of War Studies, King's College London; Anthony Seldon, Director, Institute of Contemporary British History; Martin S Navias, Research Student, King's College London.

SANDILANDS, Brig Harold Richard (1876-1961)

  • SANDILANDS
  • Collection
  • 1945

Two letters from FM Sir Cyril John Deverell to Sandilands, relating to Deverell's dismissal as Chief of Imperial General Staff, 1937, written in 1945 and 1947. Associated correspondence, principally comprising letters from Professor James Ramsay Montagu Butler concerning the possible use of the above documents in the official History of the Second World War (HMSO, London, 1949-1988), 1952, 1960.

Sandilands, Harold Richard, 1876-1961, Brigadier

SANDERSON, Lt Col John Burden (1921-2001)

  • SANDERSON, JB
  • Collection
  • 1967 and [2000]

Copy of memoirs of Lt Col John Burden Sanderson, including description of deployment with Territorial Army, 1938-1940; and brief recollections of service in India and Burma, 1941-1946, including liberation of POWs from Japanese internment camps, transcribed by Sanderson's son. Also transcript of interview with John Sanderson's father Maj Alexander Sanderson, 3 Australian Tunnelling Company, recorded 14 Apr 1967, relating to his life and career as an engineer working in Australia, 1896-1914; brief description of the work of Maj Alexander Sanderson and the 3 Australian Tunnelling Company, France, during World War One; and designs by Alexander Sanderson for a vertical take off plane, 1942.

Sanderson, John Burden, 1921-2001, Lieutenant Colonel

SANDERSON, Col L H F (fl 1915-1980)

  • SANDERSON
  • Collection
  • 1915-1948

Copies of typescript Indian Corps Intelligence Summaries, France, Aug 1915, and typescript account in French entitled 'Quelques faits importants de la Guerre par rapport a Merville', 1919. Papers relating to Sanderson's military intelligence work, 1940-1945, including typescript intelligence reports and summaries relating to the likely invasion of UK, 1940-1941, notably typescript Southern Command memorandum entitled 'Enemy craft likely to be used in invasion of UK and their employment', Jan 1941; typescript translations of German directives on the planned invasion of the UK, Operation SEELÖWE, 1940, taken from documents captured by the Allies in 1945; typescript copies, with translations, of Adolf Hitler's last will and his private and political testament, dated 29 Apr 1945. Printed volume, 'Notes on German preparation for invasion of the UK', prepared by General Staff, War Office, and issued to officers of MI14, Apr 1941. Printed volume in German entitled Informationsheft GB, produced by the Germans in World War Two as a manual on British life, customs, Government and administration [1940].

Sanderson, L H F, fl 1915-1980, Colonel

SANDERS, Lt Col Samuel George Harrison (1871-1954)

  • SANDERS
  • Collection
  • 1911-1966

Papers relating to Sanders' life and military career, 1911-1966, including five letters of appreciation, 1911-1927, mostly relating to Sanders' work as Superintendent, Army Remount Service, No 3 Depot, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 1914-1920, notably typescript letter from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, 3 Jun 1918; manuscript letter to Sanders from Lt Gen Adrian Carton de Wiart, from Rome, Italy, relating to his capture and imprisonment by Italian forces, 10 Aug 1941; painting of final mounted parade, 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards, Edinburgh, 15 Aug 1938; edition of Wandsworth Borough News, with photograph and article on the 28 Bn, (Wandsworth), County of London, Home Guard, commanded by Sanders, 26 Sep 1941.

Sanders, Samuel George Harrison, 1871-1954, Lieutenant Colonel

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