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Manuscript copy diary relating to Smith's command of 9 Infantry Brigade, 23 Apr 1915 - 7 Mar 1916, and of 20 Division, 8 Mar 1916 - 15 Jun 1916, on the Western Front, World War One, including: the Second Battle of Ypres, Apr-May 1915; the German use of chlorine gas, 22 Apr 1915; Smith's anger, 23 Apr 1915, at Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith's assertion that there was no ammunition shortage; the inadequacy of anti-gas equipment, 2-3 May 1915; the destruction of Ypres, May 1915; the news of the German sinking of the British passenger ship Lusitania on 7 May 1915; an improved design of hand grenade, 13 May 1915; the arrival of the first troops of the New Army (Kitchener's Army), 23 May 1915; Smith's personal experience of a German gas attack, 24 May 1915; the Second Battle of Artois, May-Jun 1915; ammunition shortages and the lack of experienced officers, 30 Jun 1915; German and British attacks and counter attacks on the village of Hooge, Jul-Aug 1915; the British attack on the first day of the Battle of Loos, 25 Sep 1915; ammunition shortages and the immense length of communication trenches, 18-21 Oct 1915; fuel shortages and frostbite cases, 28 Nov 1915; German gas attack, 19 Dec 1915; exhaustion caused by prolonged use of gas helmets, 21 Dec 1915; news of the withdrawal from Gallipoli, 23 Dec 1915; the challenges of training and of newly promoted officers risen from the ranks, 21 Feb 1916; demonstration of a Stokes trench mortar, 6 Mar 1916; Smith's appointment as Commander, 2 Division, 8 Mar 1916; the poor state of trenches and cases of trench foot, 9-12 Mar 1916; detailed account of moving gas cylinders into trenches for a British gas attack, 11 Jun 1916.

Also inserted items, including: sketch maps of British and German trenches in the area east of Hooge, Belgium, Jun and Sep 1915; two personal letters to Smith from former 9 Infantry Brigade interpreter M. van Lerberghe, Sep and Nov 1915; typescript order issued by 3 Divisional Artillery for operations on 19 September 1915; typescript instructions issued by 24 Divisional Artillery, 13 Oct 1915, for communications between Artillery and Infantry in frontline trenches; typescript report on a nightime bombing raid by Cheshire Regiment personnel, 6-7 Dec 1915; casualty evacuation statistics for 20 Division, Feb-Apr and Jun 1916; typescript reports on a German attack on 11 Apr 1916; typescript notes on the distribution of German forces along the Western Front, 14 May 1916.

Manuscript copy diary relating to Smith’s command of 9 Infantry Brigade in 3 Division, 2 Corps, British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front, 31 Oct 1914 – 22 Apr 1915, including: the First Battle of Ypres, Nov 1914, with the loss of many named officers serving under Smith; a visit to the troops by King George V, 3 Dec 1914; the waterlogged state of trenches near Kemmel, Belgium, Dec 1914; a demonstration of grenade throwing, 20 Dec 1914, and thoughts on the difficulty of deploying hand grenades from trenches; reference to a meeting of British and German troops on Christmas Day, 25 1914, and Smith's disapproval; initiatives to improve conditions in trenches, Jan 1915; demonstration of a mortar to be used from a trench, 16 Jan 1915; the execution of two deserters, 6 Feb 1915; the deployment of miners from Britain to undermine German trenches, 19-24 Feb 1915; a German counter-attack, 11 Mar 1915, Battle of Neuve Chapelle, with heavy Allied casualties; details of material used to improve trenches, 25 Mar 1915; frequent criticism of British press coverage of the war, Apr 1915.
Also inserted items, including: press cuttings chiefly relating to Smith’s promotions; account of 1 Royal Scots Fusiliers’ operations at Jemappes, 23 Aug 1914, by Captain Thomas Balfour Traill; a detailed account by Smith of 9 Infantry Brigade operations during early Nov 1914, First Battle of Ypres; sketch maps and accounts relating to 9 Infantry Brigade operations, Nov 1914; a letter from Clara Barton, mother of Lieutenant Harold William Ferguson Barton (died 18 Oct 1914), quoting a letter from a German officer praising her son’s bravery; illustrated manuscript poem, ‘New Year’s Eve in the Trenches’, possibly by Major Athol [Athel, Atholl] Murray Hay Forbes, [1914]; letters of praise about 9 Infantry Brigade from Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, Commander of 5 Corps, and Lieutenant General Sir Charles Fergusson, Commander of 2 Corps, Feb 1915; programme for a concert by personnel of 9 Infantry Brigade, 9 Mar 1915.

Copy of dinner menu and other papers

Modern woman', photocopy of typescript article, including criticism of the suffragette movement.

Modes mould manners', copy typescript, on the influence of dress on behaviour. 4pp

Manners makyth man', copy typescript, on the need for a revival of graceful manners in women following World War Two. 7pp

Fashion, war and revolution. Dress is the barometer of the human climate', copy typescript of article published in Lilliput, Feb 1945. 5pp

Three civilisations', copy typescript of article on the Minoan, Graeco-Roman and present day civilisations. 1p

The history of fashion', copy typescript of article on the history of fashion from the Middle Ages to the 1930s. 11pp

The shape of habit and of history. The relationship between fashion, peace and revolution', copy of typescript. 7pp

Evolution in fashion in the 19th century (England)', copy of typescript article on fashion, 1802-1897. 3pp

"Habit" is the shape of history. How modes reflect and mould manners', copy typescript. 12pp

How fashion forecasts peace or revolution', copy typescript. 8pp

Relativity in beauty and fashion', photocopy of typescript article. 3pp

The "New look" and "Next look"', copy of typescript article. 7pp

Copy of a draft of a conveyance from the President, Vice Presidents and Governors of King's College Hospital to the Strand District of Works, for numbers 1, 2 and 3 Gilbert's Passage and number 9 Gilbert Street in the parish of St. Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex.

Copy of a draft of a conveyance from the President, Vice President and Governors of King's College Hospital to D.G. MacRae, for hereditaments in the parish of St Clement Danes in the county of London. Also, a copy of the above with a plan.

Another copy of MAURICE 4/5/35 in a different hand. Manuscript, 6 pp

Draft. Frederick Barton Maurice to C.I.G.S. [Wilson]. His concern over statements made by P.M. on April 9th on army figures and troops in Palestine and similar impression given in Mr. Bonar Law's answer on April 23. Typed. Photocopy 1 p

Photocopy. Draft letter Fuller to Liddell Hart. 3 pp. On reverse rough notes on Napoleon's attack on Prussia [incomplete]. 3 pp. [For the completed version of the letter see LIDDELL HART 1/302]