Item KIRKE 5/3 - Texts and notes for speeches and interviews by Kirke, 1936-1938, to promote the Territorial Army and military training for civilians

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KIRKE 5/3

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Texts and notes for speeches and interviews by Kirke, 1936-1938, to promote the Territorial Army and military training for civilians

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  • 1936 Jun 13 - 1938 (Creation)

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Texts (and some notes) of speeches and interviews given by Kirke to publicise the work of the Territorial Army and encourage the military training of civilians. Includes speeches at the Cornwall Small Bore Rifle Association and the Old Haileyburian Society Dinner; draft letter to Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison on opportunities for the training of cadets; notes on the Territorial Army for the Royal Military College Journal; proof of an article for the Observer on the new model Territorial Army and regular Army organisation, draft text and notes for the interview with Capt Ernest H Robinson; text of speech at a meeting of press representatives at the War Office, 13 Jun 1936. 1 file

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The original version of Kirke's autobiographical notes, an edited version of which was reproduced in _Army Quarterly and Defence Journal _of Oct 85 Jan 86 and Apr 86 is located at the Imperial War Museum, London, (Ref 84/14/1)

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