Key Information
Reference code
LIDDELL HART 15/3/68
Title
War Office press releases about the British Army, Jun 1937 - Jun 1938
Date(s)
- 1937 Jun 22 - 1938 Jun 30 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
War Office press releases mainly on the army, notably conditions of service; pay and allowances; pensions; recruitment, establishments and strengths; equipment; mechanisation; training exercises, including combined forces exercises at Singapore and Malaya, Feb 1938; vocational training; organisation and administration, including reforms in the Territorial Army, Nov 1937 and artillery re-organisation, Mar 1938; promotions and appointments to commands, with biographical notes; uniform, including experimental design to be tested in 1938; annual expenditure estimates for 1937-1938; anti-aircraft defences; public engagements and speeches by Rt Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, MP, Secretary of State for War. 1 file