Key Information
Reference code
LIDDELL HART 15/3/73
Title
War Office press releases about the British Army and the war situation, Aug-Nov 1939
Date(s)
- 1939 Aug 1 - 1939 Nov 30 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
War Office press releases mainly on the army and war situation, notably recruitment and conscription, including instructions for national mobilisation, 1 Sep 1939; conditions of service; pay and allowances; training; organisation, including formation of Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps, Oct 1939, and formation of the Council of Voluntary War Work by War Office, Nov 1939; promotions and appointments to commands, with biographical notes; public engagements and speeches of Rt Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, MP, Secretary of State for War; war strategy, including despatch of BEF to northern France, Sep 1939. 1 file