Key Information
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Title
Date(s)
- 1969 (Creation)
- 1906-1915 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Bound volume of copies of Cabinet Office documents relating to the planning and conduct of Mediterranean Expeditionary Force operations in the Dardanelles, 1915. Documents include memorandum from Col Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely, Secretary of State for War, relating to the strategic importance of the Mediterranean, May 1912; copy of manuscript letter from Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith MP, Prime Minister and Secretary of State for War, to HM King George V, relating to requests from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force for increased reinforcements, Jun 1915; copy of typescript letter from Rt Hon Andrew Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Asquith requesting an immediate evacuation of British forces from the Dardanelles, Nov 1915; memo from Lt Gen Sir William Riddell Birdwood, Commanding Officer, ANZAC, to the Cabinet urging a renewed British effort in the Dardanelles, Nov 1915; memorandum from Rt Hon Arthur James Balfour to the Cabinet urging the British government not to abandon the Dardanelles,Nov 1915.
System of arrangement
Arranged according to PRO class and series number.
General Information
Repository
Custodial history
Presented to the Centre, 1990
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
This collection level description.
Existence and location of originals
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The National Archives, Kew, in class numbers CAB 4, CAB 37, and CAB 42.
Note
Compiled Nov 1999
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Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.