Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 4/2/1
Title
Memo by Robertson, 27 Dec 1915, on future troop requirements
Date(s)
- 1915 Dec 27 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Printed memorandum by Robertson for FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, on future manpower requirements, notably outlining the manpower situation of the German, French, Belgian, Italian and Russian armies, the need for continuous reliefs of the troops on the Western Front and in the East, as well as men for Home Defence and Naval work; estimating that manpower requirements will be 130,000 men per month. 2pp.