Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 4/3/30
Title
Letter from Field Marshal Lord Kitchener to Robertson, 7 Dec 1915, about discussions with Prime Minister H H Asquith
Date(s)
- 1915 Dec 7 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, following his receipt of Robertson's memorandum on the role of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff (3/3/40), stating that though he had advised the Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister, to accept Robertson's terms, he would have to resign as Secretary of State owing to the proposed removal of his executive function regarding the war. 2pp.