Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/6/21
Title
Letter from General Sir Douglas Haig to Robertson, 3 Feb 1916, on the optimum deployment of Territorial Force troops
Date(s)
- 1916 Feb 3 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Letter to Robertson from Gen Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, requesting that the war establishment of the Regular Imperial Division be accepted for the Territorials; a discussion with Edward George Villers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, Director General of Recruiting, regarding the possible transfer of trained men from Territorial Force divisions, and the provision of additional labour battalions; attempts to reduce personnel on the Western Front. 4pp.