Key Information
Reference code
ROBERTSON, WR 7/8/8
Title
Note from Robertson to the Secretary of State for War, 2 Feb 1918, about the process for issuing orders to British commanders
Date(s)
- 1918 Feb 2 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1p
Scope and content
Typescript note from Robertson to Edward George Villers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for War, questioning him concerning the amended procedure for giving orders to the British Commanders on the Western Front, Italy and Macedonia following the creation of the Executive War Board of the Allied Supreme War Council, and the onus of responsibility for the effect of orders given by the Executive Board. 1p.