Dardanelles campaign (1915-1916)
Found in 675 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 15 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 16 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 17 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 18 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 19 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 23 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 24 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 26 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 29 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 30 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 31 Jan 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 02 Feb 1917
Evidence taken by the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. Sent with CHAR 2/100/1.
(Untitled), 1917
Part II of the final report of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry. With appendix of documents and maps.
(Untitled), Apr 1917
Letter from WSC to Sir William Pickford [later Lord Sterndale], chairman of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry, correcting what he sees as the wrong impression given by certain aspects of the Commission's interim report. Printed 17 Apr 1917. Later copies also contained in CHAR 2/102.
(Untitled), 01 May 1917
Letter from WSC to Sir William Pickford [later Lord Sterndale], chairman of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry, correcting what he sees as the wrong impression given by certain aspects of the Commission's interim report. Further copies at CHAR 2/102/3 - 15. An earlier copy at CHAR 2/102/1.
(Untitled), 01 May 1917
Letter from WSC to Sir William Pickford [later Lord Sterndale], chairman of the Dardanelles Commission of Inquiry, correcting what he sees as the wrong impression given by certain aspects of the Commission's interim report. Additional copies contained in CHAR 2/102.
(Untitled), 10 Mar 1919
Letter from Major-General Tom Bridges (GHQ, Constantinople, [Turkey]) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Secretary of State for War and Air, describing the attitude of the Turks and reporting that Turkish officers he has spoken to believe that another naval attack on the Dardanelles would have succeeded.
(Untitled), 25 Mar 1919
Telegram from [WSC] to Major-General Tom Bridges thanking him for his letter [reporting that Turkish officers believe that another naval attack on the Dardanelles would have succeeded] and asking for more evidence from the Turkish general staff on the chances of the fleet passing the Straits in March 1915. Typescript copy.
(Untitled), 23 Aug 1919
(Untitled), 30 Aug 1919
Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC on the steps he intends to take for the publication of his diary once the Dardanelles Commission papers have been laid before the House of Commons. Encloses a letter he has written to Violet, Lady Beaumont and her answer [see CHAR 2/106/66, CHAR 2/106/67 and CHAR 2/106/68].
(Untitled), 03 Sep 1919
Cutting from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph: article noting that WSC is expected to escape censure in the second report of the Dardanelles Commission but that he will be criticised in books by Sir Julian Corbett and Sir Percy Scott.
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1919
Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC thanking him for praising his role in the Dardanelles campaign [in his speech paying tribute to General Sir Edmund Allenby, later Lord Allenby].
(Untitled), 10 Oct 1919
Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC reporting that Sir George Arthur's account of the Dardanelles campaign is hostile to WSC but that he does not think it will harm WSC. However a forthcoming article by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] may be more serious.
(Untitled), 15 Oct 1919
Letter from Sir Ian Hamilton (1 Hyde Park Gardens, [London]) to WSC noting that the first of the articles on the Dardanelles by Lord Fisher [earlier Sir John Fisher] is not hostile to WSC, referring to the valuation of the stock on the farm [at Lullenden] and arguing that Sir George Arthur's portrayal of WSC as an overwhelmingly persuasive and powerful figure during the Dardanelles campaign will do WSC good rather than harm.
(Untitled), 26 Nov 1919
Letter from Major G C Woodcock to ? Shaw reporting that Turkish artillery officers believe that a renewed naval attack on the Dardanelles would have succeeded and that parts of the Gallipoli peninsula are so honeycombed that it is surprising that any sort of landing was possible.