Misc: The Dardanelles 1915: Selection of Cabinet Office papers made for King's College London

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 35
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: Misc: The Dardanelles 1915: Selection of Cabinet Office papers made for King's College London
Date(s)	: 1906-1915, 1969
Level of description	: Collection (Fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Cabinet Office

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information at present.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Bound volume of copies of Cabinet Office documents relating to the planning and conduct of Mediterranean Expeditionary Force operations in the Dardanelles, 1915. Documents include memorandum from Col Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely, Secretary of State for War, relating to the strategic importance of the Mediterranean, May 1912; copy of manuscript letter from Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith MP, Prime Minister and Secretary of State for War, to HM King George V, relating to requests from the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force for increased reinforcements, Jun 1915; copy of typescript letter from Rt Hon Andrew Bonar Law, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Asquith requesting an immediate evacuation of British forces from the Dardanelles, Nov 1915; memo from Lt Gen Sir William Riddell Birdwood, Commanding Officer, ANZAC, to the Cabinet urging a renewed British effort in the Dardanelles, Nov 1915; memorandum from Rt Hon Arthur James Balfour to the Cabinet urging the British government not to abandon the Dardanelles,Nov 1915.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged according to PRO class and series number.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Public Record Office, Ruskin Ave, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU

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Archival Information

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre, 1990

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Nov 1999