Telegrams received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1914

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Accession Number RCDIG0000062
Collection number 3DRL/3376 9/3a
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 5
Object type Papers
Physical description 6 Image/s captured
Maker Various
Date made 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

This folder contains 5 telegrams and an original envelope received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 31 October and 30 November 1914. These telegrams relate to the declaration of war with Turkey and the appointment of Birdwood to command the Australian and New Zealand Corps.
This file contains:
Telegram from Secretary of State [for India] to Viceroy (Army Department), 31 October 1914
Telegram from Secretary of State [for India] to Viceroy (Army Department), 5 November 1914
Telegram from Secretary of State for India of telegram to Viceroy [Army Department], 2 November 1914 [includes envelope]
Telegram from Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson to Viceroy [Army Department], 30 November 1914
Telegram from Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson to Viceroy [Army Department], 30 November 1914 [Duplicate - not scanned]