| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000086 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3376 11/5c part 1 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 15 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 74 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Various |
| Date made | 1915-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Correspondence to General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)
- Series 11: Correspondence and other papers 1915 - 1930 related to the Dardanelles Campaign
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Description
This file contains letters written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood to General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton between 1 April 1915 and 31 January 1917. In some of these letters, Birdwood addresses Hamilton as “General Johnny”. Birdwood has annotated the original cover with some of the subjects discussed in the letters including his appointment to command the Australian and New Zealand soldiers, the Suvla landing, the evacuation from Gallipoli, and the French withdrawal. There are also handwritten notes written by Birdwood about Gallipoli. The file itself was identified as Item 4 on Birdwood's original listing of files related to the Dardanelles campaign. This original list can be found in 3DRL/3376 11/15 File 1.
This file contains:
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 1 April 1915
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 13 May 1915
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 16 May 1915
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 16 May 1915
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 17 November 1915
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 12 December 1915
Handwritten notes by Birdwood about Gallipoli, n.d.
Letter from Birdwood to General Hamilton, 20 December 1915 [copy - postscript dated 21 December 1915]
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 29 January 1916 [originally included a copy of a poem about Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude - located in 3DRL/3376 File 8/2a]
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 25 February 1916
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 24 March 1916
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 12 April 1916
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 7 August 1916
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 4 December 1916
Letter from Birdwood to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 31 January 1917