| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000072 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3376 9/6 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 14 |
| Object type | Letter |
| Physical description | 78 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Various |
| Date made | 1914-1937 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Miscellaneous correspondence, predominantly relating to the First World War, received or written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood 1903 - 1937
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)
- Series 9: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1903 – 1950
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Description
This folder contains 16 letters written or received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 27 June 1903 and 1 March 1937. Subjects discussed in these letters include Australian soldiers in Cairo, the importance of remaining at Gallipoli, Birdwood’s command, storms of November 1915, arrival of the 5th Army in Lille, the Australian experience of war at home, Birdwood’s post-war visits to Australia, returning to Anzac after the war, Turkish thoughts on the evacuation from Gallipoli, and plans for the opening of the Australian War Memorial. Amongst the correspondents in this series are Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean and General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton.
This file contains:
Letter from [indecipherable name] to Birdwood, 27 June 1903 [includes verse]
Letter from Birdwood to Major General William Throsby Bridges, 28 December 1914
Letter from Birdwood to Major General William Throsby Bridges, 28 December 1914 [not scanned – duplicate]
Extracts from letters written by Birdwood, 29 April, 15 May and 17 May 1915 [includes envelope]
Letter from General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton to Birdwood, 18 May 1915
Letter from J F Inglefield to Birdwood, 29 May 1915
Letter from Field Marshal Douglas Haig to Birdwood, 16 April 1918 [includes envelope]
Letter from Arthur Borlase Stevens to Birdwood, 25 September 1918
Letter from Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey to Birdwood, 23 November 1918 [Reproduced with permission of the Master and Fellows of Churchill College Cambridge]
Letter from Birdwood to A P Vaughan, 28 September - 22 October 1918
Letter from Alfred Milner to Birdwood, 5 December 1918
Letter from A P Vaughan to Birdwood, 25 December 1918 [includes Christmas card]
Letter from Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean to Birdwood, 12 April 1919 [includes envelope]
Letter from General Henri Joseph Etienne Gouraud to Birdwood, 12 July 1930 [written in French]
Letter from K M Little to Birdwood, 30 October 1933 [includes envelope]
Letter from Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean to Birdwood, 1 March 1937