Correspondence with Generals Davies, Byng and Godley re operations for evacuation [and] correspondence with GHQ, MEF, re reported conference with Admiral without sanction of C-in-C

This file contains letters sent and received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 19 November 1915 and 27 December 1915. The file was originally held by Major Wagstaff and includes letters to and from General Davies, General Godley, and General Byng about preparations and the outcome of the evacuation from Gallipoli. The file also includes correspondence with General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, regarding a reported conference with Rear Admiral Wemyss without the approval of the Commander in Chief. The file itself was identified as Item 13 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 General Francis John Davies to Birdwood, 19 November 1915
Letter from General Francis John Davies to Birdwood, 19 November 1915
Letter from General Francis John Davies to Birdwood, 25 November 1915
Telegram from Birdwood to Superflux Cairo, 26 November 1915
Telegram from Rear Admiral Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss to Birdwood, 27 November 1915 [Reproduced with permission of the Master and Fellows of Churchill College Cambridge]
Telegram from Birdwood to General Alexander John Godley, 28 November 1915
Letter from Birdwood to General Charles Monro, 29 November 1915
Letter from Major General Arthur Lynden-Bell to Birdwood, 1 December 1915
Letter from Birdwood to Lieutenant General Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1 December 1915
Letter from Birdwood to Major General Arthur Lynden-Bell, 3 December 1915 [includes copies of telegrams and letters exchanged by Birdwood and Vice Admiral Rosslyn Erskine Weymss, 27-30 November 1915]
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel Cecil Faber Aspinall to General Officer Commanding 8th, 9th, A & NZ Army Corps, 5 December 1915
Letter from General Francis John Davies to Birdwood, 6 December 1915
Letter from Birdwood to General Francis John Davies, 6 December 1915
Letter from General Francis John Davies to Birdwood, 7 December 1915
Letter from General Francis John Davies to Birdwood, 8 December 1915
Letter from Birdwood to General Francis John Davies, 8 December 1915
Letter from General Francis John Davies to Birdwood, 9 December 1915
Memorandum from Birdwood to General Headquarters Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 10 December 1915
Telegram from Lieutenant General Julian Hedworth George Byng to Birdwood, 13 December 1915 [includes note to file this telegram]
Letter from General Alexander John Godley to Birdwood, 13 December 1915
Letter from Major General Arthur Lynden-Bell to Birdwood, 14 December 1915
Letter from Lieutenant General Julian Byng to Birdwood, 14 December 1915
Letter from Birdwood to Lieutenant General Julian Byng, 15 December 1915
Letter from Birdwood to Lieutenant General Alexander John Godley, 15 December 1915
Telegram from General Alexander John Godley to Birdwood, 16 December 1915
Telegram from Birdwood to General Alexander John Godley, [16 December 1915]
Telegram from General Julian Byng to Birdwood, 16 December 1915
Telegram from General Alexander John Godley to Birdwood, 16 December 1915
Letter from Birdwood to Lieutenant General Francis John Davies, 21 December 1915
Letter from General Francis John Davies to Birdwood, 22 December 1915
Letter from Lieutenant General Birdwood to General Francis John Davies, 26 December 1915
Letter from Lieutenant General Birdwood to General Francis John Davies, 27 December 1915
Note re items placed on file GSR/Z/54 "Maintenance of Helles during winter months", n.d.