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Accession Number | RCDIG0000105 |
Collection number | 3DRL/3376 11/15 File 5 |
Collection type | Digitised Collection |
Record type | File |
Item count | 5 |
Object type | Papers |
Physical description | 13 Image/s captured |
Maker |
Birdwood, William Riddell |
Date made | 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
[Material prepared for evidence before Dardanelles Commission] Urgent need for reinforcements and provision of canteen
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)
- Series 11: Correspondence and other papers 1915 - 1930 related to the Dardanelles Campaign
< Previous Record | Next Record >This file contains letters written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood to General Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite, General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, and General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell about the need for reinforcements and the provision of canteen stores. The letters were written between 23 June and 23 August 1915. This file was part of Item 1 on Birdwood's list of files submitted as evidence to the Dardanelles Commission. This original list can be found in 3DRL/3376 11/15 File 1.
This file contains:
B. letter to General Julian Grenfell Maxwell – reinforcements practically untrained and source of danger, 25 June 1915
C. letter to General Charles Edward Callwell regarding 1. Heavy fatigues – trenching underground and beach duty and manhandling all stores - preparations for larger force and 2. Large evacuations irrespective of wounded, 27 July 1915
D. Major General Walter Pipon Braithwaite re weak condition of men due principally to heavy fatigues, 24 July 1915
E. 2 letters to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton re urgent need for change of diet – only minimum number evacuated but many retained unfit for work. Includes: letter to Ian Hamilton dated 23 June 1915 and letter to Ian Hamilton dated 17 August 1915
F. letter to General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton re allotment of canteen stores. Includes letter to Ian Hamilton, 20 August 1915 and letter to Ian Hamilton, 23 August 1915