| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0000093 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3376 11/9b |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 10 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 313 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Various |
| Date made | c 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copying Provisions | Digital format and content protected by copyright. |
Dardanelles and Mesopotamia Commission Reports and press clippings [Part 2, 1916 - 1917]
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 includes material related to the Dardanelles Commission in 1917 and includes official reports on the proceedings of the Commission, newspaper clippings, and letters about the Gallipoli campaign. A letter from Vice Admiral John Michael de Robeck discusses prevention measures for lice and trench feet. The file itself was identified as Item 12 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. Related content can also be found in 3DRL/3376 11/3.
This file contains:
Publication titled "Mesopotamian Campaign. Statement by Lord Hardinge of Penshurst", December 1916
Letter from Vice Admiral John Michael de Robeck to Birdwood, 12 January 1917
Publication titled "Dardanelles Commission. First Report", February 1917
Newspaper clipping, "Lord Kitchener", published in The Daily Telegraph, 9 March [1917]
Newspaper clipping, "The Dardanelles Fiasco: Australian opinion", 10 March [1917]
Newspaper clipping, "Spite at all costs", 12 March [1917]
Newspaper clipping, "Gallipoli", published in The Times, 13 March [1917]
Newspaper clipping, "The Dardanelles Report", published in The Times, 21 March 1917
Newspaper clipping, "Lord Kitchener and Gallipoli: Protagonist of England's effort", published in The Morning Post, [1917]
Publication titled "The Final Report of the Dardanelles Commission. (Part II - Conduct of Operations & c) with appendix of documents and maps", December 1917