Photographs of the Birdwood family; notes on a Birdwood Coat of Arms; and information on Totnes, Devon (Birdwood was given the freedom of the town in 1924, as his ancestors descended from there).
Memorandum by Kitchener entitled 'The responsibility of Generals and Staff Officers for the training of troops for war, and on the necessary redistribution of staff duties', with comments by Curzon and Kitchener. [Printed]
Memorandum by Kitchener on General Sir O'Moore Creagh's proposal 'to give to the Native Officers of the Indian Army higher positions and greater military responsibility'.
Copy of letter to the Ministry of War, France from General Gourand, Military Governor of Paris requesting Birdwood be given the Grand Croix de la Legion d'honneur.
Letter from General Sir Beauchamp Duff to Kitchener concerning remarks made by Sir Dighton Probyn to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, about Kitchener's instructions on relations between British officers and Indian troops.