Despatches from various fronts. Printed, duplicated and typewritten, including copies of despatches from Sir John French, 1914, further despatches printed in the London Gazette, 1916, and press releases on the Battle of Jutland, July 1916.
Mesopotamia. Printed and typewritten, including War Committee memoranda, and a copy of the Report of the Parliamentary Commission on Mesopotamia (1917).
Dardanelles. Mostly printed, chiefly Cabinet and War Committee memoranda, including copies of despatches from Sir Ian Hamilton, papers by Winston Churchill on Gallipoli and the Dardanelles, maps and meteorological charts of the Mediterranean, and a copy of the Report of the Dardanelles Commissio...
Cadet training and volunteers. Mostly printed and typewritten, including correspondence of Lansdowne with General Sir William Campbell, Lord Kitchener and others concerning the Wiltshire Volunteer Training Corps.
Cabinet Committee papers, including minutes of the War Policy Committee, 1915, ‘appreciations’ by the General Staff, October 1915 to February 1916, Cabinet memoranda on War Finance, 1915-1916, minutes of the War Committee, 1916, and reports of the Committee on the Co-Ordination of Military and F...
Cabinet telegrams prior to the formation of the Coalition. Typewritten memoranda submitted to the Cabinet, summarising reports from British diplomats abroad, December 1914 to June 1915.
Land and Agriculture, including papers on the Acquisition of Land Bill (1919) and the Land Settlement (Facilities) Bill (1919). Mostly printed and typewritten, including Cabinet memoranda.
Navy, Shipping and the Air Service. Printed, chiefly Cabinet and War Committee memoranda, some with marginal notes by Lansdowne, including a paper by Admiral Sir John Fisher (First Sea Lord) on the position of the British fleet, January 1915, and papers by Winston Churchill on Admiralty matters.