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1. Add MS 48355-48368

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Add MS 48355-48368
Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Diaries, etc., of Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston, K.C.B. (b. 1864, d. 1940); 1914-1919. Add. MSS. 48355-48362 are his official war diaries (drafts or copies, mostly typewritten) with related orders, reports, etc. Add. MSS. 48363-48368 comprise private war diaries (partly typewritten) compiled from her husband's papers by Grace, Lady Hunter-Weston, and include inserted letters, photographs, maps, etc. The diaries relate to Hunter-Weston's command of th...
Scope & Content:
Diaries and Memoranda: Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston, war diaries: 1914-1919. Army; England: Diaries, etc., of Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston, rel. to the fighting in France and Gallipoli: 1914-1919.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1914-1919
Extent:
14 items

2. Add MS 48355-48362

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Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Vols. I-VIII. Official war diaries, etc.; 1914-1918. Eight volumes.
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Hunter-Weston (Lt.-Gen. Sir Aylmer Gould), K.C.B.; d. 1940.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914-1918
Extent:
8 items

3. Add MS 48363-48368

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Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Vols. IX-XIV. Private war diaries; 1915-1919. Six volumes.
Scope & Content:
Grace Hunter-Weston, wife of Lieutenant -General Sir A G Hunter-Weston: Private diaries of her husband compiled by: 1914-1919.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1915-1919
Extent:
6 items

4. Add MS 48362

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Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Three editions of ‘Composition of Headquarters. British Armies in France’, Jun 1916, Jun 1917, Nov 1918.
Scope & Content:
Vol. VIII (ff. i+263). 1916-1918 (printed lists, 'Composition. of Headquarters', in three editions). Printed lists of personnel by headquarters, rank and name, with index.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1916-Nov 1918
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 48361

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Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Some papers from the Official War Diaries of the 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. Vol. VII. France and Flanders. 1916-1919
Scope & Content:
Vol. VII (ff. i+312). 1916-1919 (papers only). Papers relating to the 8th Army Corps including summary of its component divisions, correspondence and notes on trench maintenance and construction, training, machine guns, trench warfare, inspection, tactical exercises, billets, horselines, concre...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1919
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 48355

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Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Official War Diary of the 11th Infantry Brigade in the 4th Division. Vol. I. France and Flanders. 18 Aug. 1914-14 Feb. 1915.
Scope & Content:
Vol. I (ff. i + 106). 18 Aug. 1914-14 Feb. 1915. British Army-issued War Diary completed by Hunter-Weston as a handwritten daily record of events, operations and information. Additional information includes notes, recommendations, instructions and names of soldiers sick, wounded or killed in ac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1914-14 Feb 1915
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 48367

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Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Private War Diary. Vol. XIII. 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. Passchendaele, Chalons, Vimy and Mons. 1 Jan.- 11 Nov. 1918.
Scope & Content:
Vol. XIII (ff. 202). 1 Jan.- II Nov. 1918. includes: ff. 92, 144b Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud, French general: Letters, etc., to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1915, 1918.: Fr. Diary entries, mostly handwritten, giving a personal account of Hunter-Weston’s daily life in the army. Includes con...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 48356

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Add MS 48356
Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Official War Diaries of the 29th Division and the 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. Vol. II. Gallipoli. Jan.-July 1915.
Scope & Content:
Vol. II (ff. i+386). Jan.-July 1915. includes: f. 360 Colonel Sir Thomas Andrew Alexander Montgomery Cuninghame, 10th Baronet: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1915. British Army-issued War Diary completed by Hunter-Weston as a typewritten daily record of events, operations and inform...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1915-Jul 1915
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 48368

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Add MS 48368
Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Private War Diary. Vol. XIV. 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. After Armistice. 11 Nov.-April 1919.
Scope & Content:
Vol. XIV (ff. 891). 11 Nov.-April 1919. includes: ff. 19, 32, 34 Henri Aimé Duhem, of Douai; painter: Correspondence with Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1918.: Engl. and Fr. f. 35 Speeches: R. Bigo, Mayor of Marchiennes: 1918.: Fr. f. 35 René Bigo, Mayor of Marchiennes, France: Speech by: 1918...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 48363

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Title:
HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Private War Diary. 11th Infantry Brigade of ‘The Old Contemptibles’. Vol. IX. France and Flanders. Aug.1914-15 Feb. 1915.
Scope & Content:
Vol. IX (ff. ii+101). Aug.1914-15 Feb. 1915. includes: ff. i, ii Lieutenant-General Sir Wellesley Douglas Studholme Brownrigg, K C B: Correspondence with Lt.-Gen Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1934. f. 40b Captain George Trevor Cartland, Rifle Brigade: Sketches by, in France: 1914. f. 40b Bucy-Le-Long,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1914-15 Feb 1915
Extent:
1 item