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Mss Eur D686

Record Id:: 032-002273420
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-002273420
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur D686
Title:: Papers of Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army; C-in-C, India 1925-30
Scope & Content:: Birdwood Collection: papers of Field Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (1865-1951), C-in-C, India 1925-30; including correspondence and papers of Lord Kitchener as C-in-C, India 1902-09 to whom Birdwood was Military Secretary; papers arising from Birdwood's appointments as ADC to the King 1906-11 and 1917-22, and as G.O.C., ANZAC 1914- 18 and Australian Imperial Force 1915-20.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Private Papers
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India and Lord Roberts on reform of the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273423", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/2: Copies of letters between Kitchener and Curzon on the reorganization of the Military Department." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273424", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/3: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener about the trial of Private Casey for assault on an Indian servant." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273425", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/4: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener about the Secretary of State's request for an appraisal of the military situation on the Afghan…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273426", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/5: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener concerning Tibet." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273427", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/6: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener about the Army Estimates and military discipline." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273428", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/7: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener about the Army Estimates; the increase in the number of Indian Army officers; and railway construction…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273429", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/8: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener concerning Russian activities on the Afghan frontier." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273430", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/9: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener on H.O. Arnold-Forster's proposals for British Army reform." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273431", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/10: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener about relations with Afghanistan." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273432", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/11: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener about Sir Louis Dane's activities in Afghanistan." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273433", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/12: Letter from Curzon to Kitchener concerning the British representative in Manchuria." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273434", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/13: Letters from Curzon to Kitchener, with draft replies by Kitchener, about his communications with Lord Roberts and his circular letter…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273435", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/14: Letters from Curzon to Kitchener, with draft replies by Kitchener, about press reports of the dissatisfaction of senior Indian Army…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273436", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/15: Letters from Curzon to Kitchener, with draft replies by Kitchener, on modifications to the agreement concerning the revised status of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273437", "parent" : "036-002273421", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/16: Copies of memoranda, minutes, letters and telegrams by Kitchener, Curzon and the Secretary of State on the dual system of military…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273438", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/17-18: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Kitchener-Roberts correspondence" },{ "id" : "040-002273439", "parent" : "036-002273438", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/17: Letters from Lord Roberts to Kitchener on a variety of British and Indian military matters." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273440", "parent" : "036-002273438", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/18: Copy of a letter from Kitchener to Lord Roberts enclosing letters to him from Curzon about the dual system of military administration…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273441", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/19-25: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Indian military administration" },{ "id" : "040-002273442", "parent" : "036-002273441", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/19: Memoranda by Dufferin, Roberts, Kitchener, Elles and Curzon on Indian military administration." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273443", "parent" : "036-002273441", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/20: Letters from Lord Ampthill to Kitchener, with draft replies by Kitchener, about his threatened resignation." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273444", "parent" : "036-002273441", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/21: Minute of dissent and draft speech to Council by Kitchener on the dual system of military administration." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273445", "parent" : "036-002273441", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/22: Note by Kitchener of an interview with Lord Curzon on the appointment of Major-General Sir Edmund Barrow as Military Supply Member of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273446", "parent" : "036-002273441", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/23: Letters from Divisional Commanders to Kitchener in reply to his circular letter requesting their opinions on the dual system of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273447", "parent" : "036-002273441", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/24: Copy of a letter from Kitchener to the Viceroy, Lord Minto, about an article by Sir John and Sir Richard Strachey in the National…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273448", "parent" : "036-002273441", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/25: Memorandum by General Sir Beauchamp Duff, entitled 'Lord Curzon's proposed attack on the Secretary of State in connection with the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273449", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/26-32: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Indian Army organization" },{ "id" : "040-002273450", "parent" : "036-002273449", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/26: Memorandum by Kitchener entitled 'The responsibility of Generals and Staff Officers for the training of troops for war, and on the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273451", "parent" : "036-002273449", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/27: Draft Order in Council, with notes by Kitchener, Ampthill and Elles, on the abolition of Eastern Command and mixed Anglo-Indian…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273452", "parent" : "036-002273449", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/28: Draft letter, from Kitchener, about the press and discontent amongst Indian troops." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273453", "parent" : "036-002273449", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/29: Letter from General Sir Beauchamp Duff to Kitchener concerning remarks made by Sir Dighton Probyn to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273454", "parent" : "036-002273449", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/30: Copies of letters from Divisional Commanders to Kitchener, concerning his instructions on relations between British officers and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273455", "parent" : "036-002273449", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/31: Memorandum by Kitchener on General Sir O'Moore Creagh's proposal 'to give to the Native Officers of the Indian Army higher positions…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273456", "parent" : "036-002273449", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/32: Note by Kitchener on Indian Army officers' leave." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273457", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/33-34: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Indian military expenditure" },{ "id" : "040-002273458", "parent" : "036-002273457", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/33: Draft letter from Kitchener to the Secretary of State for India about Indian military expenditure." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273459", "parent" : "036-002273457", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/34: Speech by Kitchener to the Legislative Council during a Budget debate. [Printed]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273460", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/35-37: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: British Army reform" },{ "id" : "040-002273461", "parent" : "036-002273460", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/35: Letters from the Secretary of State for War to Kitchener, with draft replies by Kitchener, on terms of enlistment; the linked…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273462", "parent" : "036-002273460", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/36: Note by Kitchener on the recommendations of Lord Esher's War Office Reconstitution Committee on the reorganization of Home military…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273463", "parent" : "036-002273460", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/37: Letter from Lord Esher to Kitchener concerning the post of Chief of Staff in England." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273464", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/38-42: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: defence of India" },{ "id" : "040-002273465", "parent" : "036-002273464", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/38: Memoranda and correspondence between Curzon, Kitchener and Balfour about the Provisional Report of the Defence Committee on Indian…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273466", "parent" : "036-002273464", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/39: Secret memorandum by General Sir Beauchamp Duff, Chief of Staff, on the size of the peacetime Indian Army establishment and the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273467", "parent" : "036-002273464", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/40: Letter from the Viceroy, Lord Minto, to Kitchener, with copy of Kitchener's reply, about the construction of the Khyber railway." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273468", "parent" : "036-002273464", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/41: Secret memorandum by Kitchener on 'the effect of the Anglo-Russian Convention on the strength of the Army in India'. [Printed]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273469", "parent" : "036-002273464", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/42: Secret memorandum by Kitchener on Sir Charles Dilke's criticisms of Indian troop dispositions in his book Imperial Defence. [Printed]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273470", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/43-46: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Afghanistan" },{ "id" : "040-002273471", "parent" : "036-002273470", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/43: Draft memorandum by Field Marshal Earl Roberts entitled The Question of supplies in Afghanistan." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273472", "parent" : "036-002273470", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/44: Secret minute by Kitchener on British relations with Afghanistan [Printed]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273473", "parent" : "036-002273470", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/45: Correspondence between Kitchener and Colonel Wilfred Malleson, Head of Intelligence, Indian General Staff, enclosing copies of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273474", "parent" : "036-002273470", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/46: Secret note by Colonel Sir Arthur McMahon, Agent to the Governor-General in Baluchistan, 'on the probable attitude of the Frontier…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273475", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/47-50: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Persia" },{ "id" : "040-002273476", "parent" : "036-002273475", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/47: Draft letter and memorandum from Kitchener to Sir George Clarke about Russian military activity in Persia and future British policy…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273477", "parent" : "036-002273475", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/48: Press-cutting from The Pioneer on the Trans-Persian railway, with draft memorandum by General Sir Beauchamp Duff on British…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273478", "parent" : "036-002273475", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/49: Secret memorandum by Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Lake, Chief of General Staff, India, on Russian railway construction in Persia.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273479", "parent" : "036-002273475", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/50: Copies of memoranda, correspondence and telegrams between the Secretary of State for India and the Government of India on the future…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273480", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/51-52: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: private papers" },{ "id" : "040-002273481", "parent" : "036-002273480", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/51: Letter from P.G. Elgood, Ministry of the Interior, Cairo, to Kitchener, requesting power of attorney for the sale of an island to a…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273482", "parent" : "036-002273480", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/52: Copy of letter from Kitchener to Arthur [ ] concerning house-hunting in Sussex." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273483", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/53-56: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army: papers relating to South African War" },{ "id" : "040-002273484", "parent" : "036-002273483", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/53: Letter from General Sir Beauchamp Duff to Mrs. Birdwood about her husband's health." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273485", "parent" : "036-002273483", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/54: Draft letter on the Vereeniging Peace Conference. [signed 'John']" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273486", "parent" : "036-002273483", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/55: Copy of telegram from the High Commissioner in South Africa to the Secretary of State for the Colonies about the activities of Boer…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273487", "parent" : "036-002273483", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/56: Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel David Henderson to the Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, enclosing the parole papers of Martinus…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273488", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/57: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army: papers relating to Australia New Zealand Army Corps" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273489", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/58-87: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army; C-in-C, India 1925-30: correspondence" },{ "id" : "040-002273490", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/58: Letters from Kitchener to Birdwood, mainly relating to the dual system dispute." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273491", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/59: Letters from Kitchener to Birdwood, commenting on affairs in England, Egypt and India." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273492", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/60: Letter from General Sir Edward Stedman, Military Secretary at the India Office, to Birdwood, about the abolition of the office of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273493", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/61: Letter from Lord Minto to Birdwood, commenting on the revised system of Indian military administration." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273494", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/62: Letters from Olaf Caroe to Jane Birdwood, concerning the use of the Birdwood papers for historical research." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273495", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/63: Letters from Sir Dighton Probyn to Birdwood, discussing current affairs including the Boer War, renaming of the 11th Lancers…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273496", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/64: Letters from Sir Dighton Probyn to Birdwood, discussing current affairs, the chance of Birdwood becoming Commander-in-Chief of India…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273497", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/65: Letters (10) from Kitchener to Birdwood; discussing the army and family affairs (some undated)." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273498", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/66: Letters, cards and correspondence to Birdwood from members of the Royal Family congratulating and thanking him. Includes appointment…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273499", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/67: Letters from statesmen and others congratulating Birdwood on his actions, including letters from Austen and Neville Chamberlain,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273500", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/68: Miscellaneous correspondence with friends and well wishers including letters written, on Birdwood's appointment as Master of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273501", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/69: Correspondence from Lord Cromer, Lord Chamberlain making Birdwood Field Marshal." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273502", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/70: Papers covering the period Birdwood served in South Africa including Army Orders showing his appointments; various correspondence…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273503", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/71: Telegrams appointing Birdwood to the Viceroy of India's staff." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273504", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/72: Correspondence and copy correspondence between Birdwood and others concerning the Younghusband Affair. G.J. Younghusband (an officer…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273505", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/73: Certificate presented to Birdwood by George V on 21 Jun 1910 appointing him Companion of the Exalted Order of the Star of India.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273506", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/74: Confidential report of the Indian Northern, Army, HQ on Birdwood (Mar 1912); report on the Kohat Brigade commanded by Birdwood…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273507", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/75: Letter from Birkenhead, India Office appointing Birdwood Commander-in-Chief of India." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273508", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/76: Correspondence and papers relating to Birdwood's career during World War One; including printed letters from Birdwood to his troops…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273509", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/77: Correspondence concerning the Australian Imperial Force. Includes correspondence from the Governor General of Australia 1915; the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273510", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/78: Letter (in French) from Marechal Petain thanking Birdwood for his efforts; and other French officers." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273511", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/79: City of London Illustrated, Jan/Feb 1919 - including biography and photograph of Birdwood. Dated as: Jan/Feb 1919" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273512", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/80: Letters from Lord Stonehaven, Governor-General of Australia to Birdwood, discussing the role of Governor-General and other matters." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273513", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/81: Letters from various people including Lord Jellicoe, the Australian High Commissioner to Britain (1936), the New Zealand High…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273514", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/82: Letters from people in Lille, including the town council relating to the liberation of Lille in 1918 by the 5th British Army, under…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273515", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/83: Letters from Theodr Pflaum of Birdwood, South Australia, describing the life of the inhabitants" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273516", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/84: Letters from the Imperial War Museum, London concerning a sword given to Birdwood by the people of Lille, France following his part…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273517", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/85: Copy of letter to the Ministry of War, France from General Gourand, Military Governor of Paris requesting Birdwood be given the Grand…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273518", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/86: Photographs (12) of Birdwood attending parades/laying foundation stones in Australia/with Edward VII. Dated as: no date" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273519", "parent" : "036-002273489", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/87: Letter from Lieutenant General Sir Archibald Nye to Birdwood discussing a post war army." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273520", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/88-92: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army; C-in-C, India 1925-30: papers relating to Royal Occasions" },{ "id" : "040-002273521", "parent" : "036-002273520", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/88: Ticket for a service at St Georges' Chapel, Windsor [possibly related to the death of Edward VII]" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273522", "parent" : "036-002273520", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/89: Letter calling Birdwood to Britain to attend the Coronation." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273523", "parent" : "036-002273520", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/90: Papers and tickets relating to the 1937 Coronation of George VI which Birdwood attended as Gold Stick in Waiting." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273524", "parent" : "036-002273520", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/91: Papers relating to the funeral of Kemal Ataturk, President of the Turkish Republic; which Birdwood attended on behalf of the George…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273525", "parent" : "036-002273520", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/92: Tickets and papers relating to the State visit by George VI and Queen Elizabeth to France 19-22 Jul 1938, Birdwood accompanied the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002273526", "parent" : "032-002273420", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/93-99: Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army; C-in-C, India 1925-30: Birdwood family papers" },{ "id" : "040-002273527", "parent" : "036-002273526", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/93: Correspondence, certificates and papers of the Birdwood family including correspondence between Birdwood and his mother Edith Marian…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273528", "parent" : "036-002273526", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/94: Various letters written from South Africa describing the Boer War, and family gossip." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273529", "parent" : "036-002273526", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/95: Letters from Birdwood, Simla, to Captain R A Christie, England, describing the arrival of Birdwood's family in India. Dated as: 13…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273530", "parent" : "036-002273526", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/96: Letters of condolence written on the death of Birdwood's brother." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273531", "parent" : "036-002273526", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/97: Correspondence between Birdwood and his wife and children written during World War One." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273532", "parent" : "036-002273526", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/98: Photographs of the Birdwood family; notes on a Birdwood Coat of Arms; and information on Totnes, Devon (Birdwood was given the…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002273533", "parent" : "036-002273526", "text" : "Mss Eur D686/99: Birdwood's passport, with visas." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-002273420
Is part of:: not applicable
Contains:: Mss Eur D686/1-16 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Kitchener-Curzon correspondence
Mss Eur D686/17-18 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Kitchener-Roberts correspondence
Mss Eur D686/19-25 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Indian military administration
Mss Eur D686/26-32 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Indian Army organization
Mss Eur D686/33-34 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Indian military expenditure
Mss Eur D686/35-37 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: British Army reform
Mss Eur D686/38-42 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: defence of India
Mss Eur D686/43-46 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Afghanistan
Mss Eur D686/47-50 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: Persia
Mss Eur D686/51-52 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood: papers as Miliary Secretary to Lord Kitchener, C-in-C, India: private papers
Mss Eur D686/53-56 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army: papers relating to South African War
Mss Eur D686/57 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army: papers relating to Australia New Zealand Army Corps
Mss Eur D686/58-87 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army; C-in-C, India 1925-30: correspondence
Mss Eur D686/88-92 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army; C-in-C, India 1925-30: papers relating to Royal Occasions
Mss Eur D686/93-99 : Field-Marshal Lord Birdwood, Indian Army; C-in-C, India 1925-30: Birdwood family papers

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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1883
End Date:: 1949
Date Range:: 1883-1949
Era:: CE
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Source of Acquisition:: Deposited on permanent loan by Dowager Lady Birdwood; further papers presented by Lord Birdwood, 15 November 1965 and ; 14 Feb 1975
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)
Names:: Australia New Zealand Army Corps
Australian Imperial Force
Baird, John Lawrence, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, politician and Governor-General of Australia, 1874-1941
Baring, Rowland Thomas, Knight; 2nd Earl of Cromer, diplomat and courtier, 1877-1953
Barrow, Edmund George, Knight, army officer, 1852-1934
Birdwood, Family
Birdwood, William Riddell, 1st Baron Birdwood, army officer, 1865-1951,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000033997979
Blackwood, Frederick Temple, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, diplomat, 1826-1902
Brett, Reginald Baliol, 2nd Viscount Esher, courtier, 1852-1930
British Army, 1707-
Chamberlain, Arthur Neville, Prime Minister, 1869-1940
Chamberlain, Joseph Austen, Knight, politician, 1863-1937
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Knight, Prime Minister, 1874-1965,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120966628
Clarke, George Sydenham, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe, defence expert and colonial administrator, 1848-1933
Creagh, Garrett O'Moore, Knight, commander-in-chief in India, 1848-1923
Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, politician and traveller, 1859-1925
Dane, Louis William, Knight, administrator in India, 1856-1946
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 2nd Baronet, writer and politician, 1843-1911
Duff, Beauchamp, Knight, army officer, 1855-1918
Elles, Edmond Roche, Knight, army officer, 1848-1934
Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, Gilbert John, Viscount Melgund, 4th Earl of Minto
Forster, Hugh Oakeley, politician, 1855-1909
George VI, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1895-1952
George, David, 1st Earl Lloyd-George, politician and prime minister, 1863-1945,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121349453
Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alers, 1st Baron Hankey
Hardinge, Charles, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
Henderson, David, Lieutenant-General
Hughes, William Morris, Subject of Mss Eur D686
Indian Army, 1895-1947
Isaacs, Rufus Daniel, 1st Marquess of Reading, Viceroy of India, 1860-1935
Jellicoe, John Rushworth, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Admiral of the Fleet, 1859-1935,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108827000
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, army officer, 1850-1916
Kohat Brigade, 1911-1912
Lake, Percy Henry Noel, army officer, 1855-1940
Long, Walter Hume, 1st Viscount Long, politician, 1854-1924
Malleson, Wilfrid, Knight, army officer, 1866-1946
McMahon, Arthur Henry, Knight, army officer, 1862-1949
Morley, John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, statesman, 1838-1923
Nye, Archibald Edward, Lieutenant-General
Petain, Philippe, Marechal de France
Probyn's Horse
Probyn, Dighton Macnaghten, General
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, army officer, 1832-1914
Russell, Arthur Oliver Villiers, 2nd Baron Ampthill, 1869-1935
Stedman, Edward, General
Steyn, Martinus Theunis, Subject of Mss Eur D686
Strachey, John, Subject of Mss Eur E218
Strachey, Richard, Knight, administrator in India and scientist, 1817-1908
Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India, 1883-1950
Younghusband, George John, Major-General
Places:: Afghanistan, Asia
Australia, Oceania
Birdwood, South Australia
Egypt, Africa
India, Asia
Iran, Asia
Lille, France
Russia
Tibet, Asia