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Add MS 50314
- Record Id:
- 040-002083702
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002083657
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001308.0x0002aa
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- Add MS 50314
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ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XL ('Vol. XV') (ff. 449). (1) New field guns. ff. 6-233;- (2) Ordnance stores, etc. ff. 234-449b. 12 Sept. 1903-2 Dec. 1905.
Ordnance: Correspondence, papers, etc., rel. to new field guns, rifles, etc.,: 1903-1905.
includes:
- ff. 7-10, 64 General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, GCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905.
- ff. 7-16, 34-43 Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, PC; MP: Cabinet memoranda, parliamentary papers, etc., by: 1902-1905: Printed.
- ff. 7-9, 13b, 64 General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB: Correspondence, etc., as Chief of the General Staff, with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.
- ff. 10, 75 Brigadier-General Sir William Bromley-Davenport, KCB: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904.
- ff. 10-258 passim Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray, KCB: Correspondence, etc., as Master-General of the Ordnance, with H. O. Arnold-Forster,: 1904-1905.
- ff. 34-40 England; Privy Council: Cabinet memoranda,: 1902-1905: Printed.
- ff. 45-53 Colonel Raymond John Marker, Secretary to H O Arnold-Forster: Memoranda by and attrib. to,: 1905: Partly printed.
- f. 54 Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Ltd; steelmakers: Minutes, etc., rel. to: 1903, 1904.
- ff. 57-60, 162, 194-198, 236, 243-246, 249 Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden, KCB: Memoranda, etc., by,: 1905.
- f. 63 Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray, KCB: Minutes, memoranda, etc., by,: 1904-1905.
- f. 63 Sir George Herbert Murray, GCB; PC: Letters to War Office,: 1904: Copies.
- f. 64 General Sir Neville Gerald Lyttelton, GCB: Minutes by,: 1904, 1905: Partly printed.
- f. 65 Field-Marshal Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer KCB: Minutes and memoranda by,: 1904-1905: Printed and typewritten.
- ff. 67, 69 Colonel Sir Edward Willis Duncan Ward, 1st Baronet GBE: Letters to Treasury: 1904.
- ff. 76, 82-91, 100-102, 106 Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG; statesman: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1905: Partly printed.
- f. 98 John Satterfield Sandars, PC: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904, 1905.
- f. 105 Sir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson, GCIE: Minutes, memoranda, etc., by: 1904-1905: Mostly printed.
- ff. 119-141 Cammell, Laird, and Co., Ltd; gun manufacturers, Coventry: Tender form rel. to: 1905: Printed.
- f. 136 Field-Marshal Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer KCB: Correspondence, etc; with H. O. Arnold-Forster,: 1903-1905.
- ff. 143, 173, 186 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Correspondence with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1902-1905: Partly printed.
- f. 147 Field-Marshal Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts: Correspondence, etc., with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1892-1905.
- f. 158 Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray, KCB: Correspondence with Sir J. F. Owen,: 1904.
- f. 158 General Sir John Fletcher Owen, KCB: Correspondence with Sir J. W. Murray,: 1904: Copies.
- ff. 160-161 Colonel Nesbitt Breillat Heffernan, RA: Memorandum to Sir C. F. Hadden: 1905: Copy.
- ff. 160-161, 170-171 Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden, KCB: Memorandum, etc., to,: 1905.
- ff. 164-165 Colonel Henry Gwynn Deane Shute, Coldstream Guards: Report by: 1904: Copy.
- ff. 164-165 Sir Arthur Trevor Dawson, 1st Baronet: Notes of interview with H. O. Arnold-Forster: 1904: Copy.
- ff. 170-171 Henry Owen Williams, of the War Office: Minute to Sir C. F. Hadden: 1905: Copy.
- f. 176 Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet: Letter to H. O. Arnold-Forster,: 1905: Copy.
- f. 187 Colonel Henry Gwynn Deane Shute, Coldstream Guards: Letter to: 1904.
- f. 187 Francis Herman Lucas, CB; of the India Office: Letter to Col. H. S. D. Shute: 1904: Copy.
- ff. 189-191, 202-205, 211, 215 William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton: Correspondence, etc., with H.O. Arnold-Forster: 1903-1905: Partly printed.
- f. 193 John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken: Letter to War Office: 1905: Copy.
- f. 210 William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton: Minutes and memoranda by: 1903-1905: Partly printed.
- f. 212 Sir Reginald Herbert Brade, GCB: Letters to India Office: 1905: Copies.
- ff. 240-241 Colonel Hubert John Foster, RE; Military Attaché in Washington: Memorandum by: 1903: Copy.
- ff. 243-250 Hadfield and Co; shell makers, Sheffield: Agreement, etc., with War Office: 1904: Copies.
- ff. 254-273 Committee of Imperial Defence: Papers rel. to: 1904, 1905: Printed.
- ff. 260-273 Woolwich, Kent: Report of Committee on Storage of Explosives at Arsenal: 1905: Printed.
- ff. 260-273 Rear-Admiral Sir Sydney Marow Eardley-Wilmot: Report of Committee on Storage of Explosives at Woolwich Arsenal: 1905: Printed.
- ff. 275-294 Major-General Sir Charles Frederick Hadden, KCB: Report of Committee on Staff of Danger Buildings: 1903: Copy.
- ff. 295-301 General Sir Henry Brackenbury, GCB: Correspondence, etc., with Sir H. C. L. Holden: 1903: Copies.
- ff. 295-301 Brigadier-General Sir Henry Capel Lofft Holden, KCB: Correspondence, etc., with Sir H. Brackenbury: 1903: Copies.
- ff. 303-306 Sir Hay Frederick Donaldson, KCB: Further Report of the Committee (Reconstituted) on the Qualifications, etc., of Foremen in the Ordnance Factories: 1905: Printed.
- ff. 303-449 War Office: Reports, etc.,: 1884-1905: Printed.
- ff. 308-310 Major-General Sir John Steevens, KCB: Report of the Committee on the Working of the Army Ordnance Department during the South African War: 1904: Printed.
- ff. 311-449b Major-General Sir George Henry Marshall, KCB: First, second, third and fourth reports of the Special Committee on Horse and Field Artillery Equipments: 1901-1903: Printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
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- 032-002083657
036-002083687
040-002083702 - Is part of:
- Add MS 50275-50357 : THE ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS Papers of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (b. 1855, d. 1909), P.C., M.P.; 1886-1910. Used, together…
Add MS 50300-50334 : B. PAPERS AS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WAR
Add MS 50314 : ARNOLD-FORSTER PAPERS. Vol. XL ('Vol. XV') (ff. 449). (1) New field guns. ff. 6-233;- (2) Ordnance stores, etc. ff. 234-449b.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002083657[0002]/036-002083687[0015]/040-002083702
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1903
- End Date:
- 1905
- Date Range:
- 1903-2 Dec 1905
- Era:
- CE
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher, 1848-1930 (Author)
Brackenbury, Henry, Knight, army officer, 1837-1914 (Author)
Brade, Reginald Herbert, GCB (Author)
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle, 1st Earl of Midleton, politician, 1856-1942 (Author)
Cammell, Laird, and Co , Ltd, gun manufacturers, of Coventry (Subject)
Chamberlain, Joseph Austen, Knight, politician, 1863-1937 (Author)
Committee of Imperial Defence, 1904-1939 (Subject)
Davenport, William, Knight, army officer, footballer and Conservative politician, 1862-1949 (Author)
Dawson, Arthur Trevor, 1st Baronet, naval officer and armaments manufacturer, 1866-1931 (Author)
Donaldson, Hay Frederick, Knight, mechanical engineer, 1856-1916 (Author)
Douglas, Charles, Knight, army officer, 1850-1914 (Author)
Eardley-Wilmot, Sydney Marow, Rear-Admiral (Author)
Forster, Hugh Oakeley, politician, 1855-1909 (Author)
Foster, Hubert John, army officer, 1855-1919 (Author)
Godley, John Arthur, 1st Baron Kilbracken, civil servant, 1847-1932 (Author)
Hadden, Charles Frederick, Knight, army officer, 1854-1924 (Author)
Hadfield and Co, shell makers, of Sheffield (Author)
Heffernan, Nesbitt Breillat, Colonel RA (Author)
Holden, Henry Capel Lofft, Brigadier-General KCB (Author)
Lucas, Francis Herman, CB, of the India Office (Author)
Lyttelton, Neville Gerald, Knight, army officer, 1845-1931 (Author)
Marker, Raymond John, army officer, secretary to H. O. Arnold-Forster, 1867-1914 (Author)
Marshall, George Henry, Major-General KCB (Author)
Murray, George Herbert, GCB, PC (Author)
Murray, James Wolfe, Knight, army officer, 1853-1919 (Author)
Noble, Andrew, 1st Baronet (Author)
Owen, John Fletcher, General KCB (Author)
Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow, 1st Viscount Plumer, army officer, 1857-1932 (Author)
Privy Council (Author)
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, army officer, 1832-1914 (Author)
Sandars, John Satterfield, political secretary, 1853-1934 (Author)
Shute, Henry Gwynn Deane, private secretary to H. O. Arnold-Forster, 1860-1909 (Author)
Steevens, John, Major-General KCB (Author)
Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Ltd, steelmakers (Subject)
War Office, 1857-1964 (Author)
Ward, Edward Willis Duncan, Colonel GBE, 1st Baronet (Author)
Williams, Henry Owen, of the War Office (Author)
Wilson, Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood, Knight, colonial administrator and civil servant, 1850-1940 (Author) - Places:
- Woolwich, Kent