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War Committee

Catalogue reference: CAB 42/6

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This record is about the War Committee dating from 1915 in the series War Council and successors: Photographic Copies of Minutes and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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CAB 42/6
Date
1915
Description

War Committee

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Volume signed in 1915 Dec. 2 Steel-coated lead balls for shrapnel shell. ... Proposal forwarded by the Minister of Militia, Canada. 1 p. M.P.A.H.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 8.) signed in 1915 Dec. 3 Supply of No.4 Directors for the Artillery. 2 pp. M.P.A.H.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 8.) signed in 1915 Dec. 6 Note on the Anglo-French Conference at Calais, Dec. 4. 2 pp. Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 6.) signed in 1915 Dec. 8 The situation of the allied forces in Serbia and at Salonica. 4 pp. M.P.A.H.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 8.) signed in 1915 Dec. 9 Notes on the situation in Mesopotamia. 3 pp. A.J.M.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 13.) signed in 1915 Dec. 10 A note by the General Staff on General Alexeieff's suggested plan of campaign. 2 pp. A.J.M.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 13.) signed in 1915 Dec. 10 An appreciation by the General Staff on the situation in East Africa. 4 pp. A.J.M.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 15.) signed in 1915 Dec. 14 Copies of certain letters (24 Nov. to 13 Dec.) which have passed between the Ministry of Munitions and the War Office on questions of the transfer of design from the War Office to the Ministry. W.O.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Jan. 26.) signed in 1915 Dec. 16 An examination by the General Staff into the factors affecting the choice of a plan of campaign; together with a recommendation as to the best plan to adopt. 17 pp. A.J.M.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 28.) signed in 1915 Dec. 17 German shipping in Portuguese ports. 2 pp. C.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 28.) signed in 1915 Dec. 20 Appreciation by the Military Secretary, India Office, of the situation in Mesopotamia. 2 pp. I.O.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 28.) signed in 1915 Dec. 23 Memorandum by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff regarding the question of remaining in occupation of Helles. 3 pp. Amended version of similar paper with minutes of Dec 23. Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 28.) signed in 1915 Dec. 23 Note for the War Committee by the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, with reference to the General Staff Paper dated December 16, 1915. 2 pp. W.R.R.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 28.) signed in 1915 Dec. 23 The question of remaining in occupation of Helles. The view of the General Staff. 3 pp. W.O.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 23.) signed in 1915 Dec. 27 Appreciation by the Military Secretary, India Office, of the situation in Mesopotamia. 6 pp. I.O.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Dec. 28.) signed in 1915 Dec. 27 [Views of the First Lord of the Admiralty on the conduct of the war.] 5 pp. A.J.B.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Jan. 13.) signed in 1915 Dec. 29 Note by Mr. Balfour on the minutes of the War Committee, December 28, 1915. 1 p. A.J.B.; Cab. 22/3/1 (Annexed to minutes of Jan. 13.)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
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War Council and successors: Photographic Copies of Minutes and Papers

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