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Western Front: correspondence: Field Marshal Sir John French and others, and Lord...
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/57/50
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This record is about the Western Front: correspondence: Field Marshal Sir John French and others, and Lord... dating from 1915 Jan-Oct in the series Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 30/57/50
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1915 Jan-Oct
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Western Front: correspondence: Field Marshal Sir John French and others, and Lord Kitchener. (Described at item level)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- WA
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- Open Document, Open Description
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PRO 30/57
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers
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Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers
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