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Rough pencil notes and drafts, chiefly in Lord Kitchener's handwriting. Undated,...

Catalogue reference: PRO 30/57/81

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This record is about the Rough pencil notes and drafts, chiefly in Lord Kitchener's handwriting. Undated,... dating from [? 1914-? 1916] in the series Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
PRO 30/57/81
Date
[? 1914-? 1916]
Description

Rough pencil notes and drafts, chiefly in Lord Kitchener's handwriting. Undated, but covering the years 1914-1916.

Main subjects include: (5) 'If Kut falls ships should be ready at Suez'; (6) numbers for home defence; (7) '... averse to colleagues going to the front on "missions" whose real object is sightseeing'; (8) Franco-British relations; (10) labourers from Hull etc; (12) telegraph route to Russia; (13) Kitchener's relations with Sir J French; (15) war situation; (16) Kitchener's relations with W S Churchill

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
WW
Legal status
Not Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Labour
Asia
Europe and Russia
Middle East
Communications
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Personal and family papers
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3303070/

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PRO 30/57

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers

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Within the series: PRO 30/57

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers

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