[ISMAY: 3 Ismay's] correspondence, arranged by subject, 1917-1963
[ISMAY: 3/1] Correspondence relating to
Ismay's service in British Somaliland with
21 Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (Frontier Force),
Somaliland Indian Contingent, 1917-1930, 1960-1961
[ISMAY: 3/1/1]
1917 Jun 2
Message from A F Lawrence, acting secretary, Sheikh to Ismay reproducing the Commissioner Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer's, order of the day according Ismay an honourable entry in his record of service. Signed typescript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/2]
1917 Oct 7
Message from Ismay to Maj G R Breading, Officer Commanding Column, Somaliland Camel Corps report of position of Dervish party, suggesting move to Eil Dur Elan, Somaliland. Manuscript 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/3]
1917 Oct 7
Message from Maj G R Breading, top of OK Pass, to Ismay, bottom of OK pass, replying to message (3/1/2) about position of Dervish forces. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/4]
[1917]
Message from Maj G R Breading to Ismay about the importance of keeping up with the Dervishes. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/5]
[1917]
Exchange of messages between Maj G R Breading and Ismay relating to decison to halt their advance while awaiting further information. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/6]
1917 Oct 8
Message from Ismay, bottom of OK Pass, to officer commanding Burao, Somaliland on the intention of Commanding Officer to continue pursuit. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/7]
1917 Oct 18
Message from Ismay, bottom of OK Pass, to Officer Commanding Lasdwich requesting rations to be sent to Eil Dur Elan, Somaliland and including details of the country. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/8]
1919 Jan
Note by Ismay of an outline, rapidly sketched by order of Maj Gen Sir Arthur Reginald Hoskins, for a mounted raid on Tale, Somaliland. Initialled manuscript 7pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/9]
1919 Feb 7
Message from Ismay (acting Commanding Officer of the Somaliland Camel Corps) to D J Jardine on officers for the Somaliland Camel Corps. Copy typescript carbon 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/10]
1919 Apr 9
Message from Ismay at Dongorri, Somaliland to staff officer troops through Officer Commanding Burao, Somaliland on arrival at Negagr Spur proceeding to OK Pass, requesting supplies be sent to Eil Dur Elan. Manuscript carbon 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/11]
1919 Apr 9
Message from Ismay, Officer Commanding Column Dongorri to officer commanding Lasdureh, [Somaliland] on moving to OK Pass. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/12]
1919 Apr 11
Message from Ismay, Eil Dur Elan, Somaliland to officer commanding Lasdureh requesting telegram be sent to staff officer troops reporting moves of Dervishes. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/13]
1919 Apr 11
Message from Ismay, Eil Dur Elan, Somaliland to Capt W R Moll, Officer Commanding Lasdureh requesting officers' food stores. Manuscript carbon 2 pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/14]
1919 Apr 11
Telegram from Ismay to Capt W R Moll, Officer Commanding Lasdureh, with latest news. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/15]
1924 Jun 24
Covering letter from Col H S Pinder, War Office, to Ismay and list of documents loaned by Ismay to the War Office for preparation of Route Book. Manuscript 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/16]
1919 Apr 12
Message from Ismay, Dudub Pass, to officer commanding Lasdureh reporting movements of the Dervishes and own intended action. Manuscript carbon 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/17]
1919 Apr 15
Message from Ismay, Las Musa (10 miles west of Ankhor), Somaliland to staff officer troops on abandonment of pursuit. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/18]
1919 Apr 9-19
Diary by Ismay of trek by mounted column 9-19 Apr 1919 from Burao to Berbera, Somaliland. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/19]
1919 Apr 26
Despatch from Ismay, commanding Mounted Column, Burao, Somaliland to Officer Commanding troops Somaliland reporting movements 8-25 Apr 1919. Signed typescript carbon 6pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/20]
1919 May 21
Summary by Ismay (as intelligence officer 1916-18), Burao Somaliland, of intelligence in British Somaliland 1915 - Dec 1918, including description of forts; Dervish organisation; Dervish tactics 1914-1917; notes on Dervish personalities (pp 64-74 missing but see 3/1/22); genealogical table of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan); map of portion of Somaliland (scale 1:1,000,000 GSGS 1781, revised 1906). Typescript 116pp and map
[ISMAY: 3/1/21]
[1919]
Draft by Ismay of Dervish organisation included in summary (3/1/20) of intelligence in British Somaliland 1915 - Dec 1918. Typescript carbon 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/22]
[1919]
Draft by Ismay of Dervish personalities with section on the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan) for inclusion in summary (3/1/20 - draft of missing pp 64-74) of intelligence in British Somaliland 1915 - Dec 1918; extract from a letter from the Mullah mocking British alliances as indicating weakness. Manuscript and typescript 12pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/23]
1919 Jul 15
Newspaper cutting of announcement in the London Gazette of Ismay's appointment as Lt Col for services with Somaliland Camel Corps from 1 Apr 1919. 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/24]
[1919]
Message book kept by Ismay containing messages sent by him from a number of locations in Somaliland including messages to Secretary, Hargeisa regarding the posting of officers, reporting movements of the Dervishes and with movement orders; message with standing orders for reconnaissance; to officer commanding troops on the supply of saddles for carriage of Stokes and Lewis guns and referring to his own passage from Suez, Egypt 22 Nov; message to Cowasji Dinshaw, Berbera, Somaliland and returning whisky; message to staff officer troops on the despatch of office business during operations; message to officer commanding Somaliland Field Force listing officers for distinguished services during operations, giving details of service of the following, Maj C A L Howard 32 Lancers IA, Capt J W Hornby 12 Royal Lancers and Lt Adjt J Beattie, and mention of the enemy's destruction on 11-12 Feb 1920.
[ISMAY: 3/1/25]
1920 Jan 4-Feb 9
Diary with daily entries by Ismay outlining operations in Somaliland with the Somaliland Camel Corps. Manuscript 11pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/26]
1920 Feb 1-17
Diary with daily entries by Ismay outlining operations in Somaliland with the Somaliland Camel Corps. Manuscript 18pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/27]
1920 Feb 1
Reconnaissance report of Tale, Somaliland by Sqn Ldr Oswald Gayford, officer commanding RAF 'Z' Force, El Afweina, to Ismay, General Officer Somaliland Field Force. Two messages. Manuscript 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/28]
1920 Feb 2
Message from Capt H S Pinder, Staff Officer Somaliland Field Force, El Afweina, to Ismay, officer commanding Somaliland Field Force with details of supplies and instructions to Capt A Gibb and 'Friendlies'. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/29]
1920 Feb 2
Message from Capt A Gibb, Officer Commanding 'Friendlies', Dukun, Somaliland to Officer Commanding Hudin, Somaliland reporting instructions to move to Hudin. Manuscript, carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/30]
1920 Feb 3
Message from Ismay, Officer Commanding Somaliland Camel Corps, to Officer Commanding Somaliland Field Force reporting plans. Manuscript carbon 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/31]
1920 Feb 3
Message from Ismay, Officer Commanding Somaliland Camel Corps, to Officer Commanding Somaliland Field Force stating plans modified since arrival of Capt A Gibb. Manuscript carbon 2 pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/32]
1920 Feb 3
Message from Capt A Gibb, Duheen-Hudin road, Somaliland to Ismay referring to earlier message (3/1/29) and stating change of plans as the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan) heading towards Tale, Somaliland. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/33]
1920 Feb 3
Message from Lt Col Ismay to Capt A Gibb replying to his message (3/1/32), reporting plans and pursuit of Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan) from Jidali, Somaliland. Manuscript carbon 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/34]
1920 Feb 3
Message from Col H S Pinder, War Office, requesting and forwarding message from officer commanding Somaliland Field Force to officer commanding 'Z' Force with information on movements of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan). Manuscript and typescript 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/35]
1920 Feb 4
Operation orders by Ismay, Hudin, Somaliland for Lt J Beattie, Adjt Somaliland Camel Corps, on movement and pursuit of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan). Manuscript carbon 3 pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/36]
1920 Feb 4
Message from Ismay to Capt A Gibb on movement of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan)'s stock and requesting rations. Manuscript carbon 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/37]
1920 Feb 4
Message from Ismay to Officer Commanding Somaliland Field Force stating intending to start in pursuit himself. Manuscript carbon 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/38]
1920 Feb 4
Report by Ismay of an account by a patrol of an encounter with the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan) and of plans, Somaliland. Manuscript carbon 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/39]
1920 Feb 4
Report by Armstrong (RAF) of bombing of Tale, Somaliland. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/40]
1920 Feb 5
Message from Col H S Pinder, War Office, to Officer Commanding Somaliland Camel Corps requesting information; message from Col R Gordon, officer commanding RAF at Eil Dur Elan, to Col G H Summers on possible road to Tale, Somaliland. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/41]
1920 Feb 5
Message from Ismay to Capt A Gibb concerning change of plans due to the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan)'s movements, on the way to Kurtimo, Somaliland. Manuscript carbon 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/42]
1920 Feb 5
Message from Lt J W Watts, Officer Commanding Post Hudin, Somaliland to Ismay and note from Capt A Gibb, Kurtimo, suggesting that the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan) could be at Tale, Somaliland (this proved incorrect, see despatch, 3/1/77) and Capt A Gibb moving to Gaolo, Somaliland. Manuscript 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/43]
1920 Feb 6
Message from Ismay, Kurtimo, Somaliland to Officer Commanding Somaliland Field Force referring to meeting with Capt A Gibb and plans. Manuscript carbon 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/44]
1920 Feb 6
Message from Ismay, Kurtimo, Somaliland to Officer Commanding Hudin Post, Somaliland requesting forwarding of letters and giving orders. Manuscript carbon 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/45]
1920 Feb 7
Message from Ismay, Dermatisle, [Somaliland] to Staff Officer Somaliland Field Force reporting news of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan) and on health of troops. Manuscript carbon 2 pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/46]
1920 Feb 7
Report by Capt A Gibb to Ismay on watering places, Somaliland. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/47]
1920 Feb 9
Report by Lt J W Watts, Officer Commanding Post Hudin, Somaliland to Ismay, Didyha, Somaliland. Manuscript 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/48]
1920 Feb 8-9
Message from Col H S Pinder, War Office, to Lt Col Ismay reporting the capture of the Mullah's stock, similar activities of Col Wilkinson, SNO's capture, after bombardment, of Galbaribur fort, the Mullah's precipitate flight from Hela near Medishe, Somaliland and supplies forwarded with Lt Edlington; message from Col G H Summers, Officer Commanding Somaliland Field Force, Eil Afweina, Somaliland to Lt Col Ismay with news and plans. Manuscript 7pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/49]
1920 Feb 9
Message from Maj C A N Howard, Gaolo, Somaliland of moveable column orders. Manuscript carbon 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/50]
1920 Feb 9
Report from Lt Col Ismay, Gaolo, Somaliland to Officer Commanding Somaliland Field Force. Manuscript carbon 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/51]
1920 Feb 9
Report from Ismay to Officer Commanding Post Hudin, Somaliland of departure of composite company to Hudin, Somaliland. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/52]
[1920]
Report from Capt A Gibb to Ismay of arrival at Tale, Somaliland and departure of camels; possible departure of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan). Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/53]
1920 Feb 9
Message from Ismay in reply to Capt A Gibb's report at Tale, Somaliland and requesting a meeting. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/54]
1920 Feb 9
Message from Capt A Gibb to Ismay on the departure of the Mullah, (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan). Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/55]
[1920]
Message from Capt A Gibb to Ismay in reply to Ismay's message (3/1/53). Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/56]
1920 Feb 9
Message from Ismay, Tale, Somaliland to Capt A Gibb in reply to Gibb's message (3/1/55) and stating that he was sending patrol. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/57]
1920 Feb 10-20
Message from Lt J W Watts, Hudin to Ismay, Sicerder forwarding messages and arranging convoy of supplies. With message from Col H S Pinder, El Afweina, Somaliland to Ismay requesting information and forwarding orders; message from Col G H Summers to Ismay stating decision taken at Eil Dur Elan, with Governor and officer commanding 'Z' Force, to bomb Tale, Somaliland three days running, detailing plans in event of Tale's capture and possible open door left for the Mullah, (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan) and requesting that the Governor place the 'Friendlies' under Ismay's command. Manuscript 8pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/58]
1920 Feb 16
Report from Capt W R Moll, Officer Commanding Composite Company, Didayer, [Somaliland] to Ismay, Gaoloa, Somaliland. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/59]
1920 Feb 11
Report by Ismay to Officer Commanding Somaliland Camel Corps of pursuit, Tale, Somaliland to Lower Halin, Somaliland 9-11 Feb 1920. Manuscript carbon 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/60]
1920 Feb 11
Message from Col H S Pinder to Ismay referring to his message of 9 Feb 1920, RAF arrangements, and with congratulations to Ismay and also to Capt A Gibb. Manuscript 2 pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/61]
1920 Feb 11
Message from Col G H Summers to Ismay stating that he was intending to come to Nogal, Somaliland himself. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/62]
1920 Feb 12
Message from Col G H Summers to Ismay stating that on the instructions of the Governor the lives of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan) and his party were to be spared if they surrendered. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/63]
1920 Feb 12
Message from Capt W P Lousada, Gaolo, Somaliland to Ismay forwarding stores and letters. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/64]
1920 Feb 13
Message from Col H S Pinder and Capt W P Lousada, Gaolo, Somaliland with exchange of minutes on relief of Capt A Gibb and the 'Friendlies', holding Tale, Somaliland. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/65]
1920 Feb 13
Message of congratulations from Col G H Summers to Ismay. Manuscript 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/66]
1920 Feb 13
Message from Col H S Pinder to Ismay of orders on return from pursuit of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan), Somaliland. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/67]
1920 Feb 13
Message from Ismay, Cheidermorelli, [Somaliland] to Capt W P Lousada, Gaolo, Somaliland requesting he forward letter to Staff Officer Somaliland Field Force, stating moving to Tagabei, Somaliland and requesting he move and send stores. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/68]
1920 Feb 14
Message from Capt W P Lousada, Gaolo, Somaliland to Ismay in reply to Ismay's message (3/1/67) and with plans. Manuscript
[ISMAY: 3/1/69]
1920 Feb 14
Message from Capt W R Moll, Hudin, Somaliland to Ismay stating that he was delayed with stores owing to problems with camels. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/70]
1920 Feb 15
Message from Maj C A N Howard, Gaolo, to Officer Commanding Tagabei, Somaliland requesting force to move to Gaolo, Somaliland. Manuscript carbon 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/71]
1920 Feb 16
Message from Capt W R Moll, Officer Commanding Composite Company, to Adjt Somaliland Camel Corps with details of looted stock handed over; route report, Gaolo to Hudin, Somaliland. Manuscript carbon 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/72]
1920 Feb 16
Message from Sqn Ldr Oswald Gayford, Eil Dur Elan, Somaliland to Ismay referring to his success on 15 Feb 1920 and also referring to poem on maid of Jidali and including limerick on the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan)'s flight from Tale, Somaliland. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/73]
1920 Feb 16
Message from Lt J W Watts, Officer Commanding Post Hudin, Somaliland to Officer Commanding Somaliland Camel Corps Gaolo, Somaliland requesting forwarding of message to officer commanding Somaliland Field Force regarding move of Hudin wireless telegraph to El Afweina, Somaliland consequent on move from latter to Berbera, Somaliland. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/74]
1920 Feb 18
Message from Lt J W Watts, Officer Commanding Post Hudin, Somaliland to Adjutant Somaliland Camel Corps, Gaolo, Somaliland and note of congratulations from the RAF to the Somaliland Camel Corps. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/75]
1920 Mar 9
Extract from Hansard, House of Commons, vol 126 no 21, cols. 1212-1214 with an account by Lt Col L S Amery, Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, on operations in Somaliland. Printed
[ISMAY: 3/1/76]
1920 Mar 10
Report by Ismay, Commanding Somaliland Camel Corps Burao, Somaliland to Officer Commanding Somaliland Field Force on Regiment's operations 1-16 Feb 1920. Signed typescript 12pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/77]
1920 Mar 28- Apr 10
Letter from Col G H Summers, commanding Somaliland Field Force Berbera, Somaliland to Governor and Commander in Chief Somaliland Protectorate with report by Summers on military operations carried out in conjunction with the RAF in expedition against the Dervishes Sep 1919 - Feb 1920, with the following officers mentioned: Maj C A L Howard; Gp Capt (Col) R Gordon, officer commanding Z Unit RAF; Lt Col J S Wilkinson, KAR; Capt S G Allden, RASC; Capt J F Codman; Maj A S Lawrence, political officer; Capt R Le Fleming, 1/101 Grenadiers; Maj H Rayne, MC, late KAR; Col G R Breading, Somaliland Protectorate. With copies of telegrams received and despatched by officer commanding Somaliland Field Force 2-11 Feb 1920 (gives date of receipt of Ismay's messages); report of field state of Somaliland Field Force Jan 1920 and casualty return Nov 1919 - Mar 1920; reports on wireless telegraph operations; report by Summers on supply situation before Dec 1919; report by Capt S G Allden, QS officer Berbera, Somaliland on supply work during operations Jan-Mar 1920; report by Capt S G Allden, QS officer Berbera, on camel transport employed during operations Jan-Mar 1920; Medical Report by Lt Col J S Wilkinson, commanding B Force Somaliland Field Force Musha Aled, and Capt M F Murphy, Senior Medical Officer B Force; Medical Report by Surgeon Cdr E Cameron, RN, Senior Medical Officer B Force; Report by Capt E LeFleming, commanding Wing 1/101 Grenadiers (Indian Army), on operations: Preliminary 1920 Jan 18 - Mar 6; advance on Jidali, 1920 and operations there; and return to base at Eil Dur Elan, Somaliland. Typescript carbon 121pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/78]
1920 Jul
Article by Sir Douglas James Jardine, Secretary Somaliland 1916-1923, entitled 'The mad mullah of British Somaliland' from Blackwood's magazine (see also the author's book of the same name The Mad Mullah of Somaliland, (Herbert Jenkins, London, 1922)). Printed 12pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/79]
1920 Nov 1
Reprint of a despatch dated 1920 May 15 from Sir Geoffrey C Archer, Governor and Commander in Chief British Somaliland Sheikh, to Secretary of State for the Colonies, further to a despatch (3/1/82) on operations 1920-1919, second supplement to the London Gazette of 1920 Oct 29, (London, HMSO, 1920). Printed 9pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/80]
1920 Nov 8
Reprint of a despatch dated 1920 May from Gp Capt R Gordon, Berbera, Somaliland to Secretary of State for Air regarding operations in Somaliland Jan-Feb 1920, second supplement to the London Gazette of 1920 Nov 5, (London, HMSO, 1920). Printed 4 pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/81]
1920 Nov 29
Report from The Times of decorations, promotions and mentions in despatches for 1 Oct 1920 for Somaliland including DSO and mention for Ismay, supplement to the London Gazette 29 Nov 1920 (London, HMSO, 1920). Newspaper cutting
[ISMAY: 3/1/82]
1921 Mar 4
Reprint of the despatch from Sir Geoffrey C Archer to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on operations in British Somaliland 1915-1919 published in the London Gazette, (London, HMSO, 1919). Printed
[ISMAY: 3/1/83]
1922 Aug 4
Note from Secretariat British Somaliland to Ismay, Quetta, India and memorandum at the request of Col H S Pinder on the movements of the Mullah (Mahomed bin Abdulla Hassan) from 9 Feb 1920 to his death from smallpox 23 Nov 1920 or 10 Jan 1921 and the subsequent Dervish collapse. Signed typescript 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/84]
1922 Sep 29
Letter from Col G H Summers to Ismay on his possible appointment as Governor of Somaliland (1922-1925), thanking Ismay for a letter and paying tribute to his character and assistance. Manuscript 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/85]
1930 Apr 16
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from C N French, United Service Club, to the Editor of The Times concerning the Mullah and the RAF and referring to MRAF Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton's remarks in the House of Lords on the value of the RAF in Somaliland operations, and attributing their success more to the Somaliland Camel Corps. Typescript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/86]
1962 Mar 23
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from Sir Colin Reith Coote, Managing Editor of The Daily Telegraph to Ismay forwarding Andrew Boyle's book Trenchard, (Collins, London, 1962) on MRAF Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton, for comment. Signed typescript
[ISMAY: 3/1/87]
1962 Mar 30
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from Ismay in reply to Sir Colin Reith Coote, Managing Editor of The Daily Telegraph's letter. With note by Ismay of inaccuracy of Andrew Boyle's book Trenchard, (Collins, London, 1962) on MRAF Hugh Montague Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton, in its account of Somaliland operations. Typescript carbon 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/88]
1962 Apr 4
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of Letter from Sir Colin Reith Coote, Managing Editor of The Daily Telegraph in reply to Ismay's (3/1/87) requesting information on the RAF's role. Signed typescript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/89]
1962 Apr 9
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from Ismay to Sir Colin Reith Coote, Managing Editor of The Daily Telegraph in reply to his letter (3/1/88) and forwarding a note on control of defence in Somaliland and the part played by the RAF in operations. Typescript carbon 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/90]
1962 Apr 10
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from Sir Colin Reith Coote, Managing Editor of The Daily Telegraph to Ismay in reply to Ismay's letter (3/1/89) and forwarding a redraft of a letter to The Daily Telegraph. Typescript carbon 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/91]
1962 Apr 12
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of Letter from Ismay to Sir Colin Reith Coote, Managing Editor of The Daily Telegraph thanking him for and commenting on redraft (3/1/90) of a letter to The Daily Telegraph. With note of comments by Ismay. Typescript carbon 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/92]
[1962]
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from Ismay to the editor of The Daily Telegraph. Newspaper cutting 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/93]
1962 Apr 16
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from Sir Colin Reith Coote, Managing Editor of The Daily Telegraph to Ismay referring to letter published in The Daily Telegraph (3/1/92) and further letter from Collie Knox, journalist on the part played by Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer, (Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, 1914 director of operations against the Mullah, 1920). Signed typescript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/94]
[1962]
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from Andrew Philip More Boyle, journalist to the editor of The Daily Telegraph in reply to Ismay's letter (3/1/92). Newspaper cutting
[ISMAY: 3/1/95]
1962 May 1
Papers relating to controversy over the part played by the RAF in operations in Somaliland, consisting of letter from Ismay to Sir Colin Reith Coote, Managing Editor of The Daily Telegraph referring to Andrew Philip More Boyle's letter (3/1/94) and with further comments. Typescript carbon 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/96]
[1960]
Letter from former Sgt Maj Mohamed Jama, Burao, Somaliland to Ismay thanking him for the 'baksheesh' (a small sum of money given as a gratuity or as alms) sent through Lt Col M E M MacWilliam and stating services. Typescript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/97]
1960 Nov 14
Letter from Lt Col M E M MacWilliam, commanding Somaliland Scouts Hargeisa, Somaliland to Ismay with news of army and independence. Signed typescript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/1/98]
1960 Dec 4
Letter from Lt Col M E M MacWilliam, commanding Somaliland Scouts Hargeisa, Somaliland to Ismay thanking him for a letter and offer of memoirs. Signed typescript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/1/99]
1961 Dec 14
Letter from Lt Col M E M MacWilliam, Queen's Surveys Bielefeld, to Ismay on the handover in Somaliland of the British and Italian protectorates to independent control of the new Somali Republic. Signed typescript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2] Papers relating
to Ismay at Staff College Quetta, India and
RAF Staff College, Andover, Hampshire, 1922-1924
[ISMAY: 3/2/1]
1922 Aug 26
Notes by WGC, Staff College Quetta, India on students' conference number 4 on discipline in the army, its maintenance and possible improvement; notes by the Commandant on discipline including the evolution in maintaining discipline caused by difference in attitude of the British public towards the army and change of national outlook. Printed and typescript, 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/3]
[1922-1923]
Notes by AVM Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, RAF Staff College, Andover, Hampshire on enthusiasm and discipline. Duplicated 26 pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/4]
1923 Dec 20
Notes by Air Commodore Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, RAF Staff College, Andover, Hampshire on morale. Duplicated 21pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/5]
1924 Nov 5- Dec 9
Paper by Ismay, RAF Staff College Andover, Hampshire on enthusiasm and discipline. With note by AVM Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham to Ismay commenting on paper. Signed typescript and manuscript, 21pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/6]
1924 May 16
Note on framework of naval and military history 1500-1920, Holland, Spain and United States, and chronological tables. Duplicated 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/7]
1922 Mar 4
Notes, corrected by Ismay, on staff work by Maj Gen Sir Louis Vaughan, Commandant Staff College Quetta, India. Typescript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/8]
[1922]
Note by ECG, Staff College Quetta, Training lecture 1. With appendix 1 on army form M1442 regarding allotment of sums for use with training of regular forces; appendix 2 regarding recreation grounds and pavilions for troops. Printed 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/9]
1922 Oct 4
Training lecture 2 on educational training. Annotated by Ismay. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/10]
1922 Oct 6, 0
Note by ECG, Staff College Quetta, Training lecture 3 and 4 on preparation and conduct of strategical, tactical and administrative exercises with bibliography, annotated by Ismay. With notes by Ismay on lecture. Printed and manuscript, 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/11]
1924 Mar
Note by RAF Staff College on the course of study, including general reading. Duplicated 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/12]
1924 May 6
Note by AVM Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, RAF Staff College, Andover, Hampshire on the functions of a staff college (opening address to third course). Duplicated 11pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/13]
1924 May 6
Note by AVM Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, RAF Staff College on the work at the RAF Staff College, Andover, Hampshire. Duplicated 9pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/14 ]
1922 Jan 26
Note by Col H F E McMahon Staff College Quetta, India on students' conference number 2 on the best organisation for meeting problems of North West Frontier, Afghanistan and Waziristan. With notes by Ismay on lecture by Maj Gen Sir Louis Vaughan, Commandant Staff College Quetta, on best organisation for meeting problems of NW Frontier. Printed and typescript, 2p
[ISMAY: 3/2/15]
1922 Jun 19
Note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on 'North West Frontier, Afghanistan and Waziristan - warfare 1'. With notes by Ismay on the same subject. Printed and typescript, 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/16]
1922 Jun 20
Note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on 'North West Frontier Afghanistan and Waziristan - warfare 2'. With notes by Ismay on the same. Printed and typescript, 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/17]
1922 Jun 21
Note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on 'North West Frontier Afghanistan and Waziristan - warfare 3'. With notes by Ismay on the same subject. Printed and manuscript, 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/18]
1922 Jun 24
Note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on 'North West Frontier Afghanistan and Waziristan - warfare 4'; note by Ismay on the same subject; sketch to show the idea of a defended perimeter camp; note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, regarding Sangars; note to accompany 'North West Frontier warfare - lecture 4' on routine in a perimeter camp, Wazir force 1922. Printed and manuscript. 13pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/19]
1922 Jun 27
Note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on North West Frontier Afghanistan and Waziristan warfare 5; note by Ismay on the same subject; note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on route piquets; sketch showing advance in the hills. Printed and manuscript, 9pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/20]
1922 Jun 28
Note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on North West Frontier Afghanistan and Waziristan warfare 6, attack and retirement, and destruction of villages; note by Ismay on the same subject; note issued by Staff College Quetta, India on the organisation for the destruction of villages to be issued with lecture note on North West Frontier warfare 6; note by Maj Gen Sir Andrew Skeen on the use of artillery in Waziristan, issued with lecture note on North West Frontier warfare 6. Printed, manuscript and duplicated, 6pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/21]
1922
Note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on North West Frontier Afghanistan and Waziristan warfare 7; note by Ismay on the same subject. Printed and manuscript, 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/22]
1922 Jul 5
Note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on North West Frontier Afghanistan and Waziristan warfare 8; note by Ismay on the same subject. Printed and manuscript, 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/23]
[1922]
Note by Ismay on Afghanistan and Waziristan. Typescript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/24]
[1922]
Note by W and A K Johnston showing areas of North West frontier of India under direct British administration and frontier tribes under political supervision. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/25]
1922 Jun 22
Paper by Ismay, Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (11 Frontier Force) Quetta, India on indoor exercise 'C' (Peiwar Kotal and Chaharasia) and examination of operations (Afghanistan and Waziristan) of Gen Frederick Sleigh Roberts in 1879, with comments by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta; note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on indoor exercise 'C', on the 2nd Afghan war, and questions relating to Ismay's note on same. Manuscript and duplicate, 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/26]
1922 Jul 6
Note by Ismay, 21/23 Cavalry Frontier Force, on exercise 'F' on North West Frontier Afghanistan and Waziristan warfare, and operations in Waziristan 7-14 Jan 1920 in Ahnai Tangi by Asa Khan, with comments by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, India; note by EDG, senior division Staff College Quetta, on indoor exercise F and questions relating to Ismay's note on same. signed typescript and duplicate, 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/27]
1922 Aug 3
Note by EDG, senior and junior divisions Staff College Quetta, India on Waziristan, North West frontier, India 1919-1929; précis of lectures 1, 2 and 3, together with appendices; relation of troops with tribesmen, Khassadars; diagram of communications of Waziristan force; post stores; duties of a permanent piquet commander; duties of the commander of a group of piquets; and medical arrangements for a moveable column of 1 brigade; note by Ismay on EDG's note on Waziristan and précis of lectures 1, 2 and 3. Printed, duplicate and manuscript, 19pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/28]
1922
Note by HFEM, senior division Staff College Quetta, India on exercise 'B' (supply) and strategy dependent on feeding of armies. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/29]
1922 Feb 27
Note by Ismay, 21/23 Cavalry Frontier Force, on exercise 'B' and supplies in World War One with comments by HFEM. Manuscript 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/30]
1922 Mar 6, 8
Note by JMRH, senior division Staff College Quetta, India with a précis of lecture on marches. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/31]
[1922]
Note by Ismay on JMRH's précis of lecture on marching (3/2/30). Manuscript 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/32]
1922 Mar 10
Note by JMRH, senior division Staff College Quetta, India with précis of lecture on reconnaissance. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/33]
[1922]
Note by Ismay on JMRH's précis of lecture on reconnaissance (3/2/32). Initialled typescript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/34]
1922 Mar 13
Note by JMRH, senior division Staff College Quetta, with précis of lecture 1 on protection; note by Ismay on the same subject; sketch map referring to French FM Ferdinand Foch on the Battle of Nachod, Jun 1866 Austro-Prussian (seven weeks) war); note by Ismay from an article in the Journal of United States Institution, 1919 May on the lessons of Nery; three sketch maps illustrating the lessons of Nery; sketch map by Ismay of Garko 1877 (Russo-Turkish war). Duplicated and typescript, 7pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/35]
1922 Mar 18
Note by JMRH, senior division Staff College Quetta, India with précis of lecture 2 on protection; note by Ismay on the same subject. Duplicated and typescript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/36]
1922
Note by JMRH, senior division Staff College Quetta, India with précis of lecture 3 on protection (outposts); diagram, on subject of protection (outposts), of Montdidier Noyon battle, France 9-12 Jun 1918; notes by Ismay on the same subject; printed notes on tactics. Duplicated and typescript, 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/37]
1922 Mar 30
Note by JMRH, senior division Staff College Quetta, India for lecture 4 on protection. Annotated by Ismay . Duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/38]
1922
Note by JMRH, senior division Staff College Quetta, India on exercise 'I' regarding protection, advanced guard and vanguard; notes by Ismay on exercise 'I' with notes by JMRH. Duplicated and manuscript 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/39]
1922 Aug 4
Note by JMRH, senior division Staff College Quetta, India with précis of lecture on battle; notes by Ismay on précis. Duplicated and manuscript 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/40]
1922 Jul 22
Note by Ismay of a lecture by Maj Gen Sir Louis Vaughan, Commandant Staff College Quetta, India on strategy and tactics in France 1915-1917, and how to overcome the stopping power of the machine gun. Typescript 4 pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/41]
1922 Aug 12, 19
Note by Ismay of a lecture by Maj Gen Sir Louis Vaughan, Commandant Staff College Quetta, on defence. Initialled by Ismay, typescript 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/42]
1922 Aug 10
Note by WGC on tactical discussion number 3 and outposts 8 Aug 1922. Printed 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/43]
1922 Nov 4
Note by Ismay of a lecture by Maj Gen Sir Louis Vaughan, Commandant Staff College Quetta, India on policy and strategy. Typescript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/44]
1922 Oct 1
Note by WPB, Staff College Quetta, India on German FM Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke's projects for campaign of 1866 (Austro-Prussian Seven Weeks War). Printed 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/45]
1922 Jul 6
Note by WGC, Staff College Quetta, India on military strategy and history. Annotated by Ismay, duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/46]
[1922]
Note by Ismay on military strategy and history. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/47]
1922 Jul 8
Note by WGC, Staff College Quetta, India on 'Military history and strategy no. 2 - the object of war'. Duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/48]
[1922]
Note by Ismay on 'Military history and strategy no. 2 -The object of war'. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/49]
1922 Jul 11
Note by WGC, Staff College Quetta, India on 'Military history and strategy no. 3(A) - Offensive and defensive strategy'. Duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/50]
[1922]
Note by Ismay on 'Military history and strategy no. 3(A) - offensive and defensive strategy'. Manuscript 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/51]
1922 Jul 12
Note by WGC, Staff College Quetta, India on 'Military history and strategy no. 4 - the objective'. Duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/52]
[1922]
Note by Ismay on 'Military history and strategy no. 4 - the objective'. Manuscript 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/53]
1922 Oct 23
Note by WGC, Staff College Quetta, India on 'Military history and strategy no. 5 - detachments', with summary of events 30 Apr 1862 - 12 Jun during the American Civil War. Duplicated 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/54]
1922 Nov 13
Note by WGC, Staff College Quetta, India on 'Military history and strategy no.6 - surprise'; plan illustrating march of Napoleon to the Danube 1805, prior to the battle of Ulm; note by Ismay on 'Military history and strategy no.6 - surprise'. Duplicated 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/55]
1922 Nov 17
Note by WGC, Staff College Quetta, India on 'Military history and strategy no.7 - interior and exterior lines of operation'; sketch map of Napoleon's campaign against Austrians and Sardinians 1796 Mar 27 - Apr 28; sketch map of Napoleon's Italian campaign 1796-1797; sketch map of Napoleon's campaign against Austrians and Sardinians showing situation as at 1796 Apr 15. Annotated by Ismay. Duplicated 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/56]
1922 Nov 22
Note by WGC, Staff College Quetta, on 'Military history and strategy no. 8 - recent developments and their effect on strategy'. Duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/57]
[1922]
Note by Ismay on 'Military history and strategy no. 8 - recent developments and their effect on strategy'. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/58]
1922 Oct 26, 30
Note by AJMcC for two lectures on military geography and its relations to imperial strategy. Annotated by Ismay. Duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/59]
[1922]
Note by Ismay on military geography and its relations to imperial strategy relating to 3/2/58. Manuscript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/60]
1924 May 7
Note by AVM Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, RAF Staff College, Andover, Hampshire on the nature of war. Duplicated 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/61]
[1924]
Note by AVM Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, RAF Staff College, Andover, Hampshire on national wars. Duplicated 10pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/62]
1922
Papers relating to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 consisting of note by AJMcC on lecture no.1 '1815'; general map of campaign of 1815 showing approximate situation in Jun 1815; note of order of battle for Waterloo and composition of Anglo-Dutch and French armies; note produced by Staff College Quetta, India on the order of battle to be issued with lecture; note by Ismay on 1815. Printed 8pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/63]
1922 Mar 4
Papers relating to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 consisting of note by AJMcC on lecture no. 2 '1815'; note by AJMcC on Waterloo with synopsis of orders for moves preparatory to battle; Note by Ismay lecture no. 2. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/64]
1922 Mar 17
Papers relating to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 consisting of note by AJMcC on '1815' lecture no.3, events of 16 Jun, Quatre Bras, Ney, France; note showing position of Anglo-Dutch forces 1815 Jun 15-17 with table of units and positions; note detailing battlefields of Ligny and Quatre Bras. Printed 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/65]
1922 Mar 23
Papers relating to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 consisting of note by AJMcC on lecture no. 4 '1815', Battle of Ligny, France, 16 Jun; note by Ismay on lecture no. 4. Printed and typescript, 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/66]
1922
Papers relating to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 consisting of note by AJMcC on lecture no.5, '1815' the events of Jun 17-18, the lead up to and the Battle of Waterloo 1815; note detailing position of armies in front of Waterloo. Printed 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/67]
1922 Mar 30
Papers relating to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 consisting of note by AJMcC on lecture no. 6, '1815' relating to the conclusion of the battle, 18 Jun; note by Ismay on lectures 5 and 6. Printed and typescript, 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/68]
1922 Mar 4
Papers relating to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815 consisting of note by AJMcC for exercise 'D' based on orders dated 2 May 1815 by Lt Gen von Ziethen, commanding 1 Prussian Corps, Charleroi; note by Ismay on exercise; note by Ismay on exercise with comments by Maj Gen Sir Louis Vaughan, Commandant Staff College Quetta, India including map showing suggested dispositions of 2 Bde. Printed, typescript and manuscript, 7pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/69]
1922 Aug 12
Papers relating to the western front, World War One consisting of note by JMRH, précis of lecture 1 on the Western Front, events leading up to allied military situation at outbreak of war; note by Ismay on lecture 1 on the Western Front; note by JMRH, précis of lecture 2 on the Western Front and French and German pre-war plans; note by Ismay on lecture 2. Duplicated, manuscript, typescript, 9pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/70]
1922
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One, World War One consisting of note by JMRH, précis of lecture on the Western Front, the outbreak of hostilities; note by Ismay on lecture. Duplicated and typescript, 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/71]
1922 Aug 24
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by JMRH, précis of lecture, 'The Western Front, the Battle of the Sambre 21-25 Aug 1914'; note by Ismay on the same subject. Duplicated and typescript, 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/72]
1922
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by JMRH on 'The Western Front, the retreat continued, the Battles of Le Cateau and Guise, France 25-30 Aug 1914'. Duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/73]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by Ismay on 'The Western Front, the retreat continued, the Battles of Le Cateau and Guise, France 25-30 Aug 1914'. Typescript 1 p
[ISMAY: 3/2/74]
1922 Aug 29/30
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by JMRH, précis of lecture no. 8, covering the Western Front, the Battle of the Marne, France 6-9 Sep 1914. Annotated by Ismay, duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/75]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by Ismay on lecture no. 8 covering the Western Front and the Battle of the Marne, France 6-9 Sep 1914. Typescript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/76]
1922
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by JMRH on lecture no. 8. 'The Western Front and the "race to the sea"'. Duplicated 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/77]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by Ismay on lecture no. 9 on 'The Western Front and the "race to the sea"'. Typescript 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/78]
1922 Aug 12
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note (Appendix 1) detailing normal French organisation in Aug 1914. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/79]
1922 Aug 12
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note (Appendix 2) detailing normal German organisation in Aug 1914. Printed 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/80]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note (Appendix 3) detailing orders of battle of allied forces at the outbreak of war, Aug 1914. Printed 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/81]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note (Appendix 4) detailing strategical conduct of the war by Germany and order of battle of German armies, Aug 1914. Printed 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/82]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note (Appendix 5) detailing French order of battle on 20 Aug 1914. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/83]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note (Appendix 6) detailing Battle of the Marne, France 6-9 Sep 1914, French and British order of battle 6 Sep 1914. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/84]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note (Appendix 7) detailing Battle of the Marne, France 6-9 Sep 1914, German order of battle 6 Sep 1914. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/85]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note (Appendix 8) detailing increase of British forces in France 1914-1918. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/86]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note (Appendix 9) listing books from which material had been obtained for lectures. Duplicated 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/87]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 1 showing concentration areas for British Expeditionary Force (BEF) reconnoitred before outbreak of war. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/88]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 2, showing disposition of the French fortified regions. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/89]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 3, showing concentration areas of opposing forces. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/90]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 4, showing the advance of the 1 German Army. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/91]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 5, showing the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from Mons, Belgium. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/92]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 6, showing the German advance to the River Marne, France. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/93]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 7, showing the battle of the Marne, France 6-9 Sep 1914, illustrating French battle plan. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/94]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 7a, showing Marins de St Gond, France. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/95]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 8, showing plan for autumn campaign, 1915. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/96]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 9, showing FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig's initial plan for the Battle of the Somme, France Jun - Sep 1916. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/97]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 10, diagram illustrating French Gen Robert Nivelle's directive for offensive in 1917. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/98]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 11, showing FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig's plan for Arras offensive, France Apr 1917. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/99]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 12, showing plan for third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), Belgium Jul- Nov 1917. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/100]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 13, illustrating plan for Battle of Cambrai, France Nov-Dec 1917. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/101]
[1922]
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of map of Western Front no. 14, illustrating the battles during Aug - Nov 1918 Aug and showing the areas of withdrawal and areas captured by British and allied armies. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/2/102]
1922 Aug 18
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by JMRH on exercise 'M' regarding soundness of French pre-war plan for concentration of troops and initial operations in the event of war with Germany; note by Ismay, 11 Cavalry Frontier Force Quetta, India on exercise 'M' and with comments by JMRH; . Duplicated and typescript, 5pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/103]
1922 Aug 23
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by JMRH on exercise 'N' regarding the Western front and OHL orders of 9 Sep 1914 by German Lt Col Hentsch to German Gen von Kluck commanding 1 German Army; note by Ismay on exercise 'N' with comments by JMRH; note by Ismay with sketch map showing situation on 9 Sep 1914. Printed and typescript, 6pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/104]
1922 Jun 12
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by AJMcC on exercise 'A', regarding cavalry and the advocacy of abolition of 'arme blanche' for cavalry after South African war and of cavalry after World War One; note by Ismay on exercise 'A' regarding cavalry, with notes on subsequent conference. Duplicated and typescript, 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/105]
1922 Jul 6
Papers relating to the Western Front, World War One consisting of note by AJMcC on tactical handling of cavalry; note by Ismay on the same subject. Duplicated and manuscript, 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/106]
1924 Oct 22
Papers relating to Morocco for use at Staff College consisting of note by BCTP on Morocco; note on military operations in Morocco; note on transport of wounded by aeroplane and translation of paper 'L'aviation sanitaire' by French Lt Col Cheutin, commanding air service Morocco; Note on aviation in Morocco. Duplicated 17pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/107]
1922 Oct 23
Papers relating to Palestine, Mesopotamia consisting of note by GCW, Staff College Quetta, India on indoor exercise 'D', regarding whether the decision for Maj Gen Townshend to remain at Kut-el-Amara (Kut), Mesopotamia was the right one in the circumstances of 2-6 Dec 1915 (the advance of the Turks and his exhausted infantry); paper by Ismay on exercise 'D' with comments by GCW; sketch map by Ismay showing situation Dec 1915 at Kut. Duplicated, typescript and manuscript, 8pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/108]
1922 Nov 13
Papers relating to Palestine, Mesopotamia consisting of note by GCW, Staff College Quetta, India on indoor exercise paper, Egyptian and Palestine campaigns; note by Ismay on discussion 1(a) regarding suitability of cavalry for engagement of the enemy on withdrawal, and pursuit, as instanced in Egypt and Palestine campaigns up to 31 Dec 1927 and on Suez canal, Beersheba-Gaza and Senussi operations; discussion 1(b) regarding how to frame orders for same purpose; discussion 2 regarding reconnaissance, Sinai, Maghdaba, Wadi Guzee, Beersheba and El Mughar; discussion 3 regarding economy of strength and wakening of enemy, Suez, Senussi, Hedjaz and Yilderim group, including comments by GCW. With note on Turkish and Egyptian lines of communication Jan 1915 from Konia to Sollum and Siwa; note on Turkish attack on Suez Canal 2 Feb 1915; note on Battle of Romani 4 Aug 1916; sketch map illustrating value of reconnaissance at El Mughar 13 Nov 1917. Duplicated, typescript, printed and manuscript, 12pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/109]
1922 Jul 1- Oct 22
Papers relating to Palestine, Mesopotamia consisting of note by Maj Gen Sir Louis Vaughan, Commandant Staff College Quetta, India for memoir on lessons on 1815, 1878-1880 (Afghanistan and North West Frontier) as applied to 1914-1919 experience in France, Palestine, Mesopotamia and North West Frontier, with special reference to possible future war in Middle East with combined European and Asiatic armies; memoir by Ismay on lessons on 1815 and 1878-1880 as applied to 1914-1919 with comments by Col H F E McMahon and Maj Gen Sir Louis Vaughan, Commandant Staff College Quetta, India. Printed and manuscript in bound volume 94 pp
[ISMAY: 3/2/110]
[1922]
Scrap book compiled by Ismay, Staff College Quetta, India covering the Battle of Sadowa (Konniggratz) 3 Jul 1866; ethical training; campaign in Thrace 1912; miscellaneous thoughts on war; geography; Western Front, World War One; North West Frontier of India with Afghanistan; Persia and Russia; Middle East; military history; American Civil War; the Battle of Sedan, France, 1 Sep 1870; notes from Sir Frederick Barton Maurice's Forty Days in 1914 (Constable & Co.: London, 1920); notes from Shelley, on wars and imperialism, 1688-1815; notes on India, notes from new field service regulations; savage warfare; organisation of Indian army into commands and districts and reorganisation of Indian army under FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome; notes from Alfred Thayer Mahan's Influence of sea-power on history 1660-1783 (Sampson Low and Co. London 1890); new constitution of India; small wars; air defence. Manuscript bound volume 93pp
[ISMAY: 3/3] Papers relating
to the General Strike, 4-12 May 1926
[ISMAY: 3/3/1-5]
1926 May 6-7, 11-13
Editions of the British Gazette Nos. 2-3, 6-8, covering the General Strike, May 1926 (HMSO, London). Printed 5 issues
[ISMAY: 3/3/6-8]
1926 May 6, 11, 14
Editions the Daily Mail covering the General Strike, May 1926. Printed 3 issues
[ISMAY: 3/3/9-11]
1926 May 11-13
Page and editions of The Times covering the General Strike, May 1926, first issue one page only (including notice of George Bruce, Ismay family wedding). Printed 3 issues
[ISMAY: 3/3/12]
1926 May 8
Edition of the Daily Graphic, strike emergency edition. Printed 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/3/13]
1926 May 8
Edition of the Daily Telegraph, strike emergency edition. Printed 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/3/14]
1926 May 11
Edition of the Daily Express, strike emergency edition. Printed 1p
[ISMAY: 3/3/15]
1926 May 14
Edition of The Star, strike emergency edition. Printed 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/4] Papers relating
to defence, including lectures, speeches, reports
and correspondence, 1936-1963
[ISMAY: 3/4/1]
1936 Mar 3
Statement relating to defence presented to Parliament, Cmd 5107 (HMSO, London, 1936). Printed 19pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/2]
1937 Feb 16
Statement relating to defence expenditure presented to Parliament, Cmd 5374 (HMSO, London, 1937). Printed 11pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/3]
[1935-1936]
Lecture by Ismay to the Royal United Service Institute on the organisation and functions of the Committee of Imperial Defence (possibly written by Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey of The Chart, between 1926-1930 when Ismay was in the Committee of Imperial Defence Secretariat). Typescript 25pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/4]
1942 May 5
Extract from Hansard House of Lords Vol 122 No 47 (Cols 822-996) including a report of a motion on the organisation of joint planning. Printed 32pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/5]
1942 May 19
Extract from Hansard House of Commons Vol 38 No 67 (Cols 1-204) including a debate (continued at 3/4/6) on the war situation, on the Chiefs of Staff structure and on Ismay's position. Printed 102pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/6]
1942 May 20
Extract from Hansard House of Commons Vol 38 No 67 (Cols 205-338) continuation of a debate (3/4/5) on the war situation, on the Chiefs of Staff structure and on Ismay's position. Printed 64pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/7]
[1942]
A history of the Committee of Imperial Defence 1902-1914, with list of records, (Public Record Office, London, [1942]). Duplicated 32 pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/8]
1939 May
Lecture by Ismay, Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, on 11 Jan 1939 to the Royal United Service Institute on the machinery of the Committee, a reprint from the Royal United Service Institute Journal. Printed 16pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/9]
1945 Sep 29- Oct 8
Letter from Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, HM Ambassador to the USA, to Rt Hon Clement Richard Attlee, Prime Minister requesting leave for Ismay to speak to the Foreign Policy Association New York on 20 Oct and telegram reply from the Prime Minister to Halifax; letter from Acting Maj Gen Leslie Chasemore Hollis, Senior Assistant Secretary in office of the War Cabinet, to Col King Salter requesting information on German records showing why Hitler did not invade Britain; note containing answers to questions regarding the decision to give assistance to USSR, the date of the beginning of the flow of machinery and munitions to Russia, the value of Russian convoys and losses; note on reasons why Hitler did not invade Britain, based on German documents and interrogation of prisoners; telegram from Hollis to Cornwall-Jones, British Joint Staff Mission Washington DC, USA, on difficulties about releasing information on why Hitler did not invade Britain; note containing answers to questions raised by Ismay on: the Battle of France, Jun 1940, Battle of Britain, Aug - Oct 1940 and how many troops, tanks and Home Guards were in England Aug-Sep 1940; note containing answer to question on whether the armoured division despatched to the Middle East in 1940 played a vital part in FM Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell's victories; note containing answers to questions on: the main reasons for sending an expeditionary force to Greece, how many troops were sent, date of attack, and Crete, delay on attack on Russia resultant, was appreciation ever made on what would have happened if Germans, instead of attacking Greece and Crete, had gone for Syria and Lebanon; telegram from Sir Edward Bridges, Secretary to the Cabinet, on the difficulties of releasing certain information and letter from Ismay to Bridges, in reply giving an outline of his speech; letter from Bridges to Ismay in reply to Ismay's. Typescript carbon 21pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/10]
1945 Oct 20
An address by Ismay to the Foreign Policy Association of New York, USA on World War Two and its aftermath; the Battle of Britain, Aug - Oct 1940; the decision not to withdraw RAF fighter squadrons from UK after the meeting of the British and French war leaders at Briare, France, 1940 when the French requested assistance to enable them to continue the war against Germany; Combined Chiefs of Staff organisation. Typescript 13pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/11]
1946
Lecture by Ismay to the Imperial Defence College on the machinery for military co-operation between allies, relations between soldiers and statesmen during World War Two and on Combined Chiefs of Staff. Typescript 14pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/12]
1949 Oct
Lecture by Ismay to the Imperial Defence College describing the growth of machinery for co-operation between services and between politics and strategy since 1904, including reflections of execution of plan for the Dardanelles campaign, 1915; Committee of Imperial Defence, first War Cabinet, Chiefs of Staff Committee; Minister for Co-operation of Defence; Joint Planning Committee; Minister of Defence; effect of bombing raids by V1 missiles and V2 rockets; his own role on Chief of Staff Committee. Typescript 18pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/13]
1950 Sep
Article by Ismay entitled 'United we stand' including reference to Anglo-American co-operation among Combined Chiefs of Staff and published in the National and English Review. Printed 3pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/14]
1951 Aug 16
Article by Ismay published in The Daily Telegraph on defence of the free world, relating to what he saw as a grave hiatus at the summit, an urgent plea for co-ordinated action, the need for freedom loving nations to unite and avert a third world war against the totalitarian states, inadequacy of regional pacts and pressing for a supreme council. Newspaper cutting
[ISMAY: 3/4/15]
1956 Nov
Lecture by Ismay to Imperial Defence College on co-ordination of political and military views on strategy; reflections on position in World War One, effect of independent air force on chiefs of staff; operations of war book; defence committee; defining jobs of soldier and statesman. Typescript 29pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/16]
1958 Jul
White paper Central Organisation for Defence, presented to Parliament by the Prime Minister, Cmnd 476 (HMSO, London, 1958). Printed 6pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/17]
1961
Article by Franklyn A Johnson, Jacksonville University on 'The British Committee of Imperial Defence, prototype of United States security organisations' from Journal of Politics (Southern Political Science Association and University of Florida, Gainesville) Vol 23. Printed 30pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/18]
1940 Apr 1
Notes by Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey of The Chart, on six months of war, 1939-1940 and 1914-1915. Typescript 14pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/19]
1941 Mar 3
Note by Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey of The Chart, Privy Council Office, on the second German war after eighteen months, an appreciation (refers to a previous appreciation dated 1940 Sep 3). Typescript carbon 7pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/20]
1943 Mar 3
Note by Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey of The Chart, on the second German war after three and a half years (an appreciation), summary of principal events 1942 Sep - 1943 Mar, with Appendix 1 a summary of principal events 3 Sep 1942 - 3 Mar 1943, and Appendix 2 on the second front in Europe, an examination of advantages and disadvantages of the countries in enemy occupation 3 Mar 1943 (refers to previous appreciations dated 3 Sep 1942, 3 Sep 1941 and 3 Mar 1942). Typescript carbon 39pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/21]
1948 May 13
Letter by Ismay to Richard Howard Stafford Crossman on the authorship of an article on defence in The Observer and on his general position on such articles on defence. Typescript carbon 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/22]
1948
Letter by Richard Howard Stafford Crossman in reply to Ismay and thanking him for his letter (3/4/21). Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/23]
1951 Oct 4
Letter from Adm Sir Charles Daniel, Imperial College, London to Ismay thanking him for his visit and lecture. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/24]
1948 Nov 1
Letter from Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey of The Chart, to the editor of The Times concerning the 10 year rule following publication of Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill's, vol. 1 The Gathering Storm (Cassell, London, 1948). Newspaper cutting
[ISMAY: 3/4/25]
1948 Nov 3
Letter from Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill to Ismay suggesting amendments to a letter from Ismay to the editor of The Times concerning the 10 year rule. Initialled typescript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/26]
1948 Nov 4
Covering letter from Ismay to Tyreman, Assistant Editor, The Times, and a letter to the editor on spreading responsibility for maintenance of the 10 year rule. Typescript carbon 4pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/27]
1948 Nov 5
Letter from Ismay to the editor, The Times, on spreading responsibility for maintenance of the 10 year rule. Newspaper cutting
[ISMAY: 3/4/28]
1948 Nov 9
Letter from Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey of The Chart, to the editor of The Times on the 10 year rule. Newspaper cutting
[ISMAY: 3/4/29]
1948 Nov 5
Letter from Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey of The Chart, to Ismay on the 10 year rule. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/30]
[1948]
Letter from Mary, Duchess of Buccleuch to Ismay with congratulations on his letter regarding the 10 year rule. Manuscript 2pp
[ISMAY: 3/4/31]
1948 Nov 5
Letter from ? Saunders, House of Commons, on the 10 year rule. Manuscript 2 pp