Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. BRITISH WAR REVIEWS [WORLD WAR I]

Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910

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Edward VII (born Albert Edward, 9 November 1841, London, United Kingdom,-d. 6 May 1910, London, United Kingdom) was the the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He hoped to pursue a career in the British Army, but his mother vetoed an active military career. He married Alexandra of Denmark in 1863. During Queen Victoria's widowhood, Edward pioneered the idea of royal public appearances as they are understood today; he was regarded worldwide as an arbiter of men's fash...

Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928

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British field-marshal. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Boswells, Scotland, to an unidentified "Sir George", 1927 July 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503788 ...

George V King of Great Britain 1865-1936

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King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1910 to 1936. From the description of Letter, 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435422 George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) was king of the United Kingdom from 1910-1936, the second son of Prince Albert Edward, later King Edward VII. From the description of George V letter, 1918. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 272397357 Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York became Ki...

Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, Viscount, 1861-1936

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British soldier and adminstrator of Palestine in 1918 and 1919. From the description of Edmund Allenby correspondence, 1919-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 586096409 1884-1885 served in the Inniskilling Dragoons, Bechuanaland Expedition; 1889-1893 Adjutant, Inniskilling Dragoons; 1899-1902 served in South Africa; 1902-1905 commanded 5th Royal Irish Lancers; 1910-1914 Inspector-General of Cavalry; 1914 in command of Cavalry; 1915 in command of Fifth Army Cor...

Mary, Queen, consort of George V, King of Great Britain, 1867-1953

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Accession date: 1910 Places: England Title: Queen Consort of King George V British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0003cf ...

Beatty, David Beatty, Earl, 1871-1936

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Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, (17 January 1871 - 11 March 1936) was an admiral in the Royal Navy. He commanded the British battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Later in the war he was Commander in Chief of the Grand Fleet, in which capacity he received the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of hostilities, and then in the 1920s he served a lengthy term as First Sea Lord (head of the Royal Navy). From the description of Menu, November 11, 1921....

Foch, Ferdinand, 1851-1929

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Marshal of France, taught at the Ecole de Guerre, strategist at the battles of the Marne and Ypres during World War I and commander of the Alllied Armies in 1918. From the description of Letter, 1923. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416593 Marshall of France, and commander of the Allied forces at the end of World War I. From the description of Notes, 1919 Oct. 14-Nov. 19, to the Paris Peace Conference. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 13917422 Fr...

Sturdee, Doveton, 1959-1925

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Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929

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Médecin, Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) entra dans la carrière politique au lendemain de la journée révolutionnaire du 4 septembre 1870 et devint maire de Montmartre. Député radical en 1871, il siégea ensuite à l’extrême gauche de l’Assemblée (1876), où, après s’être opposé à la politique de Mac-Mahon, il contribua à provoquer la chute de plusieurs ministères (Gambetta, 1882 ; Jules Ferry, 1885). Après avoir soutenu la candidature de Boulanger au ministère de la Guerre, il dénonça ses prétention...

Pétain, Philippe, 1856-1951

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Marshal and chief of state of France. From the description of Philippe Pétain papers, 1944-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866964 French General of the First World War. From the description of Letter, 1918. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41418433 French minister of war, diplomat, and army officer. From the description of Address of Philippe Pétain, 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450037 ...