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Correspondence between Hamilton and Sir (Edward) Grimwood Mears, Secretary to the Dardanelles Commission, mainly relating to Hamilton's depositions of evidence to the Dardanelles Commission, and further information and clarifications requested by the Commission. Includes Hamilton's statement regarding supply of drafts and reinforcements, ammunition and equipment to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF), 6 Nov 1916; Hamilton's list of proposed witnesses to be called before the Commission, 22 Nov 1916; Hamilton's statement, 26 Jul 1917, regarding meetings of Administrative Staffs of General Headquarters, MEF, and 9 Corps MEF, prior to operations at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Aug 1915, and the circumstances of the abandonment of the proposed attack by 9 Corps on Kavak Tepe. 1 file, 80 letters
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The final decision to go ahead with the Dardanelles operation was taken at the War Council on January 28, 1915. Churchill was a strong advocate for the operation while Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson, and The First Sea Lord, Fisher were less so. The Dardanelles Commission felt later that the experts should have been more encouraged to make their views known to the politicians; “What actually happened was that the stress laid upon the unquestionable advantages which would accrue from success was so great that the disadvantages which would arise in the not improbable case of failure were insufficiently considered.”
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Correspondence between Hamilton and Lt Col Charles Merton Stephen, Army Ordnance Department, relating to information required for Hamilton's evidence to the Dardanelles Commission regarding artillery and ammunition landed at Suvla Bay and Anzac, Gallipoli, during Aug 1915. 1 file, 3 letters
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