by Nick Lloyd
N. Hind (Documents 15110)
A. Johnson (Documents 11080)
M. W. Littlewood (Documents 6993)
A. G. MacGregor (Documents 15177)
M. McIntyre Hood (Documents 7376)
F. W. Mellish (Documents 15758)
C. E. Moy (Documents 17166)
J. Nettleton (Documents 12332)
K. Page (Sound 717)
W. A. Rappolt (Documents 1933)
G. N. Rawlence (Documents 22753)
F. J. Rice (Documents 7197)
A. H. Roberts (Documents 7003)
S. Roberts (Documents 17248)
A. Sambrook (Documents 3215)
G. Skelton (Documents 13966)
F. A. Sclater (Documents 8214)
W. B. St Leger (Documents 20504)
E. V. Tanner (Documents 22718)
H. S. Taylor (Documents 4755)
J. S. Walthew (Documents 3980)
J. A. Whitehead (Documents 6618)
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War Office: Intelligence Summaries, First World War (WO 157)
War Office: Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig: Diaries (WO 256)
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War Cabinet and Cabinet: Memoranda (CAB 24)
War Cabinet and Cabinet: Miscellaneous Committees (CAB 27)
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