Catalogue description War Office: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War: Private Office Papers

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Reference: WO 159
Title: War Office: Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War: Private Office Papers
Description:

The papers in this series originated in the Private Office of Lord Kitchener as Secretary of State for War from 5th August, 1914 until his death on 5th June, 1916.

The papers were put together by his private secretary at that time, Mr. H. J. Creedy (later Sir Herbert Creedy, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War) and have been known as the "Creedy Papers".

Date: 1914-1916
Separated material:

Some official papers dating from Lord Kitchener's period of office as Secretary of State are in PRO 30/57

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, 1850-1916

Physical description: 23 file(s)

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