letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.1987-04-35-449
Description
One of seven manuscript letters to Lt Gen Sir Gerald Ellison from Gen Sir Alexander John Godley, 2 Dec 1913-31 May 1931. Relating to FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener's desire to send Ellison to succeed Kirkpatrick as CGS in Australia, December 1913; suggesting that Charteris should be under Spens, November 1915; mainly personal letters of January 1923-May 1933, but mentioning the death of Rawlinson, Ellison's literary efforts and the trade union situation in May 1926. From a collection of 1020 papers relating to Lt Gen Sir Gerald Ellison, 1882-1961.