Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, 1931-1949

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1931 Jan 31-1932 May 23

Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, mainly relating to his nomination as President and his attendance at Scottish Legion functions. With report by the Co-operation Committee appointed by the National Executive Council of the Scottish Legion on amalgamation with the British Legion (England), 29 Mar 1930; souvenir itinerary for Scottish Legion Women's Section Edinburgh Area tour of Western Front battlefields, Jul 1931, with a preface by Hamilton. 1 file

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1932 May 24-1932 Nov 18

Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, mainly relating to Scottish Legion National Executive Council business and his attendance at Scottish Legion functions. With Hamilton's memorandum 'The preservation of the Legion', for circulation in Scotland, regarding the future survival and relevance of the British Legion; photograph of Hamilton at Scottish Legion annual conference, Dunfermline, Scotland, 18 Jun 1932. 1 file, 1 photograph

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1932 Nov 19-1933 Dec 16

Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, mainly relating to Scottish Legion National Executive Council business and his attendance at Scottish Legion functions. With Memorandum on the position of ex-service men under unemployment insurance and poor law submitted by the Scottish Legion to the Ministry of Labour, 14 Feb 1933; Report of the work of the [Scottish] Legion for 1931-1932. 1 file

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1934 Jan 4-1935 Oct 31

Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, mainly relating to Scottish Legion National Executive Council business and his attendance at Scottish Legion functions; the succession by David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, from George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington, as Chairman of the Scottish Legion; policy of the Scottish Legion towards Jewish members and in making friendly advances towards German ex-servicemen. 1 file

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1935 Nov 1-1937 Jul 29

Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, mainly relating to Scottish Legion National Executive Council business and his attendance at Scottish Legion functions; policy of the Scottish Legion towards international relations, Jewish members and in making friendly advances towards German ex-servicemen. With Pro Patria, the British Legion Scottish Journal, Oct 1936, containing Hamilton's tribute to Lt Col Alexander Stevenson Blair, late Treasurer of the Scottish Legion; photograph of Legion party at 1 Hyde Park Gardens, London, 27 Jun 1936. 1 file, 1 photograph

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1937 Aug 4-1938 Jan 21

Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, mainly relating to Scottish Legion National Executive Council business and his attendance at Scottish Legion functions. 1 file

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1938 Feb 14-1939 Feb 24

Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, mainly relating to Scottish Legion National Executive Council business and his attendance at Scottish Legion functions; Legion participation in the raising of National Defence Companies for home defence. With article on Hamilton's speech at the service of the Helensburgh British Legion, Scotland, The Helensburgh and Gareloch Times, 17 Aug 1938; copy correspondence between David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie, Chairman of the Scottish Legion, and Rt Hon (Arthur) Neville Chamberlain MP, Prime Minister, regarding the treatment by the Ministry of Pensions of ex-servicemen suffering ill health. 1 file

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1939 Mar 27-1943 Aug 23

Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, mainly relating to Scottish Legion National Executive Council business, fund raising, and his attendance at Scottish Legion functions; Legion participation in the raising of units of Local Defence Volunteers; policy towards compensation, pensions and resettlement of servicemen after discharge. 1 file

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1943 Sep 9-1949 Sep 10

Correspondence of Hamilton as President of the British Legion in Scotland, mainly relating to Scottish Legion National Executive Council business and his attendance at Scottish Legion functions; policy towards compensation, pensions and resettlement of servicemen after discharge. 1 file