Sunday, May 23, 1915
Sunny
Correspondence (0)
Gap in Correspondence
No surviving record of correspondence for this date. The Archive continues through witness accounts and official records.
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Londonⓘ
HIS DAYMeeting with Venetia (farewell half-hour).. The Wharf
Londonⓘ
HER DAYMeeting with PM.
Official Register
1915-05-23Top News
Daily Edition
No specific UK news reported in sources.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Margot Asquith
"Sunday 23rd May 1915 Italy declared war on Germany."
Lord Riddell
"Called to see L. G. at Walton. ... He said, 'I have had a hell of a time. I have been fighting for three days to get the Cabinet formed.'"
Cynthia Asquith
"Sweltering hot day. Brighton is rather like the Inferno... I joined the children on the beach in the morning..."