Wednesday, May 26, 1915
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Londonⓘ
HIS DAYLondon. Coalition Government composition published
Franceⓘ
HER DAYNursing.
Official Register
1915-05-26Top News
Daily Edition
English poet Julian Grenfell died from wounds sustained in France.
Cabinet Council
NO SESSION
No Minutes
Parliament
RECESS
Adjourned
Witness Observations
Lord Riddell
"L. G. asked me to see him. I had tea with him and McKenna. L. G. said, 'We have had a stormy meeting. It was a question of the definition of the duties of the new Munitions Department.'"
Cynthia Asquith
"Got home to Cadogan Square at about tea time... Papa... brought the horrid news that Julian is dying. ... We were only five for dinner—us three and Whibley and Lord Hugh Cecil."