Saturday, May 29, 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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H.H. Asquith
Sutton Courtenayⓘ
HIS DAYSpending the weekend at his country home (The Wharf). Preparing for his visit to the British Expeditionary Force in France (General Headquarters at St Omer) to deal with the friction between Lord Kitchener and Sir John French. Likely traveled from London to The Wharf earlier in the day (he departed The Wharf the following afternoon, Sunday May 30, to travel to London and then cross the Channel)
Venetia Stanley
Franceⓘ
HER DAYI spent the afternoon with Frances. Wrote to Edwin Montagu

Official Register

1915-05-29

Top News

Daily Edition

British ocean liner Merion was torpedoed in the Mediterranean.. British cruiser HMS Champion was launched in Tyneside.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

RECESS
Adjourned

Witness Observations

Lord Riddell
Lord Riddell

"Drove L. G. to Walton, played golf with him... L. G. told me it would be some time before the new organisation could become effective..."

Venetia Stanley
Venetia Stanley

"How I curse you! If only you knew what life is like here... I spent the afternoon with Frances who talked a lot about my plans... You are now happily at dinner at the Wharf..."

Maurice Hankey
Maurice Hankey

"Spent three and a half hours with Kitchener this morning, in which he was priming me on the line he wished the Prime Minister to take..."

Cynthia Asquith
Cynthia Asquith

"Rained and blew. I went down to the dock—it was very wet and cold. ... At the magic moment I pulled the lever and the ship shivered into life..."