HC Deb 27 April 1915 vol 71 c560
47. Commander BELLAIRS

asked the Prime Minister who is the historian of the Defence Committee provided for in Class II., Vote I), of the Civil Service Estimates. 1915–16, for whose Department, dealing with the history of the European War, £2,085 is provided; and whether the work will be of a public or a strictly confidential character?

The PRIME MINISTER

Major E. Y. Daniel, who is working in co-operation with Mr. Julian Corbett and Captain C. T. Atkinson. These gentlemen are engaged in collecting and collating material for the ultimate compilation of a history of the War, but it has not yet been decided whether the history will be of a public or confidential character.