War Committee of the Royal Society Committee appointed by the Royal Society to administer the various subject-specific Sub-Committees, particularly Chemistry, Physics and Engineering. Discharged in 1915 when the Royal Society Council took on this administrative role, and subsequently reappointed and reorganised 6 April 1916 Members of War Executive in October 1917 listed on inside front comer; Sir J J Thomson, President RS; Sir A B Kempe, Treaurer RS; Profesor Schuster, Secretary RS; W B Hardy, Secretary RS; Professor W Herdman, Foreigh Secretary RS; Professor J G Adami, FRS; Sir Dugald Clerk, FRS; Dr H J H Fenton, FRS; Professor P F Frankland, FRs; Professor E H Starling, FRS; Sir Richard Threlfall, FRS November 1914 to May 1918