| RefNo | CMB/36 | 
| Level | SubFonds | 
| Title | War Committee of the Royal Society | 
| Date | November 1914 to May 1918 | 
| Description | 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
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| Extent | 1 volume | 
| Format | Typescript copy | 
| AccessStatus | Open | 
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates | 
| NA8188 | Crookes; Sir; William (1832 - 1919); chemist and science journalist | 1832 - 1919 |