Committee of Imperial Defence

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British governmental committee defence policy advisory body

The Committee of Imperial Defence was a high-level British governmental body established in the early 20th century to coordinate military and strategic policy across the armed services and the wider empire.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Secretariat of the Committee of Imperial Defence	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British governmental committee ⓘ defence policy advisory body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Empire ⓘ UK government ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom government
archivesAt	The National Archives, Kew ⓘ
chairperson	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
creator	Arthur Balfour ⓘ
dissolved	1940s ⓘ World War II era ⓘ
fieldOfWork	defence policy ⓘ military strategy ⓘ national security ⓘ
foundedBy	Arthur Balfour ⓘ
genre	strategic advisory body ⓘ
hasMember	Chief of the Imperial General Staff (acting, air representative) ⓘ surface form: Chief of the Imperial General Staff Dominion representatives ⓘ First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ First Sea Lord ⓘ Secretary of State for War ⓘ senior civil servants ⓘ senior military officers ⓘ
hasPart	Committee of Imperial Defence self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Secretariat of the Committee of Imperial Defence sub-committees on air defence ⓘ sub-committees on home defence ⓘ sub-committees on imperial communications ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
inception	1902 ⓘ
influenced	British Cabinet system of defence committees ⓘ creation of the Chiefs of Staff Committee ⓘ inter-war British defence policy ⓘ
location	10 Downing Street ⓘ Whitehall ⓘ
notableWork	coordination of naval and military strategy ⓘ development of inter-service war plans before 1914 ⓘ
operatingPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ inter-war period ⓘ
partOf	British constitutional system ⓘ
purpose	coordination of military and strategic policy ⓘ imperial defence coordination ⓘ inter-service defence planning ⓘ
replacedBy	British Chiefs of Staff Committee ⓘ surface form: Chiefs of Staff Committee Defence Committee of the Cabinet ⓘ
shortName	CID ⓘ
significantEvent	imperial defence conferences with Dominions ⓘ planning for World War I ⓘ pre-war war-gaming and contingency planning ⓘ
subordinateTo	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
usedLanguage	English ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee of Imperial Defence → hasPart → Committee of Imperial Defence self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretariat of the Committee of Imperial Defence

Cabinet Office → precededBy → Committee of Imperial Defence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretariat of the Committee of Imperial Defence

Secretary of State for War → wasMemberOf → Committee of Imperial Defence ⓘ