Sir Lancelot Storr (18 January 18747 August 1944) was a British Army officer and an assistant war cabinet secretary during World War I. He served on the personal staff of Lord Kitchener at the War Office (1914-1916), and as a secretary on the

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(1916-1921). With Kitchener's help, Storr was transferred to the staff of Sir Maurice Hankey at the end of 1916, as part of the reforms promised by Prime Minister

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. Working on Hankey's staff, he served as assistant secretary to the British War Cabinet (1916), the Imperial War Cabinet (1917-1918), and the British Section of the Supreme War Council at Versailles (1917-1918) during World War I. Along with Hankey and assistant war cabinet secretary

Leo Amery Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, (22 November 1873 – 16 September 1955), also known as L. S. Amery, was a British Conservative Party politician and journalist. During his career, he was known for his interest in military preparedness, ...

, Storr is prominently featured in the Imperial War Cabinet photograph of 1917. He was knighted and retired from the Army in 1921.Who Was Who, 1941 - 1950, Vol IV
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* Amery, Leo
''My Political Life, Vol II, War and Peace 1914-1929''
London: Hutchinson, 1953 * Hankey, Maurice
''The Supreme Command, Volume Two''
London: Allen & Unwin, 1961
''Who Was Who, 1941-1950, Vol IV''
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1952

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