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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 20 "United States Destroyers and West Indian Bases"., 23 Mar 1947 - 04 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/166
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 20 entitled "United States Destroyers and West Indian Bases", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly, [?] 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann], George [Gordon] Allen, CSC and Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow] and Elizabeth Gilliatt, WSC's secretaries.
Dates:
23 Mar 1947 - 04 Dec 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 22 "The Mediterranean Passage"., 18 Jul 1948 - 04 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/168
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 22 entitled "The Mediterranean Passage", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Denis Kelly, George [Gordon] Allen, [?] 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann] and CSC.Also includes: galley proofs from Chapter 22 provisionally intended to feature in Chapter 21 "Egypt and the Middle East", Chapter 23 "September Tensions", Appendix A "Minutes and Telegrams, May - December...
Dates:
18 Jul 1948 - 04 Dec 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 24 "Dakar"., 28 Aug 1940 - 13 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/170
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 24 entitled "Dakar" [Senegal], annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Denis Kelly, [?] Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, George [Gordon] Allen, Sir Edward Marsh, CSC and Elizabeth Gilliatt, WSC's secretary.Some source material is also present in the file including: copy of minute by General Sir John Dill, Vice-Chief of Imperial General Staff, on the French landing at...
Dates:
28 Aug 1940 - 13 Oct 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 27 "Mussolini Attacks Greece"., Nov 1940 - 04 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/173
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 27 entitled [Benito] "Mussolini Attacks Greece", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly, George [Gordon] Allen, CSC, Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], 1st Lord Ismay and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Some source material is also present in the file including: notes on the Greek campaign in Albania, 1940 - 1941; copy of a report by Air...
Dates:
Nov 1940 - 04 Dec 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 30 "Ocean Peril"., 02 Mar 1948 - 17 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/176
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 30 entitled "Ocean Peril" (provisionally entitled "The Air and the U-Boats" and "The End of the Year"), annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Denis Kelly, George [Gordon] Allen and CSC.Some source material is also present in the file, including: notes on the operational control of Coastal Command.Also includes: galley proofs from Volume 3, Chapter 3 "Blitz and Anti-Blitz....
Dates:
02 Mar 1948 - 17 Oct 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Comments by 1st Lord Ismay., 22 Feb 1948 - 30 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/194
Scope and Contents
Includes notes by 1st Lord Ismay [former Chief of Staff to WSC] on Volume 2, on subjects including: Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils"; Chapter 7 "Back to France"; WSC's meetings with Paul Reynaud, former Prime Minister of France, and the French High Command, in 1940; the War Cabinet Secretariat,...
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22 Feb 1948 - 30 Nov 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Comments by Sir Norman Brook., 28 Jan 1948 - 01 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/193
Scope and Contents
Includes notes by Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] on Volume 2, on subjects including: Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 10 "The Bordeaux Armistice"; Chapter 13 "At Bay" (provisionally entitled "Alone"); Chapter 16 "The...
Dates:
28 Jan 1948 - 01 Nov 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Corrections., 30 Apr 1904 - 04 Jun 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/199
Scope and Contents
Includes notes and correspondence on corrections to be made to Volume 2 of "The Second World War" from various individuals including: William Greer, Bishop of Manchester; George [Gordon] Allen (5); Denis Kelly (5); Paul Brooks [Editor-in-Chief], Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers (2); William Deakin on subjects including WSC's account of the surrender of Belgium (3); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (4); Arthur Hayward [Chief Editor], Cassell and Company Limited; Daniel Longwell...
Dates:
30 Apr 1904 - 04 Jun 1951
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Miscellanea., 18 Sep 1939 - 22 Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/201A-C
Scope and Contents
Includes various typescript and galley proofs from: the title pages, preface and contents table for Volume 2; Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils" (provisionally entitled "The Italian Campaign Against France"); Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 9 "The French Agony"; Chapter 12 "The Apparatus of Counter- Attack. 1940"; Chapter 13 "At...
Dates:
18 Sep 1939 - 22 Mar 1950
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Notes and comments by George [Gordon] Allen., 19 Feb 1948 - 09 Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/195
Scope and Contents
Includes notes and comments by George [Gordon] Allen on subjects including: the naval campaign against Italy, 1940; the views of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes [former Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet] on the use of the Home Fleet in case of invasion; naval operations in the Mediterranean, June - December 1940; naval operations at Dunkirk [France]; the naval attack on Dakar [Senegal]; the development of amphibious warfare; Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 7 "Back to...
Dates:
19 Feb 1948 - 09 Jan 1950
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Notes and comments by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall., 02 Mar 1941 - 16 Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/196A-C
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Includes notes and comments by Pownall on subjects including: factual and printing errors throughout Volume 2; the build-up to the German attack on the Soviet Union; the build-up to "Dynamo" [codename for the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk, France]; the British Expedition Force; the meeting between 6th Lord Gort [Commander-in-Chief of British Field Force, earlier John Vereker] and General Maxime Weygand [Commander-in-Chief, French Army], May 1940; British casualties; the defence of...
Dates:
02 Mar 1941 - 16 Jun 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": 'Superseded' proofs., 01 Mar 1948 - 27 Aug 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/186
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs from: Chapter 12 "The Apparatus of Counter-Attack. 1940"; Chapter 16 "The Battle of Britain"; Chapter 19 "The Wizard War"; Chapter 20 "United States Destroyers and West Indian Bases"; Chapter 21 "Egypt and the Middle East"; Chapter 23 "September Tensions"; Chapter 25 "Mr Eden's Mission" [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War]; Chapter 27 [Benito] "Mussolini Attacks Greece"; Chapter 28 "Lend-Lease"; Chapter 30 "Ocean Peril" (provisionally...
Dates:
01 Mar 1948 - 27 Aug 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Various material., 22 May 1940 - 15 Jan 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/198
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Includes: extracts from the Belgian press on the surrender of Belgium in 1940, with comments by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall; issue of the Air Ministry pamphlet "The Battle of Britain"; typescript draft of Chapter 16 "The Battle of Britain" annotated by WSC, Denis Kelly and [?] Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park [former Commander of No 11 Fighter Group]; supplements to the London Gazette on the Battle of Britain and the evacuation from Dunkirk [France], containing despatches from Air...
Dates:
22 May 1940 - 15 Jan 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance": Chapter 4 "The Mediterranean War"., 12 Feb 1941 - 06 Nov 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/206
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 4 entitled "The Mediterranean War" (provisionally entitled "Malta, the Navy and the Air" and "The Eden - Dill Mission" [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary, and Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Chief of Imperial General Staff]), annotated with notes and comments from various individuals including: WSC, Denis Kelly, Charles Wood, William Deakin, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Jay Gold, CSC, George [Gordon] Allen and Sir...
Dates:
12 Feb 1941 - 06 Nov 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance": Chapter 7 "The Battle of the Atlantic: The Western Approaches"., 31 Mar 1948 - 06 Nov 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/209A-C
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 7 entitled "The Battle of the Atlantic: The Western Approaches", annotated with notes and comments by various individuals including: WSC, Denis Kelly, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, William Deakin, Jay Gold, CSC, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Lieutenant- General Sir Henry Pownall and George [Gordon] Allen.Also includes: galley proofs of Chapter 8 "The Battle of the Atlantic: American Intervention"...
Dates:
31 Mar 1948 - 06 Nov 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance": Chapter 8 "The Battle of the Atlantic: American Intervention"., 02 Jul 1948 - 06 Nov 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/210
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 8 entitled "The Battle of the Atlantic: American Intervention" (provisionally entitled "The Battle of the Atlantic 1941: The Ocean"), annotated with notes and comments by various individuals including: WSC, Denis Kelly, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, William Deakin and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes: galley proofs of the contents table and title pages for Volume 3.
Dates:
02 Jul 1948 - 06 Nov 1949
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", notes and comments by [George] Gordon Allen., Apr 1948 - Aug 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/247
Scope and Contents
Includes notes by [George] Gordon Allen on his research for "The Second World War", Volume 3 mainly on naval subjects including: the sinkings of the 'Bismarck' and the 'Prince of Wales', torpedo bombing, the Mediterranean convoys, shipping losses and the desert war. Also includes covering letters from Allen and notes from Denis Kelly.
Dates:
Apr 1948 - Aug 1950
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Literary: various articles by WSC., May 1941 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/689
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from Liberty for: "U-Boat Menace" on the war on the Western Front during World War I, the Dardanelles [Turkey] campaign, the German U-boat campaign, and the role of the Royal Navy in defeating it; "Tank Tactics" on the development of the tank, its initial rejection, WSC's intervention, and its use in action at the Battles of the Somme and Cambrai [France]; "Our Friendship with America" on misunderstandings with the United States, a history of Anglo-American conflicts,...
Dates:
May 1941 - Dec 1941
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Literary: various correspondence., 16 Dec 1940 - 26 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/698
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Correspondents include: officials of the Ministry of Information (8); Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director], of MacMillan and Company, on managing those works by WSC where he holds the copyright (7).Also includes copy letters and notes from Brendan Bracken and officials of WSC's Private Office including John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] and Anthony Bevir [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to those mentioned above and...
Dates:
16 Dec 1940 - 26 Nov 1942
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Maritime Supremacy, 1955-01 - 1955-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCLN 2/3
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Drafts of a paper by Maclean giving an appreciation of the state of British marine engineering, with associated correspondence, comments from Maclean's colleagues and related articles.
Dates:
1955-01 - 1955-07
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Midshipman's Logs of D Calybut Downing
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DNNG
Scope and Contents
Naval logs and photographs
Dates:
1906-01 - 1908-08
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Churchill Archives Centre
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Miscellaneous speeches and articles, 1929-12 - 1947-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/12
Scope and Contents
Texts of speeches and articles by LSA on subjects including: the report of the Palestine Commission; colonial claims; the Geographical magazine; British agriculture in relation to the Dominions; sugar duties and Imperial Preference; the Import Duties Bill (1932); maintaining naval strength; the worldwide economic depression; Kingsley Fairbridge and the Empire Farm Schools; failures of the League of Nations; Magna Carta and political freedom in the modern era; Dutch policy in the East Indies...
Dates:
1929-12 - 1947-08
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The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"My family saga", 1955 - 1976
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GALN 2
Scope and Contents
Autobiographical account by George Allen written for his family covering his life and naval career, highlighting key events and turning points and analysing his response to them. Also includes details of people, colleagues and family members.
Subjects, issues and people covered include: childhood and education; his mother, Beatrice Allen (née Wilkinson, known as Betty) and her circumstances and career; joining the Royal Navy aged 12, naval traditions, reforms to the navy by [Sir...
Dates:
1955 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access:
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of George Allen
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Naval papers (including Singapore), 1922-10 - 1955-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/62
Scope and Contents
Admiralty and Cabinet papers, including: memoranda [? by LSA] on recent naval policy, and making use of Britain's reduced naval power, on the importance of Singapore and on the cruiser position; memorandum by Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet, on a proposed naval base at Singapore; Admiralty memorandum on Empire naval policy and co-operation; memorandum and statement by LSA on the navy estimates, 1923-24; Admiralty memorandum on relative naval strengths and the One Power Standard;...
Dates:
1922-10 - 1955-08
Conditions Governing Access:
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The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Navy Estimates", 18 Mar 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/42/1-22
Scope and Contents
Typescript speaking notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: naval armaments; detailed explanation of the naval estimates and predictions; increase of German naval power; the importance of maintaining the fleet at the minimum level "consistent with full security"; plans for construction of ships which will be modified to follow German naval construction; docks; oil; aviation and shipbuilding capacity; the importance of a strong fleet to Great Britain; plans for the...
Dates:
18 Mar 1912
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