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(Untitled), 08 Apr 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/211
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Note from "G R G A" [Commodore George Gordon Allen] briefly commenting on despatches on "The Battle of the Java Sea" and "Actions against raiders" [CHAR 20/241/212 and CHAR 20/241/213]. [initialled manuscript; annotated by WSC's secretary ?Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford].

Dates: 08 Apr 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/212
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Proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Battle for the Java Sea, 27th February, 1942" reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Commodore [John] Collins, Commanding China Force (17 March 1942) and Captain H M L Waller, HMAS Perth (27 February 1942), with a later appendix by Captain [Oliver] Gordon (1 October 1945), and Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/213
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Proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Actions against Raiders" reprinting contemporary despatches and reports on the "destruction of enemy raider No. 16 by HMS Devonshire" (November 1941), "sinking of the German Supply Ship Python" (November 1941), and "action by HMIS Bengal and MV Ondina with two Japanese raiders" (November 1942), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jul [1947]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/216
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Comments by [Commodore George Gordon] Allen on [the proofs of the London Gazette supplement of] "The Battle of Sirte [Libya]" [for the supplement see CHAR 20/241/218-227]. [initialled].

Dates: 31 Jul [1947]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/218-227
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Battle of Sirte [Libya] of 22nd March, 1942", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Station (2 June), and Rear Admiral Philip Vian, Commanding Fifteenth Cruiser Squadron (31 March), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/228
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Comments by [Commodore George Gordon] Allen on [the proofs of the London Gazette supplement of] "The Attack on St Nazaire [France]" [for the supplement see CHAR 20/241/230-235]. [initialled].

Dates: 31 Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/230-235
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Attack on St Nazaire [France], 1942", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth [Devon] (13 April 1942) and Commander [Robert] Ryder, Senior Officer, 10th A/S Striking Force (1 April), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/236-241
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Dieppe [France] Raid", reprinting a contemporary despatch from Captain [John] Hughes-Hallett (30 August 1942), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/4-20
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Attack on the Tirpitz by midget submarines on 22nd September, 1943", reprinting contemporary and later despatches from Rear Admiral [Claud] Barry (8 November 1943 and 2 February 1944) and Rear Admiral [George] Creasy (26 July 1945), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/23-27
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in connection with the landings in the Gulf of Salerno [Italy] on 9th September, 1943", reprinting a despatch from Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (8 March 1945), with later Admiralty foreword and footnotes, and an appendix on planning the operation. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/32-40
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Naval Operations in the Aegean between the 7th September, 1943, and 28th November, 1943" reprinting a contemporary despatch from Vice-Admiral Sir Algernon Willis, Commander-in-Chief, Levant [Syria and Lebanon] (27 December 1943), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary, and his literary assistant Denis Kelly].

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/41-56
Scope and Contents Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Coastal Force Actions" reprinting contemporary despatches from Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, Commander-in-Chief, Levant [Syria and Lebanon] (13 March 1943), Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Whippel, Flag Officer Commanding, Dover [Kent] (12 October 1943), Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Tovey, Commander-in-Chief, the Nore (18 November 1943), and Admiral Sir John Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (9 December 1944), with...
Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/57-64
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Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Sinking of the German Battle-Cruiser Scharnhorst on the 26th December, 1943" reprinting a contemporary despatch from Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet (28 January 1944), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary].

Dates: c 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/82-85
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Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Operations in Ramree Island [Burma, later Myanmar] Area, 19th January to 22nd February, 1945", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Power, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station (2 May 1945), Rear-Admiral L C S Martin, Flag Officer Force W (20 March), and Captain Eric Bush, Senior Officer Advanced Force W (22 February), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?WSC's secretary].

Dates: c 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/90-115
Scope and Contents Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Contribution of the British Pacific Fleet to the Assault on Okinawa, 1945", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet (7 June and 10 July 1945), Vice-Admiral [Bernard] Rawlings, Second in Command British Pacific Fleet (9 May and 6 June), and Rear Admiral Philip Vian, Flag Officer Commanding, 1st Aircraft Cruiser Squadron (26 April), with later...
Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/242/116-124
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Final Stages of the Naval War in North-West Europe", reprinting contemporary despatches and reports from Admiral Sir Harold Burrough, Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief, Expeditionary Force (4 December and 13 July 1945), with later Admiralty footnotes. [annotated by ?Kathleen Hill, WSC's secretary, and his literary assistant Denis Kelly].

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/232/33
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Cabinet memorandum by Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] on man-power in the second half of 1945, including as an appendix a memorandum by the Minister of Labour and National Service [R A Butler].

Dates: 29 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/232/37
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War Cabinet memorandum by the First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] marked "Top Secret" on the navy's manpower requirements for 1 June to 31 December 1945.

Dates: 16 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/91
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Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC suggesting a minute to General [Sir Hastings] Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence] on a Captain Davis RN of the Projectile Development Establishment proceeding to the Grand Fleet. [Copy; given running numbers 214 and 215].

Dates: 20 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/251/14-30
Scope and Contents Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "The Capture of Diego Suarez [Madagascar]" (Operation "Ironclad", May 1942) reprinting a contemporary despatch by Rear-Admiral [Neville] Syfret, Flag Officer Commanding, Force F (16 June 1942), including reports by Captain [Robert] Oliver, HMS Devonshire (13 May 1942), Captain [Reginald] Hutton, HMS Laforey, 19th Destroyer Flotilla (8 May 1942), and Captain G A Garnons-Williams, HMS Keren, Senior Naval Officer, Landing (15 May...
Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/251/31-42
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Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "The Capture of Diego Suarez [Madagascar]" (Operation "Ironclad", May 1942) reprinting a contemporary despatch by Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Sturges, General Officer Commanding 121 Force (15 June 1942). [annotated].

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/252A/6-14
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Operations in Eastern Theatre, based on India from March 1942 to December 31, 1942" reprinting a contemporary despatch by Field Marshal [1st] Lord Wavell, [then] Commander-in-Chief, India, dated 27 September 1943, covering Burma [later Myanmar], the defence of India, internal Indian matters, air matters and naval operations. [annotated; flagged "B"].

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1946]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/252A/15-29
Scope and Contents Long galley proofs of a despatch by Field Marshal [1st] Lord Wavell, [then] Commander-in-Chief, India, dated 27 June 1944, entitled "Operations in the India Command, covering period 1st January, 1943, to 20th June, 1943" including operations in Burma [later Myanmar] and air operations, with appendices of orders of battle, and communications from Major-General [Aubertin] Mallaby [then Director of Military Operations, GHQ India] (1 April 1943), Air Vice-Marshal [George] Baker, Senior Air Staff...
Dates: [1946]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/252B/62
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Report to the Combined Chiefs of Staff by the Supreme Allied Commander South-East Asia, 1943-1946, [1st Lord] Mountbatten of Burma [then Viceroy of India], dated 30 July 1947, with sections on strategy and operations, civil affairs in Burma [later Myanmar], post-Japanese surrender tasks, conclusions, and appendices, annexures, and a map tucked into the back flap. [flagged "C"] Manuscript dedication from Mountbatten to WSC on back of front cover.

Dates: 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/257/21-22
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC [in North America] to Deputy Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] and others concerned marked "From: Octagon" and "Gunfire No. 231" and "Personal and Top Secret" referring to "Cordite 159" and commenting on arrangements for the release of service personnel, drawing particular attention to the problem of men serving in the Far East and their probability of reemployment in the labour market, and the imprecise nature of the benefits to be given to personnel not serving in the...
Dates: 17 Sep 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open