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Found in 105 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 21 Aug 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/20/45-47
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Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the defence of trade. [Incomplete typescript, initialled by WSC].
Dates:
21 Aug 1913
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(Untitled), 24 Aug 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/20/50
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Letter from Admiral Sir Reginald Custance to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the defence of trade.
Dates:
24 Aug 1913
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(Untitled), 08 Sep 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/20/53-56
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Letter from [WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] sending a memorandum [not present] on British trade protection in time of war. [Carbon].
Dates:
08 Sep 1913
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/20/57-59
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Minute from [WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] on trade protection, particularly the policy of arming merchant steamers. [Carbon].
Dates:
01 Sep 1913
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(Untitled), 07 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/52/76-78
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Letter and memorandum from Stanley Bruce [High Commissioner for Australia in London] to WSC urging greater defence to maintain convoys to the Soviet Union.
Dates:
07 Jul 1942
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(Untitled), 20 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/150-163
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Letter from WSC to [Franklin Roosevelt] President of the United States, detailing secret military plans, reorganisation of command, and projected course of the war: Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] to attack Cyrenaica [Libya], then advance on Tripoli; invasion of Norway has been planned as a cover; reports of German preparation for invasion of Britain over North Sea; seeks introduction of American troops to Northern Ireland; command. structure between the...
Dates:
20 Oct 1942
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(Untitled), 31 Oct 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/182-186
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Letter from WSC to the President of the United States [Franklin Roosevelt] with major points of joint strategy: expansion of shipping convoys against U-boat attack; increase of food imports in 1943; more American troops to Britain; increasing bombing, night bombing and using aircraft against U-boats.
Dates:
31 Oct 1942
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(Untitled), Sep 1939-May 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/15/13
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Printed copies of telegrams and letters exchanged between "the Naval Person (WSC) and President (Franklin) Roosevelt": 11 Sept 1939 Letter from Roosevelt to WSC congratulating him on his return to the Admiralty. 5 Oct 1939 Telephone conversation summary of message from WSC to Roosevelt asking if the Iroquois off the west of Ireland has orders to search ships in those waters. 5 Oct 1940 WSC to Roosevelt agreeing to a neutral zone of 300 miles from the United States coast, stresses that if...
Dates:
Sep 1939-May 1940
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From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Official: Prime Minister
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Official: Prime Minister: copy of a letter from [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr, British Ambassador to the United States], War Cabinet papers by WSC, and printed telegrams and letters exchanged between WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt.
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(Untitled), 05 Jun 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/17/8-9
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Memorandum from [Admiral of the Fleet Sir] Dudley Pound [1st Sea Lord] setting out options for Operation Paul [mining of Scandinavian shipping channels to prevent ore being exported to Germany]: sixty modified Swordfish aircraft could carry out a bombing raid on Lulea [Sweden] from carriers situated in the vicinity of Bodo and Vest Fjord [both Norway]; however as at least a quarter of aircraft and possibly a carrier could be lost, an alternative would be to operate the aircraft from the...
Dates:
05 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 02 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/20/11
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Letter from WSC to the First Lord [of the Admiralty, A V Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] informing him that it is: "the duty of the naval authorities to carry out the approved policy of the transference of men from other shipbuilding and ship-repairing tasks to merchant ship repair work". [typescript copy].
Dates:
02 Apr 1941
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(Untitled), Mar 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/165-166
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Maclay [former Minister of Shipping] on his memorandum about the Ministry of Shipping, reassuring him that the Ministry and Admiralty are on far better terms than during the last war.
Dates:
Mar 1941
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(Untitled), 13 Oct 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22B/181-182
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Letter from WSC to Emanuel Shinwell agreeing that something should be done to reduce the size of convoys and the matter is under review by the First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander].
Dates:
13 Oct 1941
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1939 - 30 Sep 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/1
Scope and Contents
First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, September 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: various naval directors; the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound] and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; Prime Minister [Neville Chamberlain]; other senior officers and...
Dates:
04 Sep 1939 - 30 Sep 1939
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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1939 - 30 Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/3
Scope and Contents
First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, November 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; the Sea Lords, particularly [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser] and 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound]; various naval directors; Professor [F A] Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell] and Major...
Dates:
01 Nov 1939 - 30 Nov 1939
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/4
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First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, December 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser], 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound], and 4th Sea Lord [and Chief of Supplies and Transport, Vice-Admiral Guy Royle]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; Prime Minister [Neville Chamberlain]; [Permanent] Secretary...
Dates:
01 Dec 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
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(Untitled), 06 Sep 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/4/2-8
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Memorandum from WSC on "Publicity regarding destruction of or damage to enemy submarines, British warships and merchant vessels".
Dates:
06 Sep 1939
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(Untitled), Jan 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/6/1
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First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, January 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound], 2nd [Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, Admiral Sir Charles Little], and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; various naval...
Dates:
Jan 1940
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(Untitled), Feb 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/6/2
Scope and Contents
First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, February 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly 1st [Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound] and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; various naval directors; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; Sir James Lithgow [Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom...
Dates:
Feb 1940
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(Untitled), 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/25-81
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Page proofs for a supplement to the London Gazette entitled "Convoy and anti-submarine warfare reports" reprinting contemporary despatches on: the passage of convoys "HX 90" (December 1940), "HX 112" (March 1941), "HG 76" (December 1941), "SC 104" (October 1942), "ONS 5" (April to May 1943), "ONS 18 and ON 202" (September 1943), and "Anti-U-boat operations of second support group" (January-February 1944) and "Operations of 21st Escort Group" (March-April 1945); with later Admiralty forewords...
Dates:
1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Official: Prime Minister
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Official: Prime Minister: Naval Operations, 1940-45: proofs of contemporary despatches and reports, to be published as supplements to the London Gazette, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/163
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Note from "G R G A" [Commodore George Gordon Allen] to WSC commenting on the despatches concerning Mediterranean convoy operations to Malta, suggesting the most important operation was "Pedestal" in August 1942. [initialled; annotated by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly].
Dates:
14 Jun 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: Naval Operations, 1940-45: proofs of contemporary despatches and reports, to be published as supplements to the London Gazette, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), [1948]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/167-210
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Page proofs [for a supplement to the London Gazette] entitled "Mediterranean Convoy Operations", 1941 to 1942, reprinting contemporary despatches from Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (19 March 1941) on operation "Excess", Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville, Flag Officer Commanding Force H (4 August 1941) on operations "Substance" and (9 October 1941) "Halberd", Vice-Admiral Sir Alban Curteis, Senior Officer Force T, (24 June 1942) and Captain C C...
Dates:
[1948]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: Naval Operations, 1940-45: proofs of contemporary despatches and reports, to be published as supplements to the London Gazette, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 31 Jul [1947]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/216
Scope and Contents
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
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: Naval Operations, 1940-45: proofs of contemporary despatches and reports, to be published as supplements to the London Gazette, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/241/218-227
Scope and Contents
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
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: Naval Operations, 1940-45: proofs of contemporary despatches and reports, to be published as supplements to the London Gazette, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/47/3
Scope and Contents
Admiralty intercepted message, giving a German official communique declaring the waters around Great Britain and Ireland a war region, and warning that hostile merchant ships and possibly neutrals would be attacked.
Dates:
04 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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(Untitled), c 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/92/4
Scope and Contents
Note by [Lord Fisher, earlier Sir John Fisher] that if the recent return of British shipping losses is correct Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] [First Lord of the Admiralty] was right to reprimand Admiral Sir John Jellicoe [later Lord Jellicoe] for saying that the German submarine menace had been grappled with effectively.
Dates:
c 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.