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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Book 2 and appendices: 'Starred final' proofs., 22 Oct 1948 - 16 Feb 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/185A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs of: contents tables for Book 2; Chapter 7 "Back to France"; Chapter 16 "The Battle of Britain"; Chapter 17 "The Blitz"; Chapter 18 "'London Can Take It'"; Chapter 19 "The Wizard War"; Chapter 20 "United States Destroyers and West Indian Bases"; Chapter 21 "Egypt and the Middle East"; Chapter 22 "The Mediterranean Passage"; Chapter 23 "September Tensions"; Chapter 24 "Dakar" [Senegal]; Chapter 25 "Mr Eden's Mission" [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State...
Dates:
22 Oct 1948 - 16 Feb 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Book 2: Proofs for CSC., 01 Mar 1948 - 29 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/190A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs of: contents tables for Book 2; Chapter 16 "The Battle of Britain"; Chapter 17 "The Blitz"; Chapter 18 "'London Can Take It'"; 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 24 "Dakar" [Senegal]; Chapter 25 "Mr Eden's Mission" [Anthony Eden, later 1st Lord Avon, Secretary of State for War]; Chapter 26 "Relations with Vichy [France] and Spain"...
Dates:
01 Mar 1948 - 29 Nov 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
Scope and Contents
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 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": 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
Scope and Contents
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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Naval papers (including Singapore), 1922-10 - 1955-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/62
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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
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The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official: Cabinet: Dardanelles Committee: miscellaneous papers., May 1915 - Sep 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/44
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Includes: notes on the formation of the air department; manuscript statements by WSC on the situation in the Dardanelles and at Gallipoli and on the options of the British government; notes by WSC on the positions occupied by the British fleet and the possibility of the United States joining the war; notes on a discussion between General Sir Ian Hamilton [Commander of Mediterranean Expeditionary Force] and Admiral [John] de Robeck [Commander of naval forces] on the disembarkation of troops;...
Dates:
May 1915 - Sep 1915
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Official: Cabinet: papers 70 - 100., 20 Jan 1925 - 07 Mar 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/30
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill and the Criminal Justice Bill, 1925; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on Navy Estimates and arbitration in the Civil Service; 1st Lord Cave [the Lord Chancellor] Chairman of the Church Assembly Measures Committee, and the School Teachers Superannuation Committee, on the Committees' reports; Arthur Watson on the...
Dates:
20 Jan 1925 - 07 Mar 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers 151-170., 09 May 1928 - 24 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/198
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on dealings with the United States Ambassador to Great Britain [Charles Dawes]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on safeguarding the iron and steel wire industry and on the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood],...
Dates:
09 May 1928 - 24 May 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 401 - 429., 24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/43
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: the Board of Trade Advisory Council's monthly review of the trade outlook; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India, on the position at Canton [later Guangzhou, China]; Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on Turkey's position over the Iraq frontier, and the German attitude to security negotiations; Joseph Caillaux, the French Minister of Finance, on the French war debt to Britain; William...
Dates:
24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925
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Official: Cabinet: War Policy Committee: printed reports on World War I., Sep 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/60
Scope and Contents
Includes: the main report of the War Policy Committee covering recruitment to the army, munitions, the air service and the navy; a note on the War Policy Cabinet Committee by Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War]; a supplementary report by some members of the War Policy Committee (including WSC) which includes additional sections on the hostile and allied armies, the supply of labour and notes on statements by the President of the Board of Trade [Walter Runciman], the Chancellor of the...
Dates:
Sep 1915
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Official: Committee of Imperial Defence., 01 Jan 1922 - 31 Jul 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 25/3
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General Correspondence and Papers: Correspondence with David Lloyd George, Prime Minister and Arthur Balfour, Lord President of the Council on Washington Conference on naval armaments; Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard (2) on the Naval Air Service and Admiralty-Air Ministry relations; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary, CID (3); Admiral of the Fleet Lord Beatty on naval aviation; memo by WSC on "The Air Force in Relation to the Army and Navy".
Dates:
01 Jan 1922 - 31 Jul 1922
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Official: Committee of Imperial Defence: aerial navigation and the Forth-Clyde Canal: prints and correspondence., 05 Jan 1909 - 10 Aug 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 24/1
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Includes papers by various individuals on aerial navigation and the Forth-Clyde Canal, including: Richard Haldane [Secretary of State for War] on Sir Hiram Maxim's views on aircraft development (2); a summary of the evidence and the conclusions of the Committee of Imperial Defence Sub-Committee on aerial navigation; notes by the Secretary of the Sub-Committee on the strategical aspects of the Forth-Clyde Canal; an Admiralty memorandum on the strategical aspects of the canal; records of the...
Dates:
05 Jan 1909 - 10 Aug 1909
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Official: Committee of Imperial Defence: correspondence., 05 Aug 1909 - 12 Dec 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 24/3
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Correspondents include: Sir Charles Ottley [Secretary to Committee of Imperial Defence], on the cession of the island of Heligoland to Germany in 1890, the advantage a base on the island would be against Germany, the annual mobilization of German troops, the report on the military needs of the empire, the security of the naval magazines at Marchwood [Hampshire] and Chattenden [Kent], the risks of aircraft development, forming a Naval War Staff, combining a naval and military school of...
Dates:
05 Aug 1909 - 12 Dec 1911
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Official: Prime Minister: Far East theatre, 1941-42: proofs of mainly contemporary despatches and reports for publication, with accompanying correspondence. [some material probably used in the production of WSC's "Second World War"]., 1947 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/251
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1947 - 1948
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Official: Treasury: Cabinet papers and correspondence on efforts to reduce expenditure., 25 Jan 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/77
Scope and Contents
Includes Cabinet minutes, notes by WSC, and a memorandum by the Minister of Health [Neville Chamberlain]; copy of a letter from WSC to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin; correspondence and papers from: Prime Minister of Australia [Stanley Bruce]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Gilbert Upcott [Deputy Controller, Treasury]; 1st Lord Peel [the 1st Commissioner of Works]; Sir Samuel Hoare [Secretary of State for Air, later 1st Lord...
Dates:
25 Jan 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
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Official: Treasury: Committee on navy, army and air force expenditure report; prepared by 1st Lord Colwyn [earlier Sir Frederick Smith], 1st Lord Chalmers, and 1st Lord Bradbury., Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Treasury papers contain correspondence, minutes, tables, printed reports, and other papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position held from November 1924 to June 1929. The papers have been divided into general correspondence, WSC's outgoing minutes, and subject-based files and are arranged chronologically.The Treasury material covers WSC's ministerial duties as Chancellor, including the annual production of the budget,...
Dates:
Dec 1925
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC (carbon copies)., 17 May 1925 - 31 Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/11
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Recipients include: 1st Lord Bledisloe [earlier Charles Bathurst, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture]; Home Secretary [Sir William Joynson Hicks, later 1st Lord Brentford] (2); Secretary of State for War [Sir Laming Worthington-Evans] (2); Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin (8); President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] (5); John Pease [later 1st Lord Wardington, Chairman Lloyds Bank]; Austen Chamberlain...
Dates:
17 May 1925 - 31 Dec 1925
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Official: Treasury: Navy Estimates 1925-1926: various papers and correspondence., Oct 1924 - 05 Feb 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/6
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); William Bridgeman [First Lord of the Admiralty] (4); Sir Oswyn Murray [Permanent Secretary, Admiralty].Also includes copy minute from WSC to Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services, Treasury]; graph of planned ship building until 1929; details of cruisers, life-spans of vessels; "Distribution of foreign war vessels and aircraft" quarterly return for October 1924.Subjects...
Dates:
Oct 1924 - 05 Feb 1925
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Official: Treasury: Navy Estimates 1925-1926: various tables and papers., 1924 - 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/5A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes details of naval expenditure 1911-1925; papers on the cost of manning the Fleet (vote A), vote 9, works of magnitude (vote 10), the Fleet Air Arm, guns and ammunition, the oil fuel reserve programme, and Singapore naval base; "Particulars of war vessels and aircraft (British and foreign)", dated October 1924.Also includes letters from William Bridgeman [First Lord of the Admiralty] and Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard [Chief of the Air Staff].
Dates:
1924 - 1925
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Official: Treasury: papers and correspondence on economising the 1928-1929 expenditure., 19 Jul 1927 - 24 Aug 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/49
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts and copies of letters sent out in the name of the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, to the following ministers on reducing their departmental expenditure for 1928-1929: William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty; Sir William Joynson Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary; Secretary of State for Air, Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood]; Secretary of State for the Colonies and Dominions, Leo Amery; Minister of Health, Neville Chamberlain; Secretary of...
Dates:
19 Jul 1927 - 24 Aug 1927
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Official: Treasury: papers and correspondence on economising the current expenditure., 19 Jun 1927 - 21 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/48
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts and copies of letters sent out in the name of the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, to the following ministers on reducing their departmental expenditure for 1927-1928: Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Dominions, Leo Amery; First Lord of the Admiralty, William Bridgeman; Secretary of State for Scotland, Sir John Gilmour; Minister of Health, Neville Chamberlain; the 1st Commissioner of Works, 1st Lord Peel; Secretary of State for War, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans;...
Dates:
19 Jun 1927 - 21 Dec 1927
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