Royal Navy
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Found in 1960 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 11 Aug 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/257/40
Scope and Contents
Letter from Alan Stuart Todd, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate, Kingswinford Conservative and Unionist Association to WSC. Inviting him to speak at public meeting at Old Hill, Staffs.
Dates:
11 Aug 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 28 Oct 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/259/106
Scope and Contents
Letter from Sir Morton Smart, Grosvenor Square, London SW1 to WSC, expressing pleasure that his scheme for a supernumary Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve composed of yachtsmen had been agreed.
Dates:
28 Oct 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 17 Jan 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/8-11
Scope and Contents
Cutting from The Morning Post - The Facts About the Fleet - Shortage of Men, Ships, Shells and Oil.
Dates:
17 Jan 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/24-25
Scope and Contents
Cutting from The Morning Post - Navy the Paramount Consideration: More Men, More Ships, More Aircraft - Obsolete Vessels to be Replaced.
Dates:
03 Feb 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 03 Feb 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/262/26
Scope and Contents
Cutting from The Morning Post - Admiral's Inspection of Cruiser with only three A.B.s.
Dates:
03 Feb 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"War cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Weekly Resume (no.40) of the Naval, Military and Air Situation", 30 May- 6 Jun 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/5/1-14
Scope and Contents
Detailed summary of the war situation including: the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk including the effect of weather conditions, numbers evacuated, naval losses and attacks by German bombers; attacks by U-boats on seaborne trade; anti-submarine operations; German trade; overview of the military and air situation covering Norway, Italy, the North Sea and coastal operations, the bombing of Great Britain, attacks on Germany by Bomber Command, French and German air...
Dates:
30 May- 6 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"War Cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Weekly Resume (no.56) of the naval, military and air situation from 12 noon September to 12 noon September 26th, 1940", 27 Sep 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/6/86-99
Scope and Contents
Summary of events including: attempted landing at Dakar by General [Charles] de Gaulle; U boat activity in the North Atlantic and shipping losses; operations by German raiders; information about the disposition of German and Italian troops; events in Greece, Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], Bulgaria, the Mediterranean and the Middle East; air attacks on Germany (including Berlin) and on invasion ports in France and...
Dates:
27 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
War Cabinet Paper, 08 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/4/11
Scope and Contents
Printed copy of a letter from WSC to President Roosevelt setting out the prospects for 1941 covering various subjects including: shared interests between Great Britain and the United States; the importance of sea and air power against Germany; reassurance about not requesting a large expeditionary army from the United States; the crucial importance of shipping to feed people and transport munitions and armies; shipping losses; battleship strength; the dangers posed by the Vichy French...
Dates:
08 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"Wars are not won by evacuations", 04 Jun 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/140A/9-28
Scope and Contents
Typescript copy of notes for WSC's speech on the fall of Belgium and surrender of King [Leopold] of Belgium; the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk [France]; the successes of the RAF; losses of men and weaponry; military development and the possibility of German invasion. Speech includes the phrase "We shall fight on the beaches . . . We shall never surrender".Carbon typescript copy with some manuscript annotations in ink [not by WSC] laid out in "psalm style" apart...
Dates:
04 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"Westward, look, the land is bright", 27 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/150B/124-142
Scope and Contents
Speaking notes for WSC's broadcast (27 April, BBC) on the war situation including: public morale; his tours of bomb-damaged cities; General Sir Archibald Wavell's [Commander in Chief Middle East] successes in Libya; German successes in the Balkans and British support for Greece; admiration in the United States for Great Britain; praise for troops from Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC); condemnation of [Benito] Mussolini "This whipped jackal"; the Battle of the Atlantic and praise...
Dates:
27 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open