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[?] Papers used in the official naval history of the Second World War.

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[?] Papers used in the official naval history of the Second World War.

Scope and Contents Photograph of WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, taking a meeting in the Admiralty Board Room. Present around the table (from left to right, according to the caption) are: Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary; Admiral Harold Burrough, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff; Admiral Sir Alexander Ramsey, 5th Sea Lord; Rear Admiral Thomas Phillips, Vice Chief of Naval Staff; Admiral of the Fleet Sir [Alfred] Dudley Pound, 1st Sea Lord; Sir [James] Sidney Barnes, Deputy...

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Seal's copy of an unofficial account of the delegation to Washington [United States], to be given to each member of the delegation.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Winston Churchill on subjects including: Seal's suggestion of a week's leave for the staff at Christmas, 1940; an offer for Seal of a place at the Admiralty as Under Secretary, and his decision to stay with Churchill, December 1940; the proposal from [Albert] A V Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty (enclosed) that Seal should head a team of civilian Admiralty staff in Washington, with Churchill's response that it was his duty to go; Seal's first impressions of apathy...

Scope and Contents Draft memoir by Seal on subjects including: his own early life; his early years in the Admiralty; the First Lord's private office; working as the First Lord's Principal Private Secretary, his views of [Alfred] Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich] and 7th Lord Stanhope [earlier Lord Mahon], the build-up to war and Winston Churchill's arrival; Seal's view of F A Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell], head of the Admiralty Statistical Branch and Brendan Bracken [Parliamentary Private Secretary to...

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Includes a note on Cooper’s memorandum to the Cabinet [on the future of the Navy] from Henry Markham, Cooper’s Principal Private Secretary.

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Includes seating plans for dinners on the Admiralty yacht HMS Enchantress.

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Includes: Davis's memoirs, recording his long naval career and the ships he served on; speeches and lectures, particularly relating to torpedoes; operational papers from the Second World War onwards; a large number of naval photographs, particularly from the 1950s and also a set of official Admiralty photographs of the D-Day landings; correspondence on naval subjects and history, including Davis's memories of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Mountbatten of Burma.