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Geikie-Cobb, Ivo, 1887-1953 (physician, author and journalist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1887 - 1953

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

 Fonds

The Papers of Ivo Geikie-Cobb

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GEIK
Scope and Contents Letters chiefly relating to Geikie-Cobb's commissioning of BBC broadcast talks during the Second World War (mainly under his pseudonym 'Anthony Weymouth'), which he apparently kept as souvenirs. Correspondents include: Edith Watson, Private Secretary to Winston Churchill, acknowledging a letter from Geikie-Cobb advising that it should be made clear to the German Government that German cities would be bombed in retaliation for the bombing of British cities; Patricia Hamilton,...
Dates: 1940 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.