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Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 370 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229A/10
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Letter from Jack Barr (1518 South Beckley, Dallas [United States]) to WSC (London) congratulating him on the defeat of Germany and enclosing a cheque for WSC to buy some cigars with. [signed by Barr and his wife].

Dates: 08 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229A/79-81
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Letter from Mrs Evans ("Clover Hill", Northcliff, Tenby, Pembrokeshire [Wales]) to WSC expressing her gratitude to WSC for his war leadership, commenting on the experiences of her family during the war, and sending him a coin found in her garden at its start. [signed manuscript with additional manuscript note and envelope].

Dates: [May] [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229B/181
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Letter from "J R C" [John Colville, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Mynheer Masselink thanking him on behalf of WSC for a box of strawberries sent from Holland [the Netherlands]. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 15 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229B/182
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Note from "K H" [Kathleen Hill, WSC's Secretary] to [John] Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] on arranging thanks for some strawberries sent to WSC and [?Buckingham] Palace. [initialled].

Dates: 15 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 May 1945 - 15 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229B/183
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Registry filing slip giving details of some strawberries sent to WSC by Mynheer Masselink of Holland [the Netherlands]. [original letter dated 10 May; slip dated 15 June].

Dates: 10 May 1945 - 15 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1945] - Jan 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/244/2
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Report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, dated 13 July 1945. In a presentation binding with an annotated dedication to WSC from Eisenhower and a note [by WSC's secretary] indicating that the gift was acknowledged on 23 January 1950.

Dates: [1945] - Jan 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229C/216
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Letter from "E M W" [Edith Watson, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Mrs [Daisy] Pope thanking her on behalf of WSC for a piece of cake, nearly six years old, and her good wishes. [Carbon copy; annotated that the cake was "destroyed"].

Dates: 11 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229C/217
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Letter from Mrs Daisy Pope (Brockenhurst, Faraday Road, Maidstone [Kent]) to WSC sending him a piece of cake made on 4 September 1939 to be cut on the day of victory and paying tribute to his war leadership. [signed manuscript].

Dates: 09 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/229A/9
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Letter from "J H P" [John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Jack Barr thanking him for his letter of congratulations to WSC but explaining that since WSC cannot accept gifts he is returning Barr's cheque to him. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 22 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/212/85
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin thanking him for the Russian products sent with his ship from Sevastopol [Soviet Union]. Photocopy.

Dates: 09 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/212/86
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Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "personal and Top Secret" congratulating him on the great victory won by the armies under his command [achieving a bridgehead over the Rhine at Remagan, Germany]. Photocopy.

Dates: 09 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Oct 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/130
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal" thanking him for his gifts of Russian products. Copy.

Dates: 29 Oct 1944
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), 26 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/157
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Letter from WSC to General Orbay thanking him for the gift of one thousand turkish cigarettes [carbon].

Dates: 26 Mar 1945
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), 29 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/158
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Letter from WSC to His Excellency Licenciado Ezequiel Padilla [Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs] thanking him for the cigars and the tablecloth which he and Don Manuel Tello had sent for Christmas [carbon].

Dates: 29 Mar 1945
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 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/168
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Letter from WSC to General Sir Frederick Pile [General Officer Commander in Chief, Anti -Aircraft Command] thanking him for photographs [not included] of his daughter Mary Churchill [later Lady Soames] with her battery in Belgium and crossing the Channel [carbon].

Dates: 02 Apr 1945
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), 03 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/169
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Letter from WSC to Herbert Vere Evatt [Australian Attorney General and Minister for External Affairs] thanking him for the "delightful presents" and regretting that CSC will not be able to see Mrs Evatt because she is away in Russia for a month or so. With a typed postscript thanking Evatt for the inscribed book of speeches and noting [in pencil] that "I shall retaliate as only an author can." [carbon].

Dates: 03 Apr 1945
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), 06 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/174
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Letter from WSC to Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] thanking him for the present of South African wine [carbon].

Dates: 06 Apr 1945
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), 07 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/177
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Letter from WSC to Major W T Wood thanking him and his wife for the box of cigars [carbon].

Dates: 07 Apr 1945
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), 07 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/178
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Letter from WSC to "Hopie" (2nd Lord Linlithgow) declining the invitation for himself and CSC to stay at Holyrood [Edinburgh] during the opening of the Assembly of the Church of Scotland at the end of May: "The burden is heavy in these days, and it does not grow lighter as victory draws nearer." [carbon].

Dates: 07 Apr 1945
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), 14 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/189
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Letter from WSC to W L Andrews (The Yorkshire Post) thanking him for the reproduction of a book compiled by Yorkshiremen in Stalag Luft VI [carbon].

Dates: 14 Apr 1945
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), 24 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/198
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Letter from WSC to Lieutenant-Colonel Steer-Webster thanking him for the excellent coloured reproduction of "Mulberry B" [codename for type of artificial harbour used on D-Day], asking him to thank Corporal Jobson who was responsible for the painting, and thanking him and his staff for the various models and the relief map of the Mulberry which they have sent to WSC's Map Room [carbon].

Dates: 24 Apr 1945
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), 27 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/210
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Letter from WSC to Lieutenant Colonel I Mackenzie thanking him for the copy of the story of the Lowland Brigade's crossing of the Rhine and expressing his delight at the prominent part played by the 6th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers [carbon].

Dates: 27 Apr 1945
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), 05 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194B/108
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Letter from WSC to Princesse Jean de Caraman-Chimay thanking her for the case of Veuve Cliquot 1929 which is "specially welcome in these days when the stocks of wine left in England have been so greatly reduced." [carbon].

Dates: 05 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194B/119
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Letter from WSC to Lord Horder thanking him for his book "Rebuilding Family Life in the Post-War World" [carbon].

Dates: 09 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194B/131-132
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Letter from WSC to John Player thanking him for the cheque for fifty thousand pounds for the benefit of the families of those who have given their lives in the war, and giving details of the funds to which it will be allocated [carbon].

Dates: 15 Jun 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open