Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 4519 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 8 "Challenge and Response, 1935": copy and provisional proofs., Jul 1935 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/82
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "Germany Rearms" and "Air Defence Research"; a table of comparative French and German conscription figures for incorporation into the chapter;...
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Jul 1935 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 9 "Problems of Air and Sea [1935-1939]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/83
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "C" [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [1st Lord] Portal [of Hungerford, earlier Sir Charles Portal], [secretaries] "L M M" [Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford], [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow], and "E G" [Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also...
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[Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 10 "Sanctions against Italy [1935]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/84
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Includes typescript, manuscript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], WSC, [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], "Van" [1st Lord Vansittart], and "O S" [Sir Orme Sargent, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs].Also includes: typescript and galley proofs ("superseded proofs") of contemporary letters from WSC, Lord Cranborne [earlier Robert Gascoyne Cecil,...
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[Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 11 "[Adolf] Hitler Strikes [1936]": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Jul 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/85
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], "Gen P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also includes: file notes by WSC, [Denis Kelly, literary assistant], and ?[Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford]; sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "The consequences of submission" and...
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Jan 1947 - Jul 1949
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 12 "The Loaded Pause [Spain, 1936-1937]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/86
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Includes typescript, manuscript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "K H" [secretary Kathleen Hill], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and Isaiah Berlin.Also includes: proofs of WSC's speeches at the Albert Hall [London] (3 December 1936) and to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons (30 March...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 13 "Germany Armed [1936-1938]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/87
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Includes manuscript, typescript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], [1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and [Isaiah Berlin].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "The Darkening Scene", "The Loaded Pause", and "Air Defence Research";...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 14 "Mr [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] at the Foreign Office: his resignation": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/88
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also includes: copies of contemporary letters from WSC for incorporation into the chapter; file notes by [secretaries] "L M M" [Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford] and "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow]; sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters...
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[Jan] 1947 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 15 "The Rape of Austria [February 1938]": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/89
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and [Sir] Alexander Cadogan.Also includes: notes on [Sir] Oliver Harvey's [later 1st Lord Harvey of Tasburgh] diary for 1937; sections provisionally intended to feature in the chapter entitled "The Tragedy of Munich [Germany]".
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Jan 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 16 "Czechoslovakia": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/90
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Col D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and Isaiah Berlin.Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "The Tragedy of Munich [Germany]" and "Mr [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] at the Foreign Office"; copies and proofs of contemporary letters from...
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[Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 17 "The Tragedy of Munich [Germany]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/91
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Includes typescript, manuscript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, [William] Deakin [literary assistant], "E R" [Emery Reves, earlier Imre Revesz], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [Isaiah] Berlin, "Van" [1st Lord Vansittart], and "O S" [Sir Orme Sargent, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs].Also includes: sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 18 "Munich Winter [Germany]": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Sep 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/92
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Mr D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh].Also includes: provisional chapter proofs entitled "After Munich"; note from Pownall on army size; proofs of contemporary letters from WSC, Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], and Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich], for incorporation...
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[Jan] 1947 - Sep 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 19 "Prague [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia], Albania, and the Polish Guarantee": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Sep 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/93
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Mr D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [Isaiah] Berlin, and "O S" [Sir Orme Sargent, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs].Also includes: provisional chapter proofs entitled "After Munich"; proofs and copies of contemporary letters from WSC and Oliver Stanley for...
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[Jan] 1947 - Sep 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 20 "The Soviet Enigma": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/94
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Includes typescript, manuscript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall].Also includes: provisional chapter proofs entitled "USSR?"; notes on negotiations between Great Britain and the Soviet Union and [Maxim] Litvinov's [Soviet Foreign Minister] resignation; file note by secretary "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 21 "On the Verge": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/95
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Includes typescript, galley, and manuscript proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Isaiah] Berlin, and "H R P", Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes: proofs of contemporary letters from WSC for incorporation into the chapter; sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "Air Defence Research" and "After Munich [Germany]", and...
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[Jan] 1947 - Oct 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 22 "War": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/96
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Includes manuscript, typescript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, "F W D" or "Mr D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], "Com A" [George Gordon Allen], "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also includes: copies of contemporary letters and memoranda from WSC for incorporation into the chapter; proofs of book 2 table of contents; sections...
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Jan 1947 - Feb 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 23 "The Admiralty Task": copy and provisional proofs., Sep 1939 - Nov 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/97
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Includes manuscript, typescript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, "F W D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], "Tommy" [Charles Thompson, former Personal Assistant to WSC], "Com A" [George Gordon Allen], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also includes: cuttings from prints and proofs of 1939 minutes and telegrams from WSC and President Franklin Roosevelt for incorporation into...
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Sep 1939 - Nov 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 25 "War Cabinet Problems": copy and provisional proofs., Sep 1939 - Nov 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/98
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Col D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt], and [George Gordon Allen].Also includes: proofs and cuttings from prints of 1939 letters, minutes, and memoranda from WSC, Minister of Supply [Edward Leslie Burgin], and Prime Minister [Neville Chamberlain], for incorporation into the...
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Sep 1939 - Nov 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": [chapter 26] "The Front in France": copy and provisional proofs., Jan 1947 - Nov 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/99
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Includes typescript, galley, and manuscript proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, "F W D" or "Col D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry] Pownall, and [George Gordon] Allen.Also includes: provisional proofs headed "Cultivator No. 6".
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Jan 1947 - Nov 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": [chapter 27] "The Combat Deepens": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/100
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "Com A" [George Gordon Allen], WSC, "F W D", "Mr D" or "Col D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also includes: provisional chapter proofs entitled "The Progress of the Conflict" and "October"; provisional proofs entitled "Admiralty Minutes - November 1939", and proofs...
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[Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": [chapter 28] "The Magnetic Mine": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/101
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also includes: proofs and copies of contemporary statements, memoranda, and notes by WSC, for incorporation into the chapter; sections provisionally intended to feature in chapters entitled "Before the Storm" and "The Progress of the Conflict".
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[Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": [chapter 29] "Action off the River Plate": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/102
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: [George Gordon] Allen, "F W D" or "Mr D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and [secretary Elizabeth Gilliatt].Also includes: proofs of contemporary telegrams, letters, and minutes from WSC for incorporation into the chapter; a table on the organisation of the "hunting groups" against the pocket...
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[Jan] 1947 - Nov 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": [chapter 30] "Scandinavia. Finland": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Jan 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/103
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript, manuscript, and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: WSC, "Mr D" or "F W D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], [secretaries] "K H" [Kathleen Hill], [Elizabeth Gilliatt], and [Lettice] Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], and Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary of the Cabinet] .Also includes: provisional chapter...
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[Jan] 1947 - Jan 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": [chapter 31] "A Dark New Year": copy and provisional proofs., Feb 1940 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/104
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Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Mr D" [William] Deakin [literary assistant], WSC, [secretaries ?Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford] and "E G" [Elizabeth Gilliatt], [George Gordon Allen], "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], and "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh].Also includes: preliminary notes on "The Altmark Incident [Germany]"; a 1940 memorandum by Foreign Secretary [Lord...
Dates:
Feb 1940 - Dec 1947
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": [chapter 32] "Before the Storm": copy and provisional proofs., [Jan] 1947 - Jan 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/105
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with suggested corrections and amendments from various people including: "F W D" or "Col D" [William Deakin, literary assistant], WSC, [George Gordon] Allen, "Tommy" [Charles Thompson, former Personal Assistant to WSC], "H R P" [Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall], "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay], "E M" [Sir Edward Marsh], [secretary Lettice] Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and [1st Lord] Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann].Also includes: proofs of...
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[Jan] 1947 - Jan 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Chapter 33 "The Clash at Sea": Copy and provisional proofs., 12 Apr 1940 - 17 Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/106
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 33 entitled "The Clash at Sea" (provisionally entitled "Hitler Invades Norway" and "The Clash of the Fleets"), annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including: WSC, William Deakin and Sir Edward Marsh.Also includes source material including: a copy of a letter from King George VI congratulating WSC on the Navy's work at counter-acting the German offensive in Scandinavia (1940).Most of the material in the file...
Dates:
12 Apr 1940 - 17 Dec 1947
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