Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre, Sir, 1884 - 1981 (Knight, Field Marshal)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1884 - 1981
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Special correspondence: Auchinleck, 1941-06 - 1949-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck on subjects including: what Auchinleck could do following retirement; the end of his time as Commander-in-Chief, India; the press campaign alleging discord between himself and Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten [Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia] and its adverse effect on Auchinleck's organisation (1944); his hope of returning to active military command and suggestion that he might take on a civil position in the meantime (1943);...
Dates:
1941-06 - 1949-01
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From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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- Subject: India X