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Correspondence between Cunningham, the Admiralty and Winston Churchill, on subjects including: the blocking of Tripoli, April 1941; Operation Whipcord, the invasion of Sicily, 1941; Crete, 1941; French warships at Alexandria, June 1940 and April 1941.

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Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91

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Notes on the Battle of Matapan, the letters between Admiral Sir Dudley Pound and Admiral Andrew Cunningham and Admiral Henderson's booklet on HMS Bonaventure.

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Notes on Force K, the arrival of U-boats and the letters between Admiral Sir Dudley Pound and Admiral Andrew Cunningham.

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Notes on Malta, Greece and the letters between Admiral Sir Dudley Pound and Admiral Andrew Cunningham.

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The papers chiefly consist of correspondence, naval messages and photographs from Edelsten's time with the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets.

Scope and Contents The collection held at Churchill College includes a typescript copy of the book by Oliver Warner "Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet; A Memoir" and many of the letters and reminiscences used in Warner's research (Sections 1-3); additional Cunningham correspondence (Sections 5 and 6); material relating to 'A Sailor's Odyssey' (Cunningham's autobiography, Section 4); and Commander McHattie's reminiscences of Cunningham and article on HMS Chakla in 1979 (Section 7). The collection is...

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Letters to Mellis from Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, many relating to the Royal Naval Pipers Society (Cunningham was its first President)