Nel, Elizabeth, 1917 - 2007 (nee Layton, secretary to Sir Winston Churchill)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1917 - 2007
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Copy of "The Unrelenting Struggle", annotated by Elizabeth Layton, secretary to Churchill, 1942-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 6/89
Scope and Contents
Book of Churchill's collected speeches from Nov 1940 to Dec 1941, annotated by Elizabeth Layton [later Elizabeth Nel] with comments on her work on the speeches "where anything special happened", including: her first day working for Churchill, May 1941; the battle of Crete, June 1941; the Dominion High Commissioners and Allied Countries' Ministers Conference, June 1941; Churchill's broadcast to the United States on receiving an honorary degree from the University of Rochester, June 1941; his...
Dates:
1942-10
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures are noted in the catalogue.
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Elizabeth Nel (née Elizabeth Layton), c 1980-90
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHOH 3/NEL
Scope and Contents
Recording by Elizabeth Nel about her service as one of Winston Churchill's personal secretaries, 1941-45. Side 1, subjects include: a typical working day; Churchill's method of dictation for speeches and broadcasts; where he liked to work; the siren suit; the cigars; weekends at Chequers [Buckinghamshire], Ditchley [Oxfordshire] and Chartwell [Kent]; Churchill's attitude to his staff; Smoky the cat; accompanying Churchill for various overseas conferences.Side 2,...
Dates:
c 1980-90
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From the Series:
Access copies available.
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