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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Appendices: Copy and provisional proofs., 20 May 1938 - 20 Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/112
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of the appendices to Volume 1 including: Appendix A "A Conversation with Count [Dino] Grandi" [Italian Ambassador to Britain]; Appendix B "A Note on the Fleet Air Arm"; Appendix D "My Statement on the Occasion of the Deputation of Conservative Members of Both Houses to the Prime Minister, July 28 1936"; Appendix F "Tables of Naval Strength, September 3 1939"; Appendix G "Minute of September 12 1939, Plan 'Catherine'"; Appendix H "New Construction and...
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20 May 1938 - 20 Feb 1948
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., 02 Jan 1939 - 25 Jul 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/53
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Correspondents include: Rowland Arnison (4); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (5); H Reginald Beck (4); A M Bex (4); C S Ketchen (4).Subjects include: a conscription query from a constituent; the local Canning & Food Industries Club and Dairy & Ice Cream Equipment Club; local sewerage rates; the marking of imports from Axis countries; criticism by local Conservatives of WSC's "Neglect of Constituency"; protests about London transport fares;...
Dates:
02 Jan 1939 - 25 Jul 1939
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence C-D., 03 Jan 1939 - 27 Jul 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/54
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Correspondents include: Clifford Heyworth, Town Clerk of Chingford, [Essex] on Chingford's neutral evacuation status and air raid shelters (12); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (4).Subjects include: local concerns over allowances to servicemen's dependants; local health report; vivisection; the Clubs Bill; pension enquiries; safeguarding the jobs of National Servicemen; car tax; Women's Voluntary Service.
Dates:
03 Jan 1939 - 27 Jul 1939
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Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ho-Hu., 02 May 1939 - 30 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/78A-B
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Correspondents include: Clement Holdstock (5); G J Holtham (9); Joyce Howard (6); Reginald Hucks (4); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (5).Subjects include: Merchant Navy clothing; land requisition; rehousing bombing victims; the place of religion in probation work (amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill, 1939); British residents in unoccupied France (1941); BBC messages to France.Also includes: a petition for...
Dates:
02 May 1939 - 30 Jul 1945
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence L., 09 Jun 1941 - 25 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/82A-B
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Correspondents include: Stanley B de Lacey (12); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (17); Henry H Lassman (4).Subjects include: army surgeon training; War Damage Commission; road safety; Merchant Navy pensions; the mines ballot; building contracts; National Insurance; PAYE.Also includes: a statement issued by the National Federation of Building Trades Employers on advance preparation of housing sites.
Dates:
09 Jun 1941 - 25 Jul 1945
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Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Pi-Pr., 15 Mar 1940 - 10 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/88
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Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys [Financial Secretary of the War Office] on repatriation of British prisoners of war and sending food parcels to them; Thomas Poulter (6); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (5); Lily Preston (10).Other subjects include: bomb damage repair; petrol allowances; de-requisitioning of houses; religion in WSC's "Thoughts and Adventures"; reference to a photograph of WSC in the snow...
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15 Mar 1940 - 10 Jul 1945
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Public and Political: General: Defence., 06 Nov 1936 - 20 Jan 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/371A-B
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Correspondents on defence issues include: Sir Thomas Inskip [Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, later 1st Lord Caldecote]; Harry Sellar, Private Secretary to Inskip (2); Leslie Hore-Belisha, Secretary of State for War, on subjects including the arming of the Guards Battalions; Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air, on showing WSC [air construction graphs]; 1st Lord Swinton [former Secretary of State for Air, earlier Philip Cunliffe-Lister and Philip Lloyd-Greame] on the formation...
Dates:
06 Nov 1936 - 20 Jan 1942
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Public and Political: General: Defence: Correspondence and papers., 09 Jan 1937 - 23 Feb 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/302
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Correspondents include: Sir Philip Gibbs on the inefficiency of the RAF; Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt [former Vice-President of the Tank Board] (2); Sir William Beveridge [Director of London School of Economics and Political Science]; Oswald Frewen on working with German and Italian sailors, German fanaticism, Italian aid to Franco and how the policies of Neville Chamberlain [Prime Minister] encourage Germany and Italy; Leo Amery; Basil Liddell Hart; Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson...
Dates:
09 Jan 1937 - 23 Feb 1938
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Public and Political: General: Personal Office: Correspondence L - Q., 28 Jul 1939 - 20 May 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/366
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Correspondents, mainly congratulating WSC on his appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, and on his broadcasts (1 October ["The first month of war"] and 12 November ["Ten weeks of war"]) include: George Lambton; Sir Walter Layton on reactions to WSC's description of the Germans as Huns; Frederick Leathers; "Charley" [7th Lord Londonderry, earlier Lord Castlereagh] on subjects including his differences with [Neville Chamberlain], Prime Minister, on foreign policy, the results of WSC's...
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28 Jul 1939 - 20 May 1940
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Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and other material., 22 Jan 1941 - 07 May 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/146A-B
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Notes for WSC's speech (22 January) entitled "A dark and deadly valley" on the structure of government during wartime, the roles of the Minister of Defence and the Minister for Reconstruction, the needs of the army and military production. Also includes copy of Hansard containing the text of WSC's speech and others in the debate on production, supply and manpower. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6331-8. Hansard copy of the debate on the conduct of Robert Boothby (28 January) including...
Dates:
22 Jan 1941 - 07 May 1941
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Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and other material., 09 Jul 1941 - 01 Oct 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/148A-B
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Hansard copies of WSC's statements (9 July) on the occupation of Iceland by United States troops, the appeal for arms from Eire (Southern Ireland [Ireland]) to the United States, and British losses in Syria. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6446-7.Notes for WSC's statement (15 July) on the production debate, the Anglo-Soviet Agreement against Germany, its effect on Poland, and the end of the Syrian campaign. Also includes relevant extract from Hansard. Part published: Complete Speeches...
Dates:
09 Jul 1941 - 01 Oct 1941
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Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and other material., 21 Oct 1941 - 11 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/149A-B
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Hansard copy of a debate on visits to Ireland (21 October) including WSC's statement on Defence Regulation 18b [giving the Home Secretary powers to detain people without charge]. Part published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6497-8.Notes for WSC's speech (12 November) on the parliamentary address, wartime speeches by Ministers, shipping losses, food and rations, food production, fuel and production of munitions. Also includes relevant extract from Hansard and cutting from the Times reporting...
Dates:
21 Oct 1941 - 11 Dec 1941
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 05 Nov 1940 - 19 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/175
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (5 November) on the war situation including the air battles, the bombing of London, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham, the threat posed by U Boats, the possibility of invasion by Germany, civil defence and the Home Guard, affairs in Egypt and the Middle East, and the Italian invasion of Greece. Source material includes correspondence from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken, Minister for Aircraft Production], Henry Strutt [Assistant Under-Secretary of...
Dates:
05 Nov 1940 - 19 Dec 1940
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Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 22 Jan 1941 - 22 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/177A-D
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (22 January) entitled "A dark and deadly valley" on the structure of government during wartime, the roles of the Minister of Defence and the Minister for Reconstruction, the needs of the army and military production. Source material includes correspondence from: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the Cabinet] (5), Charles Hendriks, Clement Attlee [Lord Privy Seal], William Beveridge, Ernest Bevin [Minister of Labour and National Service] and notes from Eric Seal...
Dates:
22 Jan 1941 - 22 Apr 1941
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 30 Sep 1941 - 11 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/180A-B
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Speech notes for statement by WSC (30 September) on the war situation including: the threat posed by Hitler, WSC's intention not to publish shipping losses to U-Boats, food and rations, the strength of the United States and the Soviet Union, Germany's attack on the Soviet Union, the army and Bomber Command, and events and operations in Persia [Iran]. Also includes correspondence from 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis] Minister of Food, Frank Wood, and Major-General Bernard Paget,...
Dates:
30 Sep 1941 - 11 Dec 1941
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/181A-B
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Speech notes for WSC's speech (9 January, Pilgrim's Society Luncheon, Savoy Hotel, London) entitled "United States co-operation" proposing a toast to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] on his appointment as British Ambassador to the United States and on the death of [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr]. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6327-9.BBC broadcast by WSC (9 February) entitled "Give us the tools" on the war situation including: the repulsion of the threat of...
Dates:
09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
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Open
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 11 May 1943 - 30 Jun 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/194A-B
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Press cuttings of WSC's broadcast from Washington, United States (14 May) on the Home Guard in which he pays tribute to the members of the Home Guard. Also includes correspondence from Sydney Redman [Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War]; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas Moore [Chairman of the Home Guard Joint Parliamentary Committee] (3); Robert Gransden; George Anderson, Principal Officer Eastern civil defence region (2); telegrams from the Ministry of Information;...
Dates:
11 May 1943 - 30 Jun 1943
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Speeches: speech notes and other material., 09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/150A-B
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Notes for WSC's speech (9 January, Pilgrim's Society Luncheon, Savoy Hotel, London) entitled "United States co-operation" proposing a toast to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] on his appointment as British Ambassador to the United States and on the death of [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr]. Also includes cutting from the Times reporting WSC's speech. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6327-9. Various cuttings reporting WSC's speech (17 January, Glasgow [Scotland])...
Dates:
09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
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(Untitled), 12 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/77/117-118
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Telegram from WSC to the governments of Australia and New Zealand marked "personal and most secret" reporting on the battle in the Middle East: comments on Australian and New Zealand Divisions in the Middle East; comments on the present situation and gives details of the reinforcements of troops , tanks , guns, and aircraft that have been sent to Egypt; comments on preparations to defend the Nile Delta; comments on heavy losses of convoys to Soviet Union and on aid given to Middle East by...
Dates:
12 Jul 1942
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From the Fonds:
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(Untitled), 01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/1
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, July 1943.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service].Subjects covered by the minutes...
Dates:
01 Jul 1943 - 31 Jul 1943
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1942 - 28 Feb 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/67/1
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, January and February 1942. Some written by WSC when in the United States.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States]; the Chiefs of Staff; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to...
Dates:
02 Jan 1942 - 28 Feb 1942
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(Untitled), 01 Dec 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/4
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First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, December 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: the Sea Lords, particularly [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser], 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound], and 4th Sea Lord [and Chief of Supplies and Transport, Vice-Admiral Guy Royle]; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; Prime Minister [Neville Chamberlain]; [Permanent] Secretary...
Dates:
01 Dec 1939 - 31 Dec 1939
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/231/62
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Extract from War Cabinet minutes of discussions on the public warning system for attacks by flying bombs in relation to public transport, including contributions from the Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security [Herbert Morrison] and the Minister of War Transport [1st Lord Leathers].
Dates:
31 Jul 1944
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(Untitled), 28 Jul 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/231/63
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Minute from "H M" [Herbert Morrison], Minister of Home Security, to WSC on revising a draft statement on the imminent danger warning [for flying bomb attacks] in relation to advice to the public and public transport. [initialled].
Dates:
28 Jul 1944
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/231/64
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Minute from "H M" [Herbert Morrison], Minister of Home Security, to WSC on the imminent danger warning system [for flying bomb attacks] in relation to bus drivers and advice given to people receiving the warning indoors. [initialled; annotated by Leslie Rowan, Prime Minister's Private Secretary].
Dates:
31 Jul 1944
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Open
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