(Untitled), 06 May 1940

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/17/3

Scope and Contents

Minute from [Major-General Hastings] Ismay [Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence] (Offices of the War Cabinet) to First Lord [of the Admiralty, WSC] giving the decision of the Chiefs of Staff that the post of Commander-in-Chief, North West Expeditionary Force, [?Major-General Pierse Mackesy] should cease to exist once his work has passed to the Flag Officer at Narvik [Norway, Admiral of the Fleet, 12th] Lord Cork [and Orrery].

Dates

Creation: 06 May 1940

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