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Public and Political: General: Patronage: Queen's Royal Irish Hussars., Jan 1959 - Nov 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/586A-B

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Brigadier John Scott Cockburn; David Daniell on his regimental history of the 4th Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (4); Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, Director of Personal Services; Lieutenant-Colonel W Butler reporting on the regiment (5); Air Marshal Sir John Baldwin (3); Lieutenant-Colonel George Kidston-Montgomerie reporting on the regiment (26); Lieutenant-Colonel A White inviting WSC to regimental dinners (4); General Sir John Steele of the Army Benevolent Fund; Lieutenant-Colonel H Hill on the affiliation between the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars and the Royal Canadian Hussars (4); Brigadier John Read, Commandant of the School of Infantry; Major-General Robert Moncel of the 8th Canadian Hussars; and Major-General Sir Robert Laycock, Colonel Commandant of the Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment.Also includes: notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague. Browne, Private Secretary to WSC, Catherine Snelling [Secretary to WSC] and Doreen Pugh [Secretary to WSC]; regimental newsletters describing activities in Singapore and Malaysia; telegrams from Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment and a programme for his visit to the regiment; newspaper cuttings; and an extract from WSC's book "My Early Life".Other subjects covered by the file include the National Army Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: Jan 1959 - Nov 1964

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

2 file(s) (2 files (284 loose folios))

Language of Materials

English

Subject

  • Army (Organization)

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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