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Public and Political: General: Service Patronage., Oct 1954 - Sep 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/587A-D

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Major-General N Moore of the 4th Battalion the Essex Regiment (3); Brigadier Charles Paton, Colonel of the Essex Regiment (3); Lieutenant-General Sir Reginald Denning, Colonel of the 3rd East Anglian regiment; Lieutenant-Colonel D Garrard (3) and Lieutenant-Colonel R Randall (3) of the Essex Regiment; Colonel Sir Thomas Butler, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Grenadier Guards; various members of the Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry, Royal Berkshire Yeomanry and the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars including Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Morrell (5), Brigadier Walter Crosland (4), Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair Nicholson (3); "Jack" [John] Profumo, Secretary of State for War, on regimental amalgamations; Brigadier Rupert Brett; Major-General Edmund Hakewill Smith; John Hare [later 1st Lord Blakenham]; Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Harrison on a parade at Chartwell [Kent] by the 4th/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment (9); General Sir Lashmer Whistler (3); Major J Head of the Royal Sussex Regimental Dinner Club (15); Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Gardner-Thorpe of the 5th Battalion "the Buffs" (3); General Sir Miles Dempsey, Colonel Commandant of the Special Air Service (SAS) regiment requesting a photograph of WSC; Christopher Soames; Major T Roberts of the Territorial Army and Auxiliary Forces Association; George Ward, Secretary of State for Air,and Squadron Leader Robert Eeles on the disbandment of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC], Doreen Pugh [Secretary to WSC], Gillian Maturin [Secretary to WSC] and Catherine Snelling [Secretary to WSC]; messages of support from WSC; a copy of "The Wasp and the Eagle"; reports on annual camps; and a copy of WSC's speech on the disbandment of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.Other subjects covered by the file include: regimental histories and colours and the amalgamation of various regiments.

Dates

  • Creation: Oct 1954 - Sep 1964

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

3 file(s) (403 loose folios)

Language of Materials

English

Subject

  • Army (Organization)

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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