Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet and NATO Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic Area, 1948 - 1960
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WDVS 8
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes: Davis's memoirs, recording his long naval career and the ships he served on; speeches and lectures, particularly relating to torpedoes; operational papers from the Second World War onwards; a large number of naval photographs, particularly from the 1950s and also a set of official Admiralty photographs of the D-Day landings; correspondence on naval subjects and history, including Davis's memories of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Mountbatten of Burma.
Dates
- 1948 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
2.5 archive box(es)
Creator
- From the Fonds: Davis, William Wellclose, Sir, 1901 - 1987 (Knight, Admiral) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk