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Diary, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/1

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: riding and hunting (on MS's new horse, Patsy); the worsening international situation; the conscription debate, Apr 1939; her pride in her father; the Thetis submarine disaster, Jun 1939; visiting Paris [France]; leaving Manor House school; visits from General Sir Edmund Ironside [Chief of Imperial General Staff] and Noel Coward, Aug 1939; the arrival of evacuees at Chartwell [Kent]; the outbreak of war; moving to London; Randolph Churchill's wedding to Pamela Digby [later Pamela Churchill, Pamela Hayward and Pamela Harriman].

Dates

  • Creation: 1939

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.

Extent

1 volume(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2015-03-11 09:09:06+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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