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Photographs of Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill during the war: 1940, 1940-02 - 1988-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 6/2/19

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Churchill meeting the crew of HMS Exeter, Feb 1940; Clementine, Churchill and MS at the launch of HMS Indomitable, Mar 1940; Churchill aboard a destroyer, May 1940; Churchill and Clementine on their way to 10 Downing Street [London], May 1940; Churchill, Julian Sandys and Edwina Sandys, Duncan Sandys and Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to WSC], Pamela Churchill [earlier Pamela Digby, later Pamela Hayward and Pamela Harriman] and Clementine sitting with John Colville [Private Secretary to Churchill] at Chequers [Buckinghamshire], summer 1940; Pamela cuddling a dog at Chequers; newspaper headlines on the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and France's armistice with Germany, June 1940; Churchill leaving Downing Street, June 1940; Clementine at Downing Street (in a photograph taken by Cecil Beaton), Sept 1940; Churchill touring bomb damaged areas of London, and returning with Clementine by boat after inspecting the docks, Sept 1940; Churchill with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth after the bombing of Buckingham Palace, Sept 1940; Churchill, Clementine and Randolph Churchill outside Downing Street, Oct 1940, before Randolph went to the House of Commons to be sworn in as an MP; Churchill and Clementine with General Wladyslaw Sikorski [Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army], [?] inspecting Polish forces in Scotland, Oct 1940, and waiting for a train at St Andrews later; Hurricanes flying overhead, Nov 1940; touring bomb-damaged areas, [?] Dec 1940; St Paul's Cathedral in the Blitz, Dec 1940; portrait photograph of Clementine; Sylvia Henley [Clementine's friend and cousin]. Includes some photocopies and negatives.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940-02 - 1988-02

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2017-04-05 10:01:17.627000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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