Gifts
Found in 382 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 02 Jan [1945]
Note from Leslie Rowan [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC informing him that the President [Roosevelt] has sent him 6 new maps in substitution for some which are now in the map cabinet at No.10, and suggesting text for a short telegram of thanks. [Initialled typescript] [Dated 2 Jan 1944, but presumably 2 Jan 1945] Initialled and dated by WSC in red ink.
(Untitled), 03 Jan 1945
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal" thanking him for the 6 new maps for his map cabinet, "which were safely delivered today".
(Untitled), 11 Jan 1945
Draft text for telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" thanking him for the bound copy of his D-Day prayer and the three bow ties, "you will see me wearing them at ARGONAUT" [codename for Yalta Conference, Soviet Union]. [Initialled typescript on Downing Street paper].
(Untitled), 11 Jan 1945
Copy of text for telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "personal and secret" thanking him for the bound copy of his D-Day prayer and the three bow ties, "you will see me wearing them at ARGONAUT" [codename for Yalta Conference, Soviet Union]. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 11 Jan 1945
Note from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC informing him that the King [George VI] has sent him 4 pheasants and 2 hares from Sandringham [Norfolk] and asking whether WSC wants the Master of the Household to be thanked or whether he will thank the King personally. [Typescript] With annotation by WSC in red ink indicating that he would like a letter to be sent to the Master of the Household.
(Untitled), 12 Jan 1945
Letter from John Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Piers Legh [Master of the Household of King George VI] informing him that WSC has received 4 pheasants and 2 hares from the King from Sandringham [Norfolk] and asking him to convey WSC's warm thanks to the King. [Initialled carbon].
(Untitled), 21 Feb 1945
Letter from WSC to Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz [Commanding General, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe] thanking him for the album of photographs showing the work of the 8th and 15th United States Air Forces, and stating, "I can imagine no finer record of the great contribution which the Air Forces under your Command have made to the successes of the Anglo-American Armies since their landing in Europe". [Carbon].
(Untitled), Feb 1945
Letter from Lieutenant General Carl Spaatz [Commanding General, United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe] to WSC announcing his very great pleasure in presenting WSC with a "pictorial report on our strategic effort during the past year against the enemy's power to wage war" [report not attached]. [Signed typescript].
(Untitled), 1941
Offprint from the British Encyclopedia of Medical Practice, Surveys and Abstracts Volume 1940, of article by Professor Russell Reynolds (Physician in Charge, Department of Radiology and Electrotherapy, Charing Cross Hospital, London and Honorary Adviser in Radiology to the Minister of Pensions) of article on "Radiography and Radiotherapy". Author's signed presentation copy with ms dedication to WSC.
(Untitled), 08 May 1945
Letter from Jack Barr (1518 South Beckley, Dallas [United States]) to WSC (London) congratulating him on the defeat of Germany and enclosing a cheque for WSC to buy some cigars with. [signed by Barr and his wife].
(Untitled), 11 May 1945
Letter from "E M W" [Edith Watson, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Mrs Evans thanking her for her letter, a press cutting about her son, and an "interesting coin" found in her garden. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), [May] [1945]
Letter from Mrs Evans ("Clover Hill", Northcliff, Tenby, Pembrokeshire [Wales]) to WSC expressing her gratitude to WSC for his war leadership, commenting on the experiences of her family during the war, and sending him a coin found in her garden at its start. [signed manuscript with additional manuscript note and envelope].
(Untitled), 15 May 1945
Letter from "J R C" [John Colville, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Mynheer Masselink thanking him on behalf of WSC for a box of strawberries sent from Holland [the Netherlands]. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 15 May 1945
Note from "K H" [Kathleen Hill, WSC's Secretary] to [John] Colville [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] on arranging thanks for some strawberries sent to WSC and [?Buckingham] Palace. [initialled].
(Untitled), 10 May 1945 - 15 May 1945
Registry filing slip giving details of some strawberries sent to WSC by Mynheer Masselink of Holland [the Netherlands]. [original letter dated 10 May; slip dated 15 June].
(Untitled), [1945] - Jan 1950
Report by the Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force [in Western Europe, United States Army], General Dwight Eisenhower, to the Combined Chiefs of Staff on the operations in Europe of the Allied Expeditionary Force, 8 June 1944 to 8 May 1945, dated 13 July 1945. In a presentation binding with an annotated dedication to WSC from Eisenhower and a note [by WSC's secretary] indicating that the gift was acknowledged on 23 January 1950.
(Untitled), 11 May 1945
Letter from "E M W" [Edith Watson, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Mrs [Daisy] Pope thanking her on behalf of WSC for a piece of cake, nearly six years old, and her good wishes. [Carbon copy; annotated that the cake was "destroyed"].
(Untitled), 09 May 1945
Letter from Mrs Daisy Pope (Brockenhurst, Faraday Road, Maidstone [Kent]) to WSC sending him a piece of cake made on 4 September 1939 to be cut on the day of victory and paying tribute to his war leadership. [signed manuscript].
(Untitled), 22 May 1945
Letter from "J H P" [John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Jack Barr thanking him for his letter of congratulations to WSC but explaining that since WSC cannot accept gifts he is returning Barr's cheque to him. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 09 Mar 1945
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin thanking him for the Russian products sent with his ship from Sevastopol [Soviet Union]. Photocopy.
(Untitled), 09 Mar 1945
Telegram from WSC to General Dwight Eisenhower [Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe, United States Army] marked "personal and Top Secret" congratulating him on the great victory won by the armies under his command [achieving a bridgehead over the Rhine at Remagan, Germany]. Photocopy.
(Untitled), 29 Oct 1944
Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal" thanking him for his gifts of Russian products. Copy.
(Untitled), 26 Mar 1945
Letter from WSC to General Orbay thanking him for the gift of one thousand turkish cigarettes [carbon].
(Untitled), 29 Mar 1945
Letter from WSC to His Excellency Licenciado Ezequiel Padilla [Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs] thanking him for the cigars and the tablecloth which he and Don Manuel Tello had sent for Christmas [carbon].
(Untitled), 02 Apr 1945
Letter from WSC to General Sir Frederick Pile [General Officer Commander in Chief, Anti -Aircraft Command] thanking him for photographs [not included] of his daughter Mary Churchill [later Lady Soames] with her battery in Belgium and crossing the Channel [carbon].