Gifts
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, A-C, especially cigars., Dec 1940 - Aug 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/434
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Correspondents include: [3rd] Lord Rothschild of MI5 (8), Sir Norman Kendal [Assistant Commissioner], New Scotland Yard (2), Senior Official Analyst to the Home Office Roche Lynch (2), Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes, British Minister at Havana, Cuba (4), [John] Balfour (3) and [Cecil] King of the Foreign Office, and [1st] Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] on cigars and the possibility of them being poisoned; Sir Henry French, [Secretary] Ministry of Food,...
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Dec 1940 - Aug 1942
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, A-E. [please note the majority of the file dates from 1943]., Nov 1941 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/486
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Correspondents include: [Guy] Millard of the Foreign Office on matters concerning gifts from abroad (2); General Sir Reginald Wingate, President of the Friends of the Fighting Forces, on the Friends' Chairman delivering a present of sweaters from the Philadelphia (United States) branch; Reverend [Percy] Middleton Brumwell sending a brochure on the Royal Army Chaplains Department [not included]; Thomas Hunter on a paper weight from a constituent; [Arthur] Clark [Private Secretary to the...
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Nov 1941 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, C-H., Mar 1941 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/457
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Correspondents include: [Sir] George Ogilvie-Forbes, [British Minister at] Havana, Cuba, on a carved wooden bust and album from the province of Camaguey; [4th] Lord Harlech [earlier Sir William Ormsby-Gore, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in the Union of South Africa] sending on an album on South Africa; Hugh Dalton sending on a book "What have we to defend?"; Dr [Herbert] Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs; Bradda Field sending her book "Miledi"; [Claude] Ledger, HM...
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Mar 1941 - Dec 1942
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, D-G., Dec 1940 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/435
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Correspondents include: Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes [British Minister at] (Havana, Cuba) on a bound edition of the Cuban paper "El Crisol"; [Kenneth] Pepper, HM Customs and Excise, on gifts of cigars; [Alick] Harrison [Private Secretary to the Minister of Food] (2) and J Arthur Goulburn of Goulburns Limited, Food Purveyors, (4) on subjects including war savings and a gift of Stilton cheese. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from [Prime Minister's Private Secretaries, Edith]...
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Dec 1940 - Dec 1941
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, F-M., Oct 1942 - Nov 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/487
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Correspondents include: [Reginald] Ashford [Private Secretary to the Chairman of the Board of Customs and Excise] on cigars from Mexico; [Guy] Millard of the Foreign Office on matters concerning gifts from abroad (3); Henry Hankey [2nd Secretary] (British Embassy, Madrid [Spain]) on a suggested gift of a cigar case; Sir Edward Grigg [later 1st Lord Altrincham] (2) sending WSC his book "The British Commonwealth" and on the Westminster Fund; William Hall on a hammer and sickle emblem sent by...
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Oct 1942 - Nov 1943
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, H-N, especially cigars., Dec 1940 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/436
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Correspondents include: Sir George Ogilvie-Forbes, British Minister at Havana, Cuba, on gifts of a picture made of Cuban woods and a cartoon of WSC (2); Prime Minister of Canada Mackenzie King praising WSC's broadcast to Rochester University [United States, 16 June]; [Colin] Thornley [Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for the Colonies] (2); [Kenneth] Pepper, HM Customs and Excise; Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Murray [later 3rd Lord Elibank] sending WSC "The Five Sons of 'Bare...
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Dec 1940 - Dec 1941
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, I-N., Aug 1941 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/458
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Correspondents include: John Wilmot [President] of the Board of Trade; Mackenzie King on gifts of a polar bear skin, a picture of the White House [Washington, United States], and copies of the photograph of WSC by [Yousuf] Karsh (2); [3rd] Lord Rothschild [of MI5] on testing cigars (2); [Rodney] Gallop (2) and [John] Perowne of the Foreign Office, [Thomas] Swan [British Minister to Colombia] (2), and [Rosalind] Culhane [later Rosalind, Lady Padmore, Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the...
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Aug 1941 - Dec 1942
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, N-W., Jan 1942 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/488A-B
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Correspondents include: [George] Young, [1st Secretary] Foreign Office, on a gift of a picture from a Chinese University; Michiels van Verduynen, Netherlands Ambassador [to the United Kingdom] and [Emanuel] Shinwell sending books; Michael Williams, [Valentine] Lawford (5), and [Guy] Millard (3) of the Foreign Office, and Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood, British Ambassador to Spain] (2) on gifts from abroad, including a gold watch from Juan Omarrementeria; Michael Wright of the...
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Jan 1942 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, P-Z. [most of file dates from 1942]., Jun 1941 - Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/459
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Correspondents include: Guy Millard of the Foreign Office on the proposed gift of a bronze model of George Washington by Marochetti through Sir George Franckenstein and a tea cosy from Madame Zelalic (2); Sir Louis Greig [Personal Air Secretary to Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] on the gift of a model aircraft from Polish airmen (2); [Frederick] Root [Private Secretary to the Minster of Works] on [1st] Lord Reith making a medallion of [John, 1st] Duke of Marlborough into a...
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Jun 1941 - Apr 1945
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Public and Political: General: correspondence on gifts to WSC, R-W, especially cigars., Dec 1940 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/437
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Correspondents include: [Anthony] Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] sending on messages from WSC and Charles Peake [Personal Assistant to Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States] on US wireless sets and batteries; [3rd] Lord Rothschild [of MI5] on testing some cigars sent by Abgar Renault, Brazilian Minister of Education; Hubert Beaumont [Parliamentary Private Secretary to Parliamentary Secretary] (Ministry of Agriculture) on tomatoes sent by the Mayor of Ryde [Isle...
Dates:
Dec 1940 - Dec 1941
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Public and Political: General: correspondence with or about Charles Wood, former literary assistant of WSC, on his retirement from George G Harrap and Company, obtaining wartime employment, personal details, and the gift of some apples., Jun 1940 - Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/411
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Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by WSC's secretary [Kathleen] Hill and [Brendan] Bracken [Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary].
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Jun 1940 - Dec 1940
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Public and Political: General: General Election: Tours., 22 Jun 1945 - 18 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/553A-B
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Correspondents include Conservative candidates either requesting visits from WSC or thanking him for visits including: Major-General Robert Laycock, [3rd] Lord Long, Reginald Manningham Buller [later 1st Lord Dilhorne], [Edward] Spears (3), Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton], Edward Terrell, Randolph Churchill, Donald Somervell, Bernard Sunley, Alfred Denville, George Harvie Watt and Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe]; David [1st Lord] Margesson of Conservative and Unionist...
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22 Jun 1945 - 18 Jul 1945
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Public and Political: General: General public correspondence., Jan 1940 - Aug 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/400
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Correspondents include: Arthur Bateman criticising the government; Alfred Bergman, ?director of Remington Typewriter Company, on his campaign to persuade the United States to enter the war (14); Edward Hulton, Managing Director of Picture Post, requesting an interview with WSC. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries [Kathleen] Hill and [Gwen] Davies, [Admiralty] Private Secretary [Bernard] Sendall, [Prime Minister's Private Secretaries] "J H P" [John Peck],...
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Jan 1940 - Aug 1940
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, A-B. [please note the majority of the file dates from 1943]., Oct 1940 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/471A-B
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Correspondents include: [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] (2) commenting on a book on WSC from the Alliance Press and a special edition of the Cuban paper Avance; Sir John Hammerton of Amalgamated Press Limited (2) sending a book "Other things than war" and an encyclopaedia of the war; [Guy] Millard of the Foreign Office sending on an Arabic translation of the Gospel of St Matthew; Brigadier-General Cecil Aspinall-Oglander sending a "Victory" potato;...
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Oct 1940 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, A-J., Nov 1940 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/424A-B
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Correspondents include: Cecil Allen on the gift of a stick and various suggestions for the war effort (6); [6th] Lord Hood [Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] and representatives of Balding and Mansell, printers, (4) on a WSC calendar; [Saville] Garner [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions]; Acting United Kingdom High Commissioner to Canada ?[Walter] Hankinson; [Robert] Wiseman (Dominions Office); Sir Walter Citrine, General Secretary of the TUC,...
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Nov 1940 - Dec 1941
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, A-J., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/448
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Correspondents include: [Vernon] Bovenizer of the War Office on a Captain R W M Bates seeking service; [Saville] Garner [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions] on details about a Charles Bell of Newfoundland [Canada]; Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company on acknowledging reproduction of an extract from WSC's "My Early Life"; Sir Harry Brittain on his book "Pilgrim Partners"; Sir Bernard Docker sending honey; [1st] Lord Geddes sending WSC brandy and whisky...
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Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, C-D. [please note the majority of the file dates from 1943]., Nov 1941 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/472A-B
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Correspondents include: [2nd] Lord Chaplin sending brandy; Sylvia Checkley sending birthday wishes and flowers (5); [1st] Lord Davidson on an appeal fund for Wilson Carlisle, founder of the Church Army (2); Major-General [Charles] Constantine on meeting WSC and receiving a signed photograph from him; Captain A M Dick requesting an autographed photograph (4); [Bernard] Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] and [James] Drawbell on Drawbell's book "All Change Here"....
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Nov 1941 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, E-G. [please note the majority of the file dates from 1943]., Mar 1900 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/473
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Correspondents include: [Guy] Millard of the Foreign Office and Edward Earle on Earle's book "Makers of Modern Strategy"; [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] on WSC sitting for Fayer the photographer for a United States exhibition; Howard Ferguson sending a book; [Sybil] Kenyon-Slaney, Lady in Waiting to the Princess Royal thanking William Ford for his assistance to the POW Comforts Fund [copy]; [Eleanor] Emery [Assistant Private Secretary to the...
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Mar 1900 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, H-J., Nov 1942 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/474
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Correspondents include: [Angus] Malcolm of the Foreign Office on reducing the flow of gifts from the United States; Norman Holden sending champagne; [Albert] Hunt sending a print of [John, 1st] Duke of Marlborough; Lord Robert Innes-Ker sending salmon; Lucie James (4) and [William] Honey, [Keeper, Ceramics Department], Victoria and Albert Museum, on plates sent by James to WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt; Archibald Joyce on dedicating a "Victory" waltz to WSC; [Lancelot] Joynson-Hicks...
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Nov 1942 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, K-M., Nov 1942 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/475A-B
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Correspondents include: [Reginald] Langford-James sending a document bearing the signature of Sir Winston Churchill [father of 1st Duke of Marlborough, not included]; Harold Butler [Minister at HM Embassy, Washington, United States] sending on a copy of a book from Walter Lippmann; Emil Ludwig looking to meet WSC; [Brendan] Bracken sending on a book by Bishop [David] Mathew; [Oliver] Harvey [Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] sending on a book; Major-General Robert Money...
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Nov 1942 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, K-W. [please note that the majority of material dates from 1941]., Oct 1940 - Nov 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/425
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Correspondents include: Thomas Neame sending some fruit (3); ?Joan, Lady Portal, on a donation to the RAF Benevolent Fund; A L Rowse sending a copy of his book "Tudor Cornwall" and commenting on WSC's war leadership [original filed in CHAR 2/386]; Alfred Smith asking for assistance with his reappointment to the military (7); John Balfour (Foreign Office) on a bedspread sent by a United States grammar school. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries [Kathleen]...
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Oct 1940 - Nov 1943
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, K-Y., May 1941 - Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/449
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Correspondents include: [Harold] Clifford Smith on the gift of a damask napkin with pictures of [1st] Duke of Marlborough's victories; [3rd] Lord Rothschild [of MI5] on testing honey; [Ben] Russell of Cunard White Star Limited on seeds from the United States (2); [?John] Wood [WSC's accountant] on an old friend whose son is a POW. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from CSC and her secretary [Grace] Hamblin, WSC's secretaries [Kathleen] Hill and [Elizabeth] Layton, and [Prime...
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May 1941 - Nov 1942
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, N-Q., Feb 1942 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/476
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Correspondents include: [Leslie] Bradley [Director] of the Imperial War Museum, Eleanor Emery [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions], UK High Commissioner in New Zealand Sir Harry Batterbee (4), [Saville] Garner [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Dominions] (3), [William] Jordan, High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, and [Clement] Attlee [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs] on an inkstand presented to WSC by the New Zealand...
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Feb 1942 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, R., Jan 1943 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/477
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Correspondents include: Betram Rumble, Honorary Secretary of the Air Force Benevolent Fund on obtaining WSC's signature (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries [Kathleen] Hill and "E S L" [Elizabeth Layton], [Prime Minister's Private Secretaries, Edith] Watson and "J M M" [John Martin], CSC and [her secretary] "G H" [Grace Hamblin], and "C R T" [Charles Thompson, Personal Assistant to WSC].Other subjects include: various gifts and items sent or offered to...
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Jan 1943 - Dec 1943
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Public and Political: General: General Public correspondence, S., Dec 1942 - Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/478
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Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys sending on a pamphlet by [General Sir Bernard] Montgomery; Archdeacon of Quebec [Canada, Frederick] Scott sending copies of poems (2); Gladys Storey on her Bovril Fund; Lisa Sheridan, photographer, on taking photographs of WSC (5). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretaries [Kathleen] Hill and "E S L" [Elizabeth Layton], [Prime Minister's Private Secretaries] Leslie Rowan, Francis [Brown], [Edith] Watson, and "J H P" [John...
Dates:
Dec 1942 - Dec 1943
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