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Telegram from HQ Main Allied Air Forces to the Air Ministry passing on a message from [Lieutenant] General [John] Cannon [Commander in Chief of Allied Air Forces in the Mediterranean Theatre] to WSC thanking him for his message of congratulation and praising WSC's "inspirational leadership". [annotated by WSC].

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Telegram from the Air Ministry to Allied Forces HQ passing on a "Personal and Top Secret" message from WSC to Field Marshal [Sir Harold] Alexander [later Lord Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre] enclosing a message for [Lieutenant] General [John] Cannon [Commander in Chief of Allied Air Forces in the Mediterranean Theatre] congratulating him and the airmen under his command on their work throughout the war in the Mediterranean.

Scope and Contents Letter from [Stewart] Crawford [Private Secretary to Chief of Air Staff] (Air Ministry, King Charles Street, Whitehall) to [John] Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] stating that the Chief of Air Staff [Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal] hopes that the various Air Force Commanders are remembered when WSC sends out congratulatory messages to the Anglo-American Forces in North-West Europe on VE Day and supplying notes and a table indicating the chain of command [CHAR 20/230/51]....

Scope and Contents Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1945. Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chief Whip [James Stuart]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service]....

Scope and Contents Copy of a covering letter from WSC to Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, marked "private" sending on two enclosures and undertaking to support the government on national defence, while reserving the right to criticise the Government on defence spending, and suggesting a recall of Parliament at the end of August.Includes enclosures: A copy of a note by WSC (dated 4 August) suggesting a plan for creating an emergency army for Western Europe, including the need for increased length of service by...

Scope and Contents Summary of events including: attempted landing at Dakar by General [Charles] de Gaulle; U boat activity in the North Atlantic and shipping losses; operations by German raiders; information about the disposition of German and Italian troops; events in Greece, Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], Bulgaria, the Mediterranean and the Middle East; air attacks on Germany (including Berlin) and on invasion ports in France and...

Scope and Contents Printed copy of a letter from WSC to President Roosevelt setting out the prospects for 1941 covering various subjects including: shared interests between Great Britain and the United States; the importance of sea and air power against Germany; reassurance about not requesting a large expeditionary army from the United States; the crucial importance of shipping to feed people and transport munitions and armies; shipping losses; battleship strength; the dangers posed by the Vichy French...

Scope and Contents Letters to LSA from correspondents including: John Arkwright; George Auden, School Medical Officer, City of Birmingham, on rejection of recruits because of their teeth; John Baird, assistant to the Military Mission with the Belgian Field Army [later 1st Lord Stonehaven] on opposition to National Service, particularly harm done by the advocacy of 1st Lord Northcliffe [earlier Alfred Harmsworth] and the attitude of Field Marshal 1st Lord Kitchener [Secretary of State for War]; Stanley Baldwin;...

Scope and Contents Letters to LSA from correspondents including: General Sir Henry Wilson [Assistant Chief of General Staff, Expeditionary Forces in France] on subjects including his opposition to the Dardanelles Campaign, the Balkans, chances of Bulgaria joining the war, the lack of political leadership, and the failure to break the German line on the Western Front (13); [Amelius] Mark Lockwood [earlier Mark Wood]; George Lloyd, describing events at the Dardanelles, and on action to be taken if Bulgaria...

Scope and Contents Letters to LSA from correspondents including: [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on compromising with the Government over federalism for Ulster [Northern Ireland] and the poor promotion prospects for LSA as a Unionist in David Lloyd-George's Government (2); Hamar Greenwood on LSA's recruitment scheme; Frederick Oliver on the collapse of the Government and on the Liberals raising the question of National Service (4); George Lloyd on where he would be useful following the end of the Dardanelles...

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The collection, though small, is interesting as no other papers appear to have been left by Hore-Belisha. It comprises letters, diaries, some photographs and documents (mainly copies) covering most of Hore-Belisha's career but concentrating on his most important position as War Minister from 1937-1939 and particularly the events surrounding his dismissal by Neville Chamberlain.

Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence, particularly on the Montagu House Central Committee for co-ordinating the work of Territorial Associations in connection with the new army recruits. Correspondents include: Lord Midleton [former Secretary of State for War, earlier William Brodrick] on difficulties in recruitment; Sir Herbert Creedy [former Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War] on his recollections of the committee (2); General Sir Henry Wilson [Assistant Chief of General Staff,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on the progress of LSA's recruitment campaign for the Army and Territorial Army, with correspondents including: Basil Peto; M R Ludlow, Special Recruiting Officer, Birmingham [Warwickshire] (4); Sir Hugh Bell; William Joynson-Hicks, Chairman of the Automobile Association and Motor Union [earlier William Hicks, later 1st Lord Brentford] on providing cars for staff officers (2); Jesse Collings, President of the Rural League on using the League's village agents for...

Scope and Contents Typescript copy of notes for WSC's speech on the fall of Belgium and surrender of King [Leopold] of Belgium; the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk [France]; the successes of the RAF; losses of men and weaponry; military development and the possibility of German invasion. Speech includes the phrase "We shall fight on the beaches . . . We shall never surrender".Carbon typescript copy with some manuscript annotations in ink [not by WSC] laid out in "psalm style" apart...

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Letters, blueprints, drawings, orders, memoranda, telegrams.

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Copy of the report of the Willcox Committee on the Reorganization of the Army and Air Forces in India (1944-45), with correspondence on copying JEP's version of the report. Correspondents include: General Sir John Chapple (5); representatives of the India Office Library and Records department, British Library (3).

Also includes: copy of a letter to JEP from Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck on the report (1948) [original at POLL 1/3/38].