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Civil defence

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 261 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 16 Mar 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/252/39
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Letter from Lord Lloyd, Portman Square, London W1 to WSC, criticising the appointment of Sir Thomas Inskip (later Lord Caldecote) as Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence. Commenting that Stanley Baldwin wanted someone who would give him no trouble or press any difficult questions or demands.

Dates: 16 Mar 1933
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political:.
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(Untitled), [Mar] 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/252/48
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Letter from Paul Maze, Chinatown St., London SW1 to WSC, offering sympathy on him not being appointed Minister of Defence. Commenting that the public were beginning to realise that WSC was right. "Hitler will come to heel if he knows that all countries are against him".

Dates: [Mar] 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political:.
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(Untitled), 18 Mar 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/252/53-54
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Letter from the PS to Oliver Locker Lampson to Violet Pearman, PS to WSC, enclosing parliamentary question to the Prime Minister on the creation of the post of Minister for Defence, and asking if there could be a debate on the appointment.

Dates: 18 Mar 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political:.
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/259/71-75
Scope and Contents Letter from Desmond Morton, Crockham Hill, Kent to WSC, stating that the Civil Service proposed to give him a permanent post after 17 years "temporary Service", so that he could eventually draw a pension, and that he had named WSC as a referee. Also commenting on the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, reporting that the opinion of the Carlton Club was that SB was not going until "Death or the Coronation". Also that there was "trouble brewing aboun Anthony Eden (later Lord Avon), Foreign...
Dates: 16 Oct 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political:.
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(Untitled), 09 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/65
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Letter from WSC to Lady Houston, thanks for letter on the League of Nations, stating that he had very carefully considered the course he was taking from the view of the "safety of England from the German Nazi menace", and that he shared her regrets for the "misguided policy of the MacDonald-Badwin regime" in defence and external affairs [carbon].

Dates: 09 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/158
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Letter from Freddie Guest, Street's Mews, London W1 to WSC, commenting that Clement Attlee (Leader of the Labour Party) would support WSC on any rearmament programme "He admires and likes you. The door is open if you want to talk to him". Also invitation to lunch in honour of the Queen of Spain.

Dates: 25 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 4-6 Aug 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/28/45-51
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...
Dates: 4-6 Aug 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Churchill Papers / Public and Political: General / Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on defence, atomic weapons and energy.
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(Untitled), 26 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/155
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Letter from WSC to Lord Monsell [formerly Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell] commenting on his retirement as Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence,South Eastern Region and stating that he is examining the possibility of making a special award to the inhabitants of the Cinque ports and particularly Dover [Sussex and Kent] [carbon].

Dates: 26 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: Copies of letters from WSC.
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(Untitled), 19 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/222
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Minute [from 1st Lord Cherwell, earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on criticism of the co-ordination of civil defence by [?Kenneth] Lindsay. [Copy; given running number 318].

Dates: 19 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: copies of minutes [mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC, some with WSC's annotations added in typescript, numbered [by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly, ?at the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"] with a summary of the contents at the start of each part of the file.
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"War Cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Weekly Resume (no.56) of the naval, military and air situation from 12 noon September to 12 noon September 26th, 1940", 27 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/6/86-99
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...
Dates: 27 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: War Cabinet / Official: War Cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee: weekly resumes.
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Wartime work, 1925 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LDBA 1
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Includes: Ministry of Home Security papers on design of air raid shelters; Home Office Civil Defence Research Committee minutes; Department of Scientific and Industrial Research papers on alternative construction methods; papers on bombing trials for shelters and on protection for factories and offices; road research reports; data on damage to reinforced concrete and steel framed buildings; report on damage at Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Japan].

Dates: 1925 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of a few files, which are still closed (details are available in the catalogue), the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Baron Baker of Windrush

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