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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 336 Collections and/or Records:

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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 4., 17 May 1942 - 14 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/705
Scope and Contents Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "The best-mannered man I ever met" on WSC's memories of Arthur Balfour; "Joseph Chamberlain, the Political Piebald" on the career and WSC's memories of Chamberlain; "Writing a book" on WSC's memories of "The story of the Malakand Field Force", "The River War", and meeting the journalist G W Steevens; "A colonel of the old school" on the career and WSC's memories of Colonel John Brabazon; "Curzon - magnificent failure" on the career of George...
Dates: 17 May 1942 - 14 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 7., 12 Oct 1941 - 16 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/696
Scope and Contents Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "The truth about the Dardanelles [Turkey]", WSC's account of the strategic thinking behind the campaign, and the support it received from the War Council and leading naval figures; "The peril of half-measures and compromise in war" on Lord Fisher's doubts and Lord Kitchener's role in the campaign; "17 sea mines which played a part in history" on the naval bombardment of the Dardanelles' forts, Vice-Admiral Sackville Carden going sick, and...
Dates: 12 Oct 1941 - 16 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 8., 17 Nov 1940 - 29 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/672
Scope and Contents Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "Neville Chamberlain" on British Prime Ministers since [William] Gladstone, Chamberlain's career, including during World War I, and as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and WSC's views on his personality; "The Grimmest Task in the Government" on WSC's experiences as Home Secretary, capital punishment, and prison reform; "Maiden and Other Speeches" on speeches by F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead], Timothy Healy, WSC, Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord...
Dates: 17 Nov 1940 - 29 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 8., 23 Nov 1941 - 28 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/697
Scope and Contents Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "My adventures with the guerrilla fighters" on WSC's experiences during the rebellion against the Spanish in Cuba; "First things I remember" on his earliest memories of Ireland, Elizabeth Everest, his mother [Lady Randolph Churchill], Ventnor [Isle of Wight], [William] Gladstone's election victory in 1880, and his schooling at Brighton [Sussex]; "The man who gave me my first cabinet post" on WSC's memories of Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord...
Dates: 23 Nov 1941 - 28 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 24 "Dakar"., 11 Mar 1948-27 Aug 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/170/90-105
Scope and Contents Set of printed final galley proofs for chapter on Dakar [Senegal] annotated in pencil by CSC with queries and suggestions, often suggesting less detail "L'art d'ennuyer c'est de tout dire" [the art of irritating, or boring, is to say everything].Covers: plans for the Dakar expedition; landing Free French forces at Dakar; support for General Charles de Gaulle; meetings of the War Cabinet and Chiefs of Staff; delays in the transmission of messages enabling the passage of Vichy French warships;...
Dates: 11 Mar 1948-27 Aug 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: "Thoughts and Adventures."., 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/319
Scope and Contents Proofs and offprints of WSC's articles which were collectively published as "Thoughts and Adventures" including: "Winston Churchill described the Battle of Sidney Street" on his actions as Home Secretary; "In the air" on WSC's personal experiences of flying and his encouragement of the development of military aviation while First Lord of the Admiralty; "My own spy story" on espionage during World War I and WSC's experiences on the Western Front; "Plugstreet" on his posting to Ploegsteert...
Dates: 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Tit-Bits articles by WSC., Oct 1939 - Nov 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/654
Scope and Contents Includes cuttings from Tit-bits for: "I Was a Prisoner of War" (2 parts) on WSC's capture by the Boers, his subsequent escape from a prisoner of war camp, his experiences on the run, and his luck in seeking refuge in a British home; "I am a Prisoner in a Mine" on his experiences hiding in a mine; "My Nightmare Journey" on his escape on board a goods train bound for the Portuguese frontier; "It's Splendid to be Free" on his escape into Portuguese territory, his reception at the British...
Dates: Oct 1939 - Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Middle East, 1940-09 - 1942-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CORB 4
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Includes: reports on Corbett's visits to Egypt and the Western Desert; papers on armoured tactics; intelligence reports; Corbett's proposals for reorganization of Armoured Divisions in the 10th Army; correspondence between Corbett and General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; analysis of operations at Cyrenaica [Libya]; Corbett's notes on tank operations in Egypt and Palestine; letters and papers on Corbett's departure from the Middle East.

Dates: 1940-09 - 1942-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Military Observations", 1897-1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/3/2-29
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Proofs of Chapter XVII of the Story of the Malakand Field Force on subjects including: transport, camps, artillery, weapons and the Dum-Dum bullet, young soldiers, and the bravery and motives of soldiers. Manuscript draft in black ink in WSC's hand with additions in red ink also by WSC. Includes newspaper cuttings [of WSC's articles about the Malakand Field Force] pasted on to the proofs.

Dates: 1897-1898
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Personal Telegrams., 1943 (one item from 1949)

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/109
Scope and Contents From the Series: This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates: 1943 (one item from 1949)
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Commission., 30 Dec 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/35
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WSC's Commission as Captain in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars.

Dates: 30 Dec 1901
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Commission as Second Lieutenant., 20 Feb 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/13
Scope and Contents From the Series: These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates: 20 Feb 1895
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1898 - 31 Dec 1898

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/20
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Correspondents include: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales [later King Edward VII] (4); Field Marshal Lord Roberts (3); George Curzon [later Lord Curzon of Kedleston]; Sir Michael Hicks-Beach; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Lord Salisbury; Lumley and Lumley, Solicitors; Frances, Duchess of Marlborough; General Sir William Lockhart; Captain Aylmer Haldane (2).

Dates: 01 Jan 1898 - 31 Dec 1898
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Cuba:., 1895 - 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/14
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Correspondence and permits, with newspaper (acquired 1952).

Dates: 1895 - 1896
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Egypt:., 1896 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/18
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Correspondence and papers on Egypt and the Sudan, including letters of introduction, and photographs of Omdurman.

Dates: 1896 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: On South Africa Escape, 1899: Press cutting., 11 Dec 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/166
Scope and Contents From the Series: These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates: 11 Dec 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars: Henley Squadron., 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/67
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Correspondence and papers.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, Henley Squadron: Correspondence., 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/109
Scope and Contents From the Series: These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates: 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, Henley Squadron: Correspondence and papers., 20 Dec 1909 - 23 Nov 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/97
Scope and Contents From the Series: These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates: 20 Dec 1909 - 23 Nov 1910
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, Henley Squadron: Correspondence and papers., 07 Dec 1908 - 24 Oct 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/102
Scope and Contents From the Series: These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates: 07 Dec 1908 - 24 Oct 1911
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars, Henley Squadron: Correspondence, lease and papers., 17 Feb 1908 - 28 Nov 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/83
Scope and Contents From the Series: These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates: 17 Feb 1908 - 28 Nov 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: South Africa: Correspondence., 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/26
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Correspondents include Joseph Cheetham; Joseph Chamberlain; Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson; Captain Percy Scott; Colonel Neville Chamberlain.File also includes WSC's certificate of service with the South African Light Horse, Jan-Mar 1900, signed by Lt-Colonel Julian Byng [later Lord Byng of Vimy].

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K-Z., Sep 1948 - Feb 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/47
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (9); H J Backwell, Deputy Regional Petroleum Officer, Ministry of Fuel and Power (9); [Arthur] Halls, Private Secretary [to the President of] the Board of Trade; [Christopher] Fogarty [Assistant Principal] HM Treasury; [Derek] Stephen [Assistant Principal] War Office (2); Herbert Truelove, Honorary Secretary, Chigwell [Essex] Urban District Chamber of Commerce (6); Reginald Maudling of...
Dates: Sep 1948 - Feb 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folios 173-6 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a potentially living individual until 1 January 2024.
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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
Scope and Contents 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;...
Dates: Oct 1940 - Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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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
Scope and Contents 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,...
Dates: Nov 1940 - Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open