Second World War (1939-1945)
Found in 2725 Collections and/or Records:
War Cabinet Paper, 08 Dec 1940
War Office photographs, 1943-11
Album of official War Office photographs from Yugoslavia [now Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], particularly relating to the National Council of Yugoslavia and the inauguration of the Yugoslav National Liberation Constitutional Assembly.
War Service, 1939 - 1942
Includes correspondence with the War Office.
War time, 1934 - 1967
The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.
War time, 1917 - 1940
The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.
"Wars are not won by evacuations", 04 Jun 1940
Wartime letters from CS to his mother, Hope Rhys, from Egypt, North Africa and Italy, 1940-08 - 1945-06
Also includes a photograph of CS at [?] Sandhurst.
Wartime regulations and notes, 1940 - 1946
Regulations and notes covering the conduct and activities of staff at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, during the Second World War, including aspects of war duty. The entries are arranged alphabetically, and begin with an address list. There are a number of loose items. The volume is initialled H.W.N. on the cover, probably referring to H.W. Newton, who was in charge of the Observatory at this time, and who is mentioned in a note on the inside cover.
Wartime work, 1925 - 1978
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].
Washington, 1943 - 1946
Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91
Washington [United States], Gibraltar, North Africa, 1943-05 - 1943-06
Photographs of WSC's visits.
"Westward, look, the land is bright", 27 Apr 1941
Wickenden and Other Letters, 1936-01 - 1951-08
William Batters: 'Harry Tate's Navy
Memoir of Batter's time in the Royal Naval Patrol Service.
Winston S Churchill: Photographs "Album no. 2", 1925-01 - 1941-06
Album of private and press photographs of Churchill.
Winston S Churchill: Photographs "Album no. 3", 1940-09 - 1942-11
Album of private and press photographs of Churchill.
Winston S Churchill: Photographs "Album no. 4", 1941-04 - 1945-05
Album of private and press photographs of Churchill.
"With 'my better half'", 1940-09-25
Photo shows WSC and CSC sitting on board a naval auxiliary patrol vessel on the Thames, travelling towards the East London docks. WSC is wearing an overcoat and hat and has his arm around CSC. CSC sits close to him wearing a fur coat and head scarf.
World War II, 1940 - 1945
World War II, 1939 - 1946
The papers consist of: photographs and later correspondence relating to the Battle of Jutland; papers on Fawcett's work in the Anti-Submarine Warfare Division during the Second World War; a personal journal from Fawcett's early days in the Navy, including his time in the Persian Gulf; biographical material.
World War II Papers, 1941 - 1945
The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.
World War Two Campaign maps; "Les grandes unites francaises, 1939-40" (published Paris, 1967), 1967
Second World War campaign maps; "Les grandes unites francaises", 1939-40 (published, 1967, 1 volume); and manuscript copy of "A passionate prodigality", 1930 (2 volumes)
WSC as Prime Minister, 1941 - 1945
Photographs of WSC throughout his career.
WSC during the Second World War, 1939 - 1942
Includes: studies of WSC at Chartwell [Kent]; WSC as Honorary Air Commodore of No. 615 squadron; the British War Cabinet; WSC inspecting the defences of Southern Command; WSC inspecting bomb damage at Dover and Ramsgate; bomb damage at Buckingham Palace [London]; WSC and Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States; WSC's visit to the Western Desert, North Africa.