Second World War (1939-1945)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2736 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1945
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/167/87-95
Scope and Contents
Hansard report of WSC's speech on the War Situation: subjects covered include fighting in the Ardennes, the Soviet advance in Germany, the campaign in Burma [later Myanmar] and particularly the Civil War in Greece. Annotated in blue crayon.
Dates:
18 Jan 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
(Untitled), 21 Mar 1943
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/193A/85-116
Scope and Contents
Draft copy of speech notes for WSC's broadcast on post war plans including: his illness; India; the difficulty of forecasting post war expenditure; anticipation of victory against Germany and Japan; the need for a 4 year plan; the Beveridge report; WSC's conviction of the need for social reform; agriculture; public health; education; unemployment. Extracts from the draft [unused] notes include criticism of Gandhi's fast and of the Beveridge report. Carbon typescript with annotations by...
Dates:
21 Mar 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Various correspondence, 1941-c 1956
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/35
Scope and Contents
Letters to Clementine from: Queen Elizabeth, thanking Clementine for a book on Walter Sickert and commenting on the strength and vigour of Churchill's broadcast from the United States, December 1941; [William] Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] on his visit to Chequers [Buckinghamshire], August 1941 and being with Churchill when he made his broadcast on the Atlantic Charter; [William] Averell Harriman [Special Representative of President Franklin Roosevelt] on a visit to Chequers, c...
Dates:
1941-c 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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View from roof of Flamsteed House showing the following domes: Astrographic, 28-inch (perforated during war), Altazimuth and Thompson, 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 220/2/1/7/5
Scope and Contents
War-damage visible.
Dates:
1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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View of 28-inch (Great Equatorial) Dome from Greenwich Park, 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 220/2/1/7/6
Scope and Contents
Photograph showing 1) the war damaged dome and 2) the repaired brickwork around the double doors onto balcony which was breached in December 1947 when the telescope was being removed for transportation to Herstmonceux.
Dates:
1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Visit to the Middle East and Moscow, 1942-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 5
Scope and Contents
Photographs of WSC's visit to Cairo [Egypt] and his meetings with Stalin in Moscow [Soviet Union].
Dates:
1942-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"War cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee: Weekly Resume (no.40) of the Naval, Military and Air Situation", 30 May- 6 Jun 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/5/1-14
Scope and Contents
Detailed summary of the war situation including: the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk including the effect of weather conditions, numbers evacuated, naval losses and attacks by German bombers; attacks by U-boats on seaborne trade; anti-submarine operations; German trade; overview of the military and air situation covering Norway, Italy, the North Sea and coastal operations, the bombing of Great Britain, attacks on Germany by Bomber Command, French and German air...
Dates:
30 May- 6 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"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
Unknown
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
Unknown
War Cabinet Paper, 08 Dec 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/4/11
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...
Dates:
08 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
War Office photographs, 1943-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 3/6
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1943-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
War Service, 1939 - 1942
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KLMR 6/3
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with the War Office.
Dates:
1939 - 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Series
War time, 1934 - 1967
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 3/226-253
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
1934 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of two files which are still closed, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Series
War time, 1917 - 1940
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 3X/31-40
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
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.
Dates:
1917 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of two files which are still closed, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Unknown
"Wars are not won by evacuations", 04 Jun 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/140A/9-28
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...
Dates:
04 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Sub-Series
Wartime and Military Correspondence re Dark Adaptation and Instrumentation, 1941
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/3377/KJCraik/1/5
Scope and Contents
Wartime and Military Correspondence re Dark Adaptation and Instrumentation with diagrams etc.
Dates:
1941
Sub-Series
Wartime and Military Correspondence re Vision, Illumination, and Flying, 1940 - 1942
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/3377/KJCraik/1/4
Scope and Contents
Wartime and Miltary correspondence regarding light, vision, and flying
Dates:
1940 - 1942
Sub-Series
Wartime and Military Research, 1940 - 1945
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/3377/KJCraik/2/3
Dates:
1940 - 1945
File
Wartime letters from CS to his mother, Hope Rhys, from Egypt, North Africa and Italy, 1940-08 - 1945-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 9/2
Scope and Contents
Also includes a photograph of CS at [?] Sandhurst.
Dates:
1940-08 - 1945-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Wartime regulations and notes, 1940 - 1946
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 40/5
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1940 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Wartime work, 1925 - 1978
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/LDBA 1
Scope and Contents
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.
Sub-Fonds
Washington, 1943 - 1946
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 9
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91
Dates:
1943 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Washington [United States], Gibraltar, North Africa, 1943-05 - 1943-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 7
Scope and Contents
Photographs of WSC's visits.
Dates:
1943-05 - 1943-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Unknown
"Westward, look, the land is bright", 27 Apr 1941
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/150B/124-142
Scope and Contents
Speaking notes for WSC's broadcast (27 April, BBC) on the war situation including: public morale; his tours of bomb-damaged cities; General Sir Archibald Wavell's [Commander in Chief Middle East] successes in Libya; German successes in the Balkans and British support for Greece; admiration in the United States for Great Britain; praise for troops from Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC); condemnation of [Benito] Mussolini "This whipped jackal"; the Battle of the Atlantic and praise...
Dates:
27 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
File
Wickenden and Other Letters, 1936-01 - 1951-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/6/13
Scope and Contents
Personal correspondence, with correspondents including (Henry) James Wickenden, on subjects including his posting to India (20); Major-General Ross McCay [Military Secretary, India]; Colin Hardie [Tutor in Classics, Magdalen College, University of Oxford] on post-war degree courses at Oxford that Wickenden might apply for; Denys Winstanley [Vice-Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge] on places Wickenden might apply for; Patrick Duff, Senior Tutor, Trinity College (5); ...
Dates:
1936-01 - 1951-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
Fonds
William Batters: 'Harry Tate's Navy
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7980
Scope and Contents
Memoir of Batter's time in the Royal Naval Patrol Service.
Dates:
1969 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library