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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2737 Collections and/or Records:

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Political and Normanton, 1940-06 - 1948-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/1
Scope and Contents Material on JEP's campaign in the Normanton by-election [South Yorkshire] (February 1947), including: correspondence with representatives of the Normanton and Castleford [South Yorkshire] Conservative and Unionist Association, and representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office (including Yorkshire Area); campaign posters; reports of JEP's pre-election speeches; lists of staff and expenses; post-election report by JEP; letters of good will and sympathy from individuals including...
Dates: 1940-06 - 1948-02
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.
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Political: Constituency: Epping [Essex], 1924 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7
Scope and Contents This class of papers covers that part of WSC's time as Conservative MP for Epping contained in the Chartwell papers (up to 26 July 1945). The remainder of his time as MP (for Woodford) can be found in the post-1945 Churchill papers at CHUR 3.The papers contain correspondence between WSC's office and local officials, particularly the Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association, Sir James Hawkey, discussing standard constituency business (such as WSC's support for various local...
Dates: 1924 - 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.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A., 15 Jun 1942 - 25 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/61A-B
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Correspondents include: Edward Allen (6); Hyacinth Morgan; Thomas Leslie Rowan [Principal Private Secretary to WSC]; Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (7); Reginald Maudling; F D Atkinson (7).Subjects include: release from Auxiliary Territorial Service; repair of bomb-damaged houses; scientists' Income Tax rebate; War Crimes Commission.

Dates: 15 Jun 1942 - 25 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., 02 Jan 1939 - 25 Jul 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/53
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Rowland Arnison (4); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (5); H Reginald Beck (4); A M Bex (4); C S Ketchen (4).Subjects include: a conscription query from a constituent; the local Canning & Food Industries Club and Dairy & Ice Cream Equipment Club; local sewerage rates; the marking of imports from Axis countries; criticism by local Conservatives of WSC's "Neglect of Constituency"; protests about London transport fares;...
Dates: 02 Jan 1939 - 25 Jul 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Br-By., 20 Oct 1941 - 24 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/64A-C
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Correspondents include: Leonard Buckner (4); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (11).Subjects include: conscientious objectors; reconditioning of surplus army vehicles; National Health Service; bomb damage repairs; service register of electors; fight against tuberculosis; repossession of requisitioned property; naturalisation of aliens; food rationing.

Dates: 20 Oct 1941 - 24 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence C-D., 03 Jan 1939 - 27 Jul 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/54
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Correspondents include: Clifford Heyworth, Town Clerk of Chingford, [Essex] on Chingford's neutral evacuation status and air raid shelters (12); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (4).Subjects include: local concerns over allowances to servicemen's dependants; local health report; vivisection; the Clubs Bill; pension enquiries; safeguarding the jobs of National Servicemen; car tax; Women's Voluntary Service.

Dates: 03 Jan 1939 - 27 Jul 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ch., 05 Sep 1940 - 02 Sep 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/66A-C
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: William Chapman (6); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (12); Mrs W L Jessop (8); Jennie Jones, Secretary of Chingford [Essex] Famine Relief Committee (4).Subjects include: release from reserved occupations; evacuation; de-requisitioning of houses; control of the BBC; bomb damage repair; cuts to London Civil Defence personnel.Also includes: the Chingford War Weapon, a newspaper on the loan of...
Dates: 05 Sep 1940 - 02 Sep 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ci-Co., 19 Feb 1941 - 22 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/67A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Arthur L Cole (4); Colonel Sir Edward Warner, President of the Connaught Hospital (3); Colonel Sir Francis Whitmore, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (4); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (12).Subjects include: repair of bomb damage; transfer of Voluntary Aid Detachment nurses to the Auxiliary Territorial Service; repossession of requisitioned land.Also includes: telegrams supporting WSC in the...
Dates: 19 Feb 1941 - 22 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Cr-Cu., 07 Oct 1939 - 12 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/68A-B
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Correspondents include: G J Creed (11); Sir Richard Wells; Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (5); A W Cuthbert (11); S D Clements, Private Secretary of War Damage Commission.Subjects include: repair of bomb damage and rehousing; Rent Restrictions Act [1939]; evacuation; release from Armed Forces.

Dates: 07 Oct 1939 - 12 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Fr-Fu., 29 Jul 1940 - 16 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/73
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (8).Subjects include: repair of bomb damage; naturalization of aliens; local housing shortages.

Dates: 29 Jul 1940 - 16 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Go-Gu., 10 Oct 1940 - 23 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/75A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association]; Mrs S Gould (7); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (7).Subjects include: reparations to Jews; loss of SS Almeda Star; Conservative Central Office guidance to candidates in the 1945 General Election on opticians; Women's Land Army; bomb damage repair and rehousing; war widows' pensions; land reclamation for agriculture;...
Dates: 10 Oct 1940 - 23 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence H-J., 03 Jun 1938 - 09 Oct 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/56A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Lieutenant J E G Halsey (4); Brendan Bracken; Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (12); Sir John Anderson [Lord Privy Seal, later 1st Lord Waverley] on ARP Controllers and London Regional Commissioners (3); Walter Elliot [Minister of Health]; H E Hounsell (5).Subjects include: Conservative Central Office undermining WSC in Epping; Supplementary Reserve and Territorial Army commissions; air raid shelters; munitions profiteering;...
Dates: 03 Jun 1938 - 09 Oct 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ho-Hu., 02 May 1939 - 30 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/78A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Clement Holdstock (5); G J Holtham (9); Joyce Howard (6); Reginald Hucks (4); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (5).Subjects include: Merchant Navy clothing; land requisition; rehousing bombing victims; the place of religion in probation work (amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill, 1939); British residents in unoccupied France (1941); BBC messages to France.Also includes: a petition for...
Dates: 02 May 1939 - 30 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence J., 15 Mar 1939 - 16 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/80A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Ethel Haslam (4); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of the Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (18); Philip Allen [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State] (5); E J Jones (8); Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (5th Baronet); E A Baker (secretary at the Ministry of Food) (5); J T S Lewis (secretary at the Ministry of Food) (4).Subjects include: deportation of internees; employment of aliens; housing shortages and...
Dates: 15 Mar 1939 - 16 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence K., 20 Jul 1941 - 01 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/81
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (7); Charles Kidman (10).Subjects include: de-requisitioning of houses; repair of bomb damage; the War Damage Contribution; requisitioning of local factories; exit permits to Ireland; release from the Forces.Also includes: a leaflet from the Indian Freedom Campaign.

Dates: 20 Jul 1941 - 01 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence L., 09 Jun 1941 - 25 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/82A-B
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Correspondents include: Stanley B de Lacey (12); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (17); Henry H Lassman (4).Subjects include: army surgeon training; War Damage Commission; road safety; Merchant Navy pensions; the mines ballot; building contracts; National Insurance; PAYE.Also includes: a statement issued by the National Federation of Building Trades Employers on advance preparation of housing sites.

Dates: 09 Jun 1941 - 25 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ma-Mi., 16 Nov 1939 - 16 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/84A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (9); the 6th Lord Hood [Private Secretary to the Minister of Information]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence].Subjects include: material restrictions; requisitioning and de-requisitioning of houses; anti-tank weapons and membership of the Home Guard; censorship staff; the mines ballot; pension enquiries; Civil Defence...
Dates: 16 Nov 1939 - 16 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Mc., 05 Jun 1943 - 26 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/83
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Subjects include: demobilization; settling the estates of officers in India; de-requisitioning; the housing shortage.Also includes: an inventory of the personal effects of an officer in India.

Dates: 05 Jun 1943 - 26 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Mo-Mu., 27 Jan 1940 - 05 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/85
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodfood] (5); Mrs A Munn (6); A F Munn (5).Subjects include: evacuation to Colchester [Essex]; air raid shelters; de-requisitioning of houses; pension enquiries; war damage repair claims; call-up of building labour.

Dates: 27 Jan 1940 - 05 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence O-Pi., 30 Jul 1940 - 24 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/87A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (6).Subjects include: RAF demobilization; pension enquiries; requisitioning of houses; Italian prisoners of war; War Service grants; railway shares; internment of aliens; petrol allowances.Also includes: a cartoon postcard of WSC and Hitler; a song written by H Chadwick Palmer; a British Legion newsletter (spring 1945).

Dates: 30 Jul 1940 - 24 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Pi-Pr., 15 Mar 1940 - 10 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/88
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys [Financial Secretary of the War Office] on repatriation of British prisoners of war and sending food parcels to them; Thomas Poulter (6); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (5); Lily Preston (10).Other subjects include: bomb damage repair; petrol allowances; de-requisitioning of houses; religion in WSC's "Thoughts and Adventures"; reference to a photograph of WSC in the snow...
Dates: 15 Mar 1940 - 10 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Q., 02 Nov 1943 - 19 Feb 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/89
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Subjects include: postponement of call-up; rehousing bombing victims.

Dates: 02 Nov 1943 - 19 Feb 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ra-Ri., 28 Oct 1941 - 31 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/90
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (6); L R Prescott [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Health] (5).Subjects include: rehousing evacuees; the Post-war Credit savings scheme; opposition to the new medical service (June 1944); bomb damage claims, repair and new housing; the extra London allowance for servicemen's dependants; the Location of Retail Businesses Order; requests for...
Dates: 28 Oct 1941 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ro-Ru., 25 Sep 1940 - 25 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/91A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Sydney Walter Robinson; Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (6); Duncan Sandys [Financial Secretary of the War Office]; Royal Wanstead School (6); R A Butler [Minister of Education] on the liability of teachers for military service.Other subjects include: RAF engineers' training; length of overseas service; bomb damage claims; air raid shelter prices; local gunpowder and small arms...
Dates: 25 Sep 1940 - 25 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Sa-Se., 13 Sep 1939 - 30 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/92
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: 1st Lord Mottistone [earlier John Seely]; Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (9); S A Scoffin, Managing Director of Scoffin and Willmott Ltd, Manufacturing Engineers (5).Subjects include: age limits for Far Eastern service; the "Salute the Soldier" fund-raising campaign; pension enquiries; repair of bomb damage; requisitioning of housing; rehousing bombing victims.Also includes: WSC's...
Dates: 13 Sep 1939 - 30 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open