Second World War (1939-1945)
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2738 Collections and/or Records:
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Diary, 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/2
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: visiting the naval base at Portsmouth [Hampshire] and Manchester [for Winston Churchill's speech at the Free Trade Hall], Jan 1940; the inspection of the officers and men of HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter [following the Battle of the River Plate], Feb 1940; MS's debut, Mar 1940; the launch of HMS Indomitable, Mar 1940; the debate on the Norwegian campaign, May 1940; [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain's resignation as Prime Minister; MS's anxiety over the situation in France and the...
Dates:
1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1941-01-01 - 1941-07-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/3
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the capture of Bardia from Italian forces, Libya, Jan 1941; Winston Churchill's broadcast ["Give us the tools"], Feb 1941; visit to Liverpool to see HMS Gurkha, Feb 1941; Queen Charlotte’s Ball during an air raid, Mar 1941; tours of Swansea [Wales] and Bristol, Apr 1941; injuries suffered by MS's brother-in-law, Duncan Sandys, in a car accident; MS's engagement to Lord Duncannon [later 10th Lord Bessborough], May 1941; MS's decision to join the ATS [the Auxiliary...
Dates:
1941-01-01 - 1941-07-21
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1941-07-22 - 1941-10-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/4
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: MS's decision to join the ATS [the Auxiliary Territorial Service], Jul-Aug 1941; reaction to the Atlantic Charter, Aug 1941; life in the ATS, Sept-Oct 1941.
Dates:
1941-07-22 - 1941-10-16
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1942-02-16 - 1942-03-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/5
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: concerns for Winston Churchill's health, Feb 1942; rows between Churchill and Randolph Churchill, Mar 1942 and MS's view of Randolph.
Dates:
1942-02-16 - 1942-03-28
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1942-03-29 - 1942-04-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/6
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: MS's homesickness for Chartwell [Kent].
Dates:
1942-03-29 - 1942-04-19
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1942-05-18 - 1942-09-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/7
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: looking back over the war years; a vote of censure against Churchill, Jul 1942; MS's battery going into action; Churchill's departure for Egypt; the end of Randolph Churchill's marriage to Pamela Digby [later Pamela Hayward and Pamela Harriman].
Dates:
1942-05-18 - 1942-09-24
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1942-09-25 - 1943-01-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/8
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: leaving 469 Battery to go on an officer training course; MS's crush on Edwin Conklin; news of the battle of El Alamein and the invasion of North Africa; a Thanksgiving Day party for American officers at Buckingham Palace, Nov 1942; concerns about Winston Churchill's health, Jan 1943; MS's dislike of Randolph Churchill, Jan 1943.
Dates:
1942-09-25 - 1943-01-17
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1943-01-31 - 1943-06-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/9
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: General de Gaulle's view of England, Feb 1943; Winston Churchill's attack of pneumonia, Feb 1943; MS's posting to Whitby [Yorkshire]; MS's view of Randolph Churchill, Mar 1943; MS's posting to Newport [Wales].
Dates:
1943-01-31 - 1943-06-05
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1943-06-29 - 1944-06-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/10
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: anxieties about Winston Churchill's health following the Teheran Conference, Dec 1943; Churchill's fears for the future, Feb 1944; D Day.
Dates:
1943-06-29 - 1944-06-06
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1943-07-29 - 1943-09-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/11
Scope and Contents
Covers MS's visit to the Quebec Conference and in Washington [United States] as an aide to Winston Churchill.
Dates:
1943-07-29 - 1943-09-19
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1944-06-07 - 1944-11-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/12
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: news of D-Day; V1 bombing raids; 481 battery moving from Hyde Park [London] to Kent; distress caused by Randolph Churchill; Randolph being in a plane crash (copy of his letter describing it enclosed); Churchill's pleasure in the exploits of MS's guns (telegram enclosed, Aug 1944); the 5th anniversary of the outbreak of war.
Also includes photographs of Churchill visiting MS's battery.
Dates:
1944-06-07 - 1944-11-05
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1944-11-10 - 1945-01-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1/13
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: visiting France with Churchill for Armistice Day; Churchill's seventieth birthday.
Dates:
1944-11-10 - 1945-01-07
Conditions Governing Access:
Also available in a digital format, and as an edited transcript. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
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Diary, 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/8
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships inside the Foreign Office and diplomatic service with a sense of the complexities of British governmental policy; a trip to Rome in January 1939 to visit Mussolini regarding Hitler's in Europe; Franco and the Spanish Civil War; the German occupation of Prague in March 1939; Italian occupation of Albania; the challenges of working with the Soviet Union; the build up to war, with the declaration of war against Germany and her allies, and the...
Dates:
1939
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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Diary, 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/9
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships within the Foreign Office and diplomatic service, including with Samuel Hore-Belisha and The Viscount Halifax; the work load at the Foreign Office and Cadogan's increasing strain; the crisis with the ice-free harbour at Narvik in Norway in April 1940; the intrigue surrounding a new prime minister and the invasion of Holland and Belgium in May 1940 as well as the general progress of war and the consequences of the fall of France in the summer of...
Dates:
1940
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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Diary, 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/10
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships within the Foreign Office, in particular with Anthony Eden; Cadogan's insight into the Axis campaigns in the Balkans; diplomatic concerns regarding Britain's activities in North Africa and Persia [now Iran]; reception of intelligence in advance of Hitler’s planned attack on Russia; Cadogan's opinions and influence upon Churchill's communications with Roosevelt, the voyage to the USA aboard the H.M.S. Prince of Wales and the drafting of the Joint...
Dates:
1941
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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Diary, 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/11
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the Foreign Office, War Cabinet, and Special Operations Executive; Cadogan's role and interventions in ongoing strategic discussions between Churchill and Roosevelt, Eisenhower, Stalin, and De Gaulle; Cadogan's opinions on the Allied negotiations over future Soviet frontiers and the second front; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits, and the hosting of Soviet diplomats in Edinburgh and London; plans for an Allied...
Dates:
1942
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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Diary, 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/12
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the War Cabinet, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's role as an intermediary between Churchill and statesmen including Anthony Eden and Charles De Gaulle; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits; Turkey's relationship with the Allied powers and strained relations with the Soviet Union, including discussions with Ismet Inönü at the Adana Conference; the increasingly hostile relations between the Soviet Union and Poland...
Dates:
1943
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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Diary, 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/13
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the War Cabinet, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits; ongoing disputes between the Soviet Union and Poland relating to borders and the Curzon Line; meetings and preparations for Operation Overlord and the D-Day landings; notes on the progress of the Italian Campaign and Allied progress in France, Belgium, and Greece; discussions on 'World Organisation' and post-war planning; concerns...
Dates:
1944
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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Diary, 5 August-29 September 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/14
Scope and Contents
Diary of Cadogan's involvement in the Dumbarton Oaks and Second Quebec Conferences in the autumn of 1944. Subjects covered include: discussions surrounding the formation of the United Nations Security Council, including negotiations over voting procedure and rights of veto for member states; interaction with the press and photographers; Cadogan's reaction to hearing his own voice on a Paramount film of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference; and comments on travel, dinners, and books read.
Dates:
5 August-29 September 1944
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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Diary, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/15
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the War Cabinet, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits, including meetings at Alupka, Athens, Cairo, Washington, and San Francisco; Cadogan's role in the Malta Conference, Yalta Conference, and the United Nations Conference on International Organisation; the Allied invasion of Germany; negotiations over the Polish question and Soviet actions in Eastern Europe; reactions to the death of...
Dates:
1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
Diary of Kenneth Albert Watson
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 406
Content Description
Diary written in the Argyle Street Camp, a Japanese internment camp for officers in Kowloon, Hong Kong, during the Second World War, covering the period 1942-1945. Comprises diary pages written in pencil; section 1 covering 1 Jan. 1942 - 31 Mar. 1942; section 2 covering 1 Apr. 1942 - 31 Jul. 1942; section 3 covering 1 Aug. 1942 - 9 July 1943; section 4 covering 25 Nov. 1943 - end of Feb. 1944; section 5 covering Mar. 1944 - Sept. 1945. Together with a typed transcription of the diary,...
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Draft chapter of the official naval history of the Second World War
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CRES 6/7
Scope and Contents
Chapter entitled 'Defence against major warships, British dispositions and initial moves', never published.
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Fonds
Eastern Fleet, 1942 - 1990
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 8
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:
1942 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Economic Section of War Cabinet Office 1939-42, 1939 - 1942
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBN 1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers relating to the Ministry of Production in World War II; the Board of Trade and HM Treasury, Marshall Aid, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Dates:
1939 - 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Etchings by Joseph Gray and Cedric Hodgson , c 1920-40
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 2/17
Scope and Contents
Five mounted etchings: two by Cedric Hodgson, of [? possibly ballet dancers on stage] in a rural scene and of boys on a bridge, entitled "The Bridge"; three by Joseph Gray [from the Battle of Britain series, 1940], showing a street scene at night [during the Blitz, entitled "Albemarle Street"], a ruined church interior with fallen bells in the foreground [St. Clement Danes church, London, entitled "‘The Bells of St. Clements"], and a river scene of the Thames embankment, with industrial...
Dates:
c 1920-40
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.