Including Second World War service in command of Force H in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean.

Including Second World War service in command of the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean.

Including Second World War service in command of the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean and as head of the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington.

Including Second World War service as head of the British Admiralty Delegation in Washington and at the Yalta Conference.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).