Second World War (1939-1945)
Found in 2737 Collections and/or Records:
The Papers of Sir George Binney
Papers comprising correspondence, official reports and press cuttings.
With correspondence and notes of Ralph Barker, author of 'The Blockade Busters', 1974-80.
Mainly in English, with some items in Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and French.
The Papers of Sir George Paget Thomson
These files mainly contain routine correspondence and reports regarding the early development of the atomic bomb.
The Papers of Sir Harold Hartley
The Papers of Sir John Colville
The material held at Churchill Archives Centre mainly consists of Colville's diaries. They provide an insight into the decision-making of three Prime Ministers and the meetings held with other top officials, as well as the lives of key figures during World War II, and its aftermath.
The Papers of Sir John Edward Lennard-Jones
Personal and scientific papers
The Papers of Sir (Philip) Stuart Milner-Barry
These papers mostly consist of correspondence and articles. The papers all deal with intelligence matters such as access to wartime records, claims of espionage, memories of wartime code-breaking-related activities and publications by former Bletchley Park staff or about Bletchley Park.
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
The Papers of the Fairbank family
The papers consist principally of letters, journals and photographs relating to the service of Harold Arthur Thomas Fairbank in the South African War and First World War, and of Thomas John Fairbank in the Second World War.
The Papers of the Naval Radar Trust
The Papers of Vice-Admiral John Hughes-Hallett
"Before I forget", annotated draft of Hughes-Hallett's memoir on Combined Operations, 1941-5, including his memoir of the Dieppe Raid and the planning for D-Day (Operation Overlord); with a letter to him from Winston Churchill MP (Prime Minister), 19 September 1954
The Papers of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett
The papers include correspondence with naval historians and with colleagues on the Naval Review, some personal papers, reminiscences and records and also narratives from Japanese prisoner of war camps.
The Papers of Vice-Admiral Sir John Edelsten
The papers chiefly consist of correspondence, naval messages and photographs from Edelsten's time with the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets.
The Papers of William Courtenay
Colour film reel shot by Courtenay, mainly from his experiences in the Second World War, including footage of Winston Churchill in Canada and giving the "Iron Curtain" speech, 1946, and footage of American forces in the Pacific.
"The Tragedy of HMS Glorious"
The collection of material held at Churchill Archives Centre relates to the preparation of the documentary and includes research notes and correspondence; transcripts and videotapes of interviews, film footage and of the documentary.
The Visit of the Prime Minister to Iceland, 1941-08-16
These albums include photographs from throughout Churchill's life, particularly the conferences during the Second World War between himself, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.
'The Whistle': manuscript periodical produced in Changi Prisoner-of-War Camp
"Their Finest Hour", 18 Jun 1940
"Tin Hats and Silk Stockings", 1989
Script of the BBC documentary on the Hadfield-Spears Mobile Hospital Unit, 1940-45.
"Tin Hats and Silk Stockings: 1940, St Jean le Bassel and retreat", 1943 - 1989
Photographs used for the BBC documentary on the Hadfield-Spears Mobile Hospital Unit (including photographs of the unit in the Western Desert, 1942)..
"Tin Hats and Silk Stockings: 1944-45, Paris and General", 1989
Photographs used for the BBC documentary on the Hadfield-Spears Mobile Hospital Unit.
Transcript of extracts from letters from Somerville to his wife, 1942-3
Reference: SMVL 3/27-3/29.
Transcript of interview: Ethel Cox, 2016
Mrs Cox's reminiscences, particularly on investigations into the leakage of information from the Embassy to German intelligence, partly by Elyesa Bazna ['Cicero'], the valet of Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, the British Ambassador to Turkey.
Transcript of interview: Heather Thomsett, 2024
Transcript of interview: Leslie Shiers, 1997
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Transcript of JEP's War Recollections, North Africa 1939-1945, as given to the Imperial War Museum, December 1987, 1987-12
Mainly JEP's classical notes and papers from his time as a student and fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge, and as Professor of Greek at the University of Sydney [Australia]. Included among these are other personal papers, including correspondence with family, friends and colleagues, JEP's poetry and papers from his service during the war.