Second World War (1939-1945)
Found in 2747 Collections and/or Records:
"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.
Transcripts of interviews with Resistance agents, 1973-08 - 1974-08
Interviews conducted by Russell Hardy with Resistance agents from Norway, Denmark, France and the Netherlands, including Barbara Yeo-Thomas, widow of Wing-Commander Forest Yeo-Thomas, "The White Rabbit".
Treasury History of Second World War, 1939 - 1945
Troops on the Rhine: service conditions and age of conscripts
This collection of correspondence includes responses to a speech given by Raven at a prize-giving which was widely reported in the national press. Raven criticised the use of young conscripts as an occupying power in Germany and the conditions they were experiencing.
"Two men who saved France": texts, 1966
Texts of "General Petain in 1917" [incomplete] and "General de Gaulle in 1940".
Typescript copy, 1939-01-10 - 1940-04-20
These extracts from the Caldecote diaries relate only to the Munich crisis in 1938, the outbreak of the Second World War and its first few months. Certain omissions have been made in this copy and these are usually indicated by a line of dots.
Typescript diary of the bombing of West London kept by Dr Michael Hoskin at the age of 13-14, 1944 - 1994
The collection comprises a wide variety of material from a number of different sources which have been deemed too small to be considered individual collections in their own right and have been grouped together under the heading "miscellaneous". Subjects covered include First and Second World Wars, the Falklands Campaign, and recollections of Sir Winston Churchill.
Typescript draft of a biographical account of LSA's part in the Second World War, 1945-08 - 1955-08
This series includes notes, texts and correspondence on literary works by LSA, including: a work by LSA on economics, "The Awakening"; LSA's memoirs, "My Political Life", including the unpublished fourth volume (which LSA died before he could complete); "A Balanced Economy"; a collection of addresses and lectures by LSA, "Loose Leaves"; "The Life of Joseph Chamberlain"; articles, books and pamphlets, many by LSA or with contributions and annotations by him.
United States $100 Bond and accompanying letter signed by Churchill., 1943-09 - 1943-10-22
The first $100 Bond of the US Third War Loan, handed to Churchill at the White House by Henry Morgenthau Jr, Secretary of the US Treasury, Sept 1943, and made out to Mrs Churchill's Russian Relief fund as a co-owner. With accompanying letter of provenance signed by Churchill, 22 October 1943.
(Untitled), 16 Jan 1916
Letter from CSC to WSC, further account of her lunch with the Prime Minister [see letter of 9 Jan 1916, CHAR 1/118A/19], also on the illness of Lady Airlie and CSC's YMCA work on a canteen for a munitions factory at Ponders End. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/30-32.
(Untitled), 27 Jan 1916
Letter from CSC to WSC, on preparations for the opening of "her" munitions canteen at Ponders End [Middlesex] by Lloyd George. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/44-45.
(Untitled), 04 Feb 1916
Letter from CSC to WSC, account of opening of "her" munitions factory at Ponders End [Middlesex], including speech by Lloyd George Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/55-58.
(Untitled), 27 Feb [1916]
Letter from CSC to WSC, account of dinner party for the Prime Minister (Herbert Asquith) and account of meeting with the Minister of Munitions (Christopher Addison) on canteens and hostels for munitions workers Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/86-88.
(Untitled), 21 March [1916]
Letter from CSC to WSC, on the Duke of Westminster's "dashing exploit", and on her munitions canteen work. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/105.
(Untitled), 08 Oct 1939
Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood, Lord Privy Seal] with suggestions for the reorganisation of the Home Front and rationing. [see CHAR 19/2C/311-313 for draft].