Second World War (1939-1945)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2742 Collections and/or Records:
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Letters of [Clarence] Terry Dawson relating to his time as an RAF Cadet at Downing College, 1941-09 - 1943-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/DAW
Scope and Contents
Copies of original letters from Terry to his "very, very dearest" Cynthia, which are often incredibly romantic but contain much information and details about life as an RAF cadet in Cambridge and (social) life more generally at Downing College during the Second World War. His first letters from Downing in November 1942 describe a dance with girls from Homerton College, rowing with the Downing College Boat Club, military training and exams (on a Sunday as the 'Varsity sports' were on the...
Dates:
1941-09 - 1943-05
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Letters to ELS, 1940-05 - 1941-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 11/1/7
Scope and Contents
Letters from MS to ELS on subjects including: the Hadfield-Spears Mobile Hospital Unit; ELS finding the right war work; the departure of General Requin; her concern that their son "Peti" [Michael Spears] should not be left alone; her admiration for ELS’s work.
Includes a photograph of MS in her nursing uniform.
Dates:
1940-05 - 1941-03
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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Letters to his father, 1939 - 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/17
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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:
1939 - 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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Letters to his wife, 1940-05 - 1940-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/21
Scope and Contents
Written from Dover.
With an account of the Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo).
Dates:
1940-05 - 1940-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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Letters to his wife, 1940-07 - 1941-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/22
Scope and Contents
Written from Force H.
Dates:
1940-07 - 1941-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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Letters to his wife, 1941-01 - 1941-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/23
Scope and Contents
Written from Force H.
Dates:
1941-01 - 1941-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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Letters to his wife, 1941-04 - 1941-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/24
Scope and Contents
Written from Force H.
Dates:
1941-04 - 1941-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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Letters to his wife, 1941-05 - 1941-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/25
Scope and Contents
Written from Force H.
Dates:
1941-05 - 1941-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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Letters to his wife, 1941-08 - 1942-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/26
Scope and Contents
Written from Force H and from England.
Dates:
1941-08 - 1942-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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Letters to his wife, 1942-02 - 1942-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/27
Scope and Contents
Written from the Eastern Fleet.
Dates:
1942-02 - 1942-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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Letters to his wife, 1942-12 - 1943-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/28
Scope and Contents
Written from the Eastern Fleet.
Dates:
1942-12 - 1943-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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Letters to his wife, 1943-07 - 1944-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 3/29
Scope and Contents
Written from the Eastern Fleet.
Dates:
1943-07 - 1944-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Fonds:
Closed. Items in section 3 may only be consulted with Commander John Somerville's prior consent.
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"Life and Times of General Sir Philip Christison: an Autobiography", 1986
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHIE 1
Scope and Contents
Includes early history of the Christison Family as well as Christison's account of his career.
Dates:
1986
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Christison Family Papers
Series
Literary and reference materials, 1939 - 2006
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/EVNS 4
Scope and Contents
This series includes material written by Evans about his work during the war, and other historical interests. Some of the material contains xerox copies of archival documents from other collections and repositories.
Dates:
1939 - 2006
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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Literary: Articles: Amalgamated Press., Jan 1934 - Aug 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/501
Scope and Contents
Proofs, press cuttings and correspondence on the following articles by WSC: "Do Bye-Elections Count?" discounting the East Fulham bye-election, stating the differences between bye-elections and general elections and discussing the divisions in the Conservative Party; "Defence not Defiance" on the current strength of the country; "How we made the Irish treaty" in defence of the Irish Settlement [1922] and WSC's meetings with Michael Collins; "Will the League survive?" on the crisis facing the...
Dates:
Jan 1934 - Aug 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence and legal papers concerning a libel case brought by Eric O'Gowan (earlier Brigadier Eric Dorman-Smith) against WSC regarding WSC's coverage of O'Gowan's removal from the post of Deputy Chief of General Staff, Middle East, in volume 4 ("The Hinge of Fate") of his war memoirs ("The Second World War")., May 1953 - Jun 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/58A-B
Scope and Contents
Principal correspondents: representatives of O'Gowan's solicitors, Louis C P Smith and Company; representatives of WSC's solicitors Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company, his counsel Sir Hartley Shawcross, and his Irish solicitors Arthur Cox and Company. Other correspondents include: "Brookie", 1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Sir Alan Brooke]; Desmond Flower, director of Cassell and Company (2); "Bill" [1st Lord Camrose, earlier Sir William Berry, Editor-in-Chief] of the Daily Telegraph;...
Dates:
May 1953 - Jun 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence concerning permission to quote from WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War"), "My Early Life" and speeches., Jul 1949 - Feb 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/56
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the BBC, particularly B H Alexander of the copyright department, (5) including (2) on plans and payment for overseas broadcasts of readings from the memoirs for the German, Russian, and Latin American sections; Arnold Toynbee, Director of Studies, Royal Institute of International Affairs; representatives of the Daily Telegraph, including Douglas Rees, private secretary to 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Editor-in-Chief] (5) and Colin...
Dates:
Jul 1949 - Feb 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence, mainly readers' comments, on volume 1 ("The Gathering Storm") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., Apr 1948 - May 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/48A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Reverend Andrew Blair on Pierre Laval [former head of government, Vichy France]; Belgian General Boels; Robert Boothby; George Bosworth on WSC's role in the 1930s and arms exports to Germany; Timothy Breen (2); Camille Chautemps defending his actions; William Clarke [member of Room 40, naval intelligence]; Kenneth de Courcy on British policy in the years before the war (2); Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz]; "Sidney", Lord Herbert [later 16th Lord Pembroke and 13th...
Dates:
Apr 1948 - May 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence, mainly readers' comments, on volume 2 ("Their Finest Hour") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., May 1941 - Dec 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/50
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Belgian General Baron Wahis; Arthur Chater on British Somaliland [later Somalia] operations; Hugh Ellis-Rees (War Office) on German invasion plans in 1940; 2nd Lord Harcourt (2), Alfred Bavin (Cabinet Office), and John Hanbury-Williams [Chairman, Courtaulds Limited] on the sale of Courtaulds' shares in the American Viscose Corporation; Sir Shenton Thomas on Singapore and Malaya's [later Malaysia] war effort; Sir Desmond Morton [former Personal Assistant to WSC];...
Dates:
May 1941 - Dec 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence, mainly readers' comments, on volume 3 ("The Grand Alliance") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., Oct 1946 - Feb 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/54
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir George Rendel [British Ambassador to Belgium] and Andre de Staercke [Secretary to Prince Charles, Regent of Belgium] on the Belgian Congo [later Zaire, then the Democratic Republic of the Congo] contribution to the Abyssinian [later Ethiopia] campaign and Belgium's capitulation in 1940; "Bert", Sir Arthur Harris, on the date he became Commander in Chief, Bomber Command; Godfrey Carter on "Crusader" [British North African operation] and the battle at Sidi Rezegh...
Dates:
Oct 1946 - Feb 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence, mainly readers' comments on volume 4 ("The Hinge of Fate") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., Oct 1950 - Aug 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/57A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: General Sir Kenneth Anderson on 1st Army in north Africa; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] (6); Lieutenant-Colonel L V S Blacker (6); Captain John Broome on convoy PQ17; Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Browning on the raid on Bruneval [France]; ?Robert Chapman; Admiral John Godfrey; R G Gregory (4) and Josiah Francis, Australian Minister for the Army, on Australian troops and the Burma campaign; R V Jones on German use of "Window" [the code name...
Dates:
Oct 1950 - Aug 1961
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence, mainly readers' comments, on volume 5 ("Closing the Ring") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., Oct 1951 - Feb 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/61
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: ?Robert Chapman; Michael Wilford and Frederick Leishman [Assistant Private Secretaries to Foreign Secretary]; Francis Fisher on confusion between Monte Camino and Monte Cassino [Italy]; Oswald Frewen on the role of "gooseberries" in artificial harbours; Ross Geddes on supplying petrol from Britain to France; Charles Wood [WSC's proof reader] on Admiral Sir Max Horton's role; Randolph Churchill (2) and 2nd Lord Jellicoe on the SAS' (Special Air Service) role; French...
Dates:
Oct 1951 - Feb 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence, mainly readers' comments on volume 6 ("Triumph and Tragedy") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., Oct 1953 - Dec 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/64A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Houghton Mifflin Company of Boston [United States] including President Henry Laughlin and Austin Olney (13) on subjects including a request to publish WSC's speech on hearing of his Nobel Prize award; representatives of Time-Life International including Daniel Longwell [former editor of Life Magazine] (10); representatives of the New York Times [United States] including Assistant Managing Editor Theodore Bernstein (8); Ernest Passant [Director of...
Dates:
Oct 1953 - Dec 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence on producing volume 6 ("Triumph and Tragedy") of WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War")., Mar 1949 - Nov 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/63A-C
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary of the Cabinet] (7); Harry Truman on WSC reproducing telegrams from him (2); representatives of Time-Life International including George Caturani, Connie Graebner, Walter Graebner, and Daniel Longwell [editor of Life Magazine] (47); John Killick [Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary] (Foreign Office); Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] (6); representatives of the Daily Telegraph including Managing...
Dates:
Mar 1949 - Nov 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence on publishing WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War"), mainly with representatives of Time-Life International, including Daniel Longwell [editor of Life Magazine], Walter Graebner [London representative], Andrew Heiskell [publisher], Monica Owen Horne, Constance Babbington-Smith, and Renee Harmer., Aug 1945 - Jan 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/15A-C
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: Henry Laughlin [President of Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers] (2); William Edwards, [Assistant Director] Federation of British Industries; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Chips Gemmell, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, Grace Hamblin, Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel], Anne Hipwell, and...
Dates:
Aug 1945 - Jan 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open