Demi-official correspondence and papers of Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900-79) as Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (SEAC). [Handlist available on request]. 1943-1946
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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
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Wedemeyer, Albert Coady, 1897-1989
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Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950
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Giffard, George James, Sir, active 1943-1946, General
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Driberg, Tom, 1905-1976
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Epithet: Baron Bradwell British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x00020e ...
Stopford, Montagu George North, Sir, active 1943-1946, General
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Ismay, Hastings Lionel Ismay, Baron, 1887-1965
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Hastings Lionel Ismay (1887-1965) served with the 21st Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry in Somaliland, Africa. From the guide to the Lord H. C. Ismay papers, 1914-1915, (Leeds University Library) Title: 1st Baron Ismay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0000e1 Epithet: General Baron Ismay British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81...
Pownall, Henry Royds, Sir, active 1943-1946, Lieutenant-General
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Epithet: Lieutenant-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000232 ...
Pirie, George Clark, Sir, active 1943-1946, Air Chief Marshal
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Epithet: Air Chief Marshal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x0001e7 ...
Owen, Frank, active 1943-1946, Subject of IOR Neg 17441-50; 17451-53
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Epithet: Subject of IOR Neg 17441-50; 17451-53 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000113 ...
British Army (active 1748-1989)
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Indian Army (active 1696-2004)
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Wheeler, R A, active 1943-1946, Lieutenant-General
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Epithet: Lieutenant-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x0000b8 ...
Halliday, R M, active 1943-1946, Captain
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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x00017f ...
Aitken, William Maxwell, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
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D'argenlieu, G, active 1943-1946, Admiral
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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x0002d9 ...
Dening, M. E. (Maberly Esler), 1897-
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Hall, George H. (George Henry), 1873-
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Title: 1st Viscount Hall British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000016 ...
Leese, Oliver William Hargreaves, Sir, active 1935-1947, 3rd Baronet, Lieutenant-General
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Epithet: Lieutenant- General Title: 3rd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x000200 ...
Stevens, Cecil Alfred, active 1943-1946, Air Vice Marshal
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Epithet: Air Vice Marshal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x0001dd ...
Stilwell, Joseph W. (Joseph Warren), 1912-1966
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Epithet: General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x0001f3 Joseph Warren Stilwell, Jr. (b. Mar. 6, 1912, New York-d. July 25, 1966), also known as Jumping Joe and Gunner Six, was a U.S. Army one-star general best known for service in the U.S. Army Special Forces. He died in a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean about 585 miles west of San Fancisco, California. From the description of Stilwell, Jo...
Marshall, George C., 1880-1959
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Epithet: General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x00013f Teacher, Havasupai Indian School, Arizona, 1903. From the description of Papers, 1899-1906. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31976088 George H. Marshall was a student at the Military Intelligence Language School, followed by duty as a lieutenant and captain in military intelligence assigned to the X Corps, XXIV Cor...
Fairbanks, Douglas Elton, active 1943-1946, junior
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Godfrey, J. H., 1888-1971
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Coward, Noël, 1899-1973
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Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1883-1950, 1st Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India
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1917 chief of the Imperial General's Staff's personal liason officer to General Sir Edmund Allenby; 1918 brigadier-general; 1930 command, 6th brigade at Blackdown; 1935 command, 2nd division at Aldershot; 1937 command, southern division in Palestine and Transjordan; 1941-1943 Commander-in-chief of India; 1943 Field Marshall; 1943-1947 Viceroy of India Honours: 1915 MC; 1919 CMG; 1935 CB; 1939 KCB; 1941 GCB; 1943 GCSI; 1943 GCIE. Epithet: Viceroy of India ...
Smith, Reginald Hugh Dorman-, Sir, 1899-1977, Knight, politician, soldier and colonial governor
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1927 vice-president of the National Farmers' Union; 1935-1941 MP for Petersfield; 1937 knighthood; 1939-1940 minister for agriculture; 1941-1946 governor of Burma (in exile 1942-1945); 1952 High Sheriff of Hampshire Epithet: politician, soldier and colonial governor Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x000036 ...
Wingate, Orde Charles, active 1920-1947, Major-General
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Auchinleck, Claude John Eyre, 1884-1981
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1903 second lieutenant, Indian army unattached list; 1904 joined the 62nd Punjabis; 1914-1915 served in Egypt; 1915 served in Aden; 1916-1919 served in Mesopotamia; 1917 DSO; 1919 served in Kurdistan; 1919 OBE; 1927 Imperial Defence College; 1929-1930 commanded the 1st battalion of the 1st Punjab regiment; 1930-1932 instructor, Staff College, Quetta; 1933-1936 commander of the Peshawar brigade, India; 1934 CB; 1936 CSI; 1936-1938 deputy chief, General Staff Army Headquarters, India;...
Rance, Hubert Elvin, Sir, 1898-1974, Knight, Major-General
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1940 officer, British expeditionary force; 1940 OBE; 1942-1943 director of technical training at the War Office; 1943-1945 on general staff of western command; 1945-1946 director of civil affairs, Burma; 1946 CB, GBE; 1946-1948 governor of Burma; 1948 GCMG; 1948-1950 chairman of Standing Closer Association committee, West Indies; 1950-1955 governor of Trinidad and Tobago Epithet: Major-General Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts...
Stratemeyer, George E., 1890-1969
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Bevin, Ernest, 1881-1951
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Bevin was a British labor leader and politician. He served as the British Minister of Labour (1940-1945) and as Foreign Secretary (1945-1951). Rosita Forbes (1893?-1967) was the consumate traveler in and writer on north Africa, the Middle East and western Asia. From the description of [Letter] 1945 Nov. 27, Foreign Office, S.W. 1 [to] Rosita Forbes / Ernest Bevin. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 166268415 1892-1894 farm labourer, Chaffcombe farm, then Beers...
United States Army (active 1849-1947)
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Weizmann, Chaim, active 1916-1946, Subject of Mss Eur D1158
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...
Royal Indian Navy (active 1942-1948)
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Peirse, Richard Edmund Charles, Sir, active 1943-1946, Air Chief Marshal
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Epithet: Air Chief Marshal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000196 ...
Park, Keith Rodney, Sir, active 1943-1946, Air Chief Marshal
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Epithet: Air Chief Marshal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000136 ...
Casey, Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron, 1890-1976
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Governor General 1965-1969, Minister for External Affairs 1951-1960, Minister in charge C.S.I.R.O. 1950-1960. See "Who's Who in Australia, 1974". From the description of Programme [manuscript]. 1976. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225840961 Lord Casey had a varied political career that included mining engineer, Federal Treasurer, Minister of State in the British War Cabinet, and Minister for External Affairs (1951-1960). He was Governor of Bengal, 1944-1946 and A...
South East Asia Command (active 1920-1962)
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Eden, Robert Anthony, 1st Earl of Avon, Prime Minister
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...
Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Earl, 1900-1979
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1916 midshipman; 1918 1st lieutenant; 1932 commander; 1942 chief of combined operations; 1942 acting vice-admiral; 1943 acting admiral and supreme commander designate, south east Asia; 1946 rear-admiral; 1947 Viceroy of India; 1947-1948 Govenor-general of India; 1949 vice-admiral; 1950 4th sea lord of the Admiralty; 1954 1st sea lord of the Admiralty; 1956 admiral of the fleet; 1959-1965 chief of defense staff; 1965 Governor of the Isle of Wight. Honours: 1920 MVO; 1922...
United States Air Force (active 1943-1946)
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Montgomery, Bernard Law, active 1943-1946, 1st Viscount Montgomery, Field Marshal
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Epithet: Field Marshal Title: 1st Viscount Montgomery British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x000397 ...
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975
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Chinese political and military leader; head of state, 1928-1949; president of Taiwan, 1949-1975. From the description of Chiang Kai-shek diaries, 1917-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872867 1909-1911 served in the Japanese army; 1911 founding member of the Kuomintang; 1913-1916 participated in revolution against Yuan Shikai; 1923 commandant of military academy at Whampoa; ?1925 commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army; 1927-1937 leader of th...
Portal, Charles Frederick, active 1943-1946, Marshal of Royal Air Force Viscount Portal
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Epithet: Marshal of Royal Air Force Viscount Portal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000217 ...
Soong, T V, active 1943-1946, Dr
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Stanley, Oliver Frederick George, active 1943-1946, Subject of IOR Neg 17441-50; 17451-53
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Epithet: Subject of IOR Neg 17441-50; 17451-53 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x0001bf ...
Attlee, Clement Richard, 1883-
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Epithet: Prime Minister Title: 1st Earl Attlee British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000262 ...
Sultan, D I, active 1943-1946, Lieutenant-General
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Epithet: Lieutenant-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000244 ...
