Vol. XVI (ff. 223+58*, 58**, 143*, 143**). 1945.includes:f. 1 Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, KCB: Letter to Adm. Lord Cunningham: 1945: Signed.f. 4 Field-Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell: Letter to Adm. Lord Cunningham: 1945: Sig... 1945

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

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 ...

Wells, John, active 1945, Lieutenant RN

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Epithet: Lieutenant RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000286 ...

Brooke, Alan Francis, active 1945-1946, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke

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Title: 1st Viscount Alanbrooke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000193 ...

Birdwood, William Riddell Birdwood, Baron, 1865-1951

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English army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Thurlby Hall, Lincoln, to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, 1933 [i.e. 1934] Jan. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 426142977 "The Queensland Digger" was the official journal of the Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' Imperial League of Australia (RSSILA), (Queensland Branch). During World War I, William Birdwood was given command of the Australian and New Zealand forces recruited for service in Europe. He was award...

Ramsay, Bertram Home, Sir, active 1898-1945, Admiral KCB

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Epithet: Admiral KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0002df ...

Chatfield, Alfred Ernle Montacute

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Epithet: Admiral of the Fleet Title: 1st Baron Chatfield British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000090 ...

Markham, Henry Vaughan, Sir, active 1945, Permanent Sec Admiralty

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Epithet: Permanent Sec Admiralty British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000207.0x00020c ...

Hamilton, Louis Henry Keppel, Sir, active 1945, Admiral

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x0003a7 ...

Reardon, Daniel, active 1945, late Chief Gunner's Mate RN

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Epithet: late Chief Gunner's Mate RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00025d ...

Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972

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Admiral, U.S. Navy. From the description of Papers, 1916-1970. (Navy Department Library, Naval History & Heritage Command). WorldCat record id: 57390526 Harold Raynsford Stark (1880-1972) was a naval officer, and Chief of Naval Operations from August 1, 1939 to March 2, 1942. From the description of Stark, Harold R. (Harold Raynsford), 1880-1972 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570483 Epithet: US admiral Britis...

Edelsten, John Hereward, Sir, active 1945, Admiral

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00020d ...

Bryant, Arthur

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Epithet: historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x000339 ...

Fraser, John, Sir, active 1945, 1st Baronet 1943, Principal of Edinburgh University

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Epithet: Principal of Edinburgh University Title: 1st Baronet 1943 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000082 ...

Chiefs of Staff Committee (active 1945)

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Rawlings, Henry Bernard Hughes, Sir, active 1945-1946, Admiral

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0000fa ...

Burrough, Harold Martin, Sir, active 1898-1946, Admiral

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x00011a ...

Miles, Geoffrey John Audley, Sir, active 1945, Admiral

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x000307 ...

Fraser, Bruce Austin, active 1931-1953, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Admiral of the Fleet

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Epithet: Admiral of the Fleet Title: 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x000281 ...

Massigli, René Lucien Daniel, active 1944-1953, French statesman

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Epithet: French statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0002c0 ...

Montgomery, Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

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Title: 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x000295 ...

Blake, Geoffrey, Sir, active 1940-1962, Vice-Admiral KCB

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Epithet: Vice-Admiral KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000077 ...

Warr, Charles Laing, 1892-1969

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Epithet: Minister of St Giles' High Kirk Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00023b ...

Thiele, C M, active 1945, US brigadier-general

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Epithet: US brigadier-general British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x0002a8 ...

Penney, Colin Campbell, active 1945, Session clerk St Giles' Church Edinburgh

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Epithet: Session clerk St Giles' Church Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x0001a0 ...

Keyes, Roger, 1872-1945

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Epithet: naval officer and politician Title: 1st Baron Keyes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x0000c6 ...

Fisher, Douglas Blake, Sir, active 1945, Admiral

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x000197 ...

Wiggins, Barclay, active 1945, MD

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Epithet: MD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x000142 ...

Winant, John G. (John Gilbert), 1889-1947

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John Gilbert Winant (1889-1947) was born in New York City. He attended St. Paul''s School in Concord, New Hampshire, and entered Princeton University as a member of the Class of 1913. After withdrawing from Princeton in late 1912, Winant returned to St. Paul''s School as a history teacher. He became active in local politics and was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1917. When the United States entered World War I, Winant enlisted in the American Expeditionary Forces and wa...

Committee of Imperial Defence (active 1904-1939)

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Harcourt, Cecil Halliday Jepson, Sir, active 1907-1950, Admiral

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000017 ...

Bracken, Brendan.

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Epithet: Viscount Bracken British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0001c1 ...

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...

Wilson, Henry Maitland Wilson, Baron, 1881-

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Epithet: 1st Baron Wilson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x0003e3 ...

Loraine, Percy Lyham, Sir, active 1898-1945, 12th Baronet, diplomatist

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Epithet: diplomatist Title: 12th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x00015e ...

Evershed, Francis Raymond

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Title: 1st Baron Evershed British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x000058 ...

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...

Moore, Henry Ruthven, fl.1948

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x000040 ...

Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard

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Epithet: Group Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0001cb ...

Freyberg, Bernard Cyril, active 1910-1945, 1st Baron Freyberg

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Title: 1st Baron Freyberg British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x00015c ...

Johnston, Andrew H, active 1945

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Faulkner, George Haines, active 1945, Captain RN

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Epithet: Captain RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00009d ...

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...

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 ...