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- Record Id:
- 040-002002140
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002002129
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000634.0x000351
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- Add MS 52565
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CUNNINGHAM PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 87).
1. ff. 1-66. Papers of Admiral Sir Charles Morton Forbes; 1938-1940.
2. ff. 67-87b. Despatch, etc., of Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell; 1941. Mostly typewritten. At the end (ff. 87-87b) is a printed map of the operations, with printed, typewritten and MS. additions, aft. 7 Feb. 1941. Partly Italian. Scale 1:1,000,000. Printed scale bars added of miles, nautical miles and kilometres. North at top.
includes:
- ff. 1-25, 29-33 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morton Forbes, GCB: Correspondence with Adm. Sir R. R. C. Backhouse,: 1938-1939: Signed.
- ff. 1-25, 29-33 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse, GCB: Correspondence, with Adm. Sir C. M. Forbes,: 1938-1939: Mostly signed.
- ff. 26, 34-39 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morton Forbes, GCB: Correspondence with Sir A. B. Cunningham: 1939: Partly typewritten.
- f. 45 William Henry Dudley Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery: Telegram to Sec. of Admiralty: 1939.
- f. 48 William Henry Dudley Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery: Letter to Adm. Sir C. M. Forbes: 1939.
- f. 48 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morton Forbes, GCB: Letter to,: 1939.
- ff. 50-66 Admiral Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, KCB: Correspondence with Adm. Sir C. M. Forbes: 1939-1940: Signed.
- ff. 50-66 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morton Forbes, GCB: Correspondence with Adm. Sir D. Pound: 1939-1940: Signed.
- f. 65 Admiral Sir Philip Vian: Letter to,: 1940.
- ff. 67-87 Field-Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell: Dispatch, etc., to War Office: 1941: Signed.
- f. 87 Maps and Plans: Map showing British advance from Mersa Matuih to Agedabia: 1940-1941: Printed, with MS additions.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002002129
040-002002140 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52557-52584 : Correspondence and papers of Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, (b. 1883, d.…
Add MS 52565 : CUNNINGHAM PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 87). 1. ff. 1-66. Papers of Admiral Sir Charles Morton Forbes; 1938-1940. 2. ff. 67-87b. Despatch,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002002129[0007]/040-002002140
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52557-52584
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1938
- End Date:
- 1941
- Date Range:
- 1938-1941
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Backhouse, Roger Roland Charles, Knight, naval officer, 1878-1939
Boyle, William Henry Dudley, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery
Forbes, Charles Morton, naval officer, 1880-1960
Pound, Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers, Admiral KCB
Vian, Philip, Admiral
Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India, 1883-1950