Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1930-1940 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol, 1 file
Scope and content
Scrapbook kept by Brooke, 1931-1940, mainly containing press cuttings relating to his service as Commander, Anti-Aircraft Corps, 1938-1939, General Officer Commanding, Anti-Aircraft Command, 1939, Commander, 2 Army Corps, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 1939-1940, and Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, 1940. With additional loose papers, 1930-1940, including memorandum, 10 Jun 1940, to Brooke from Rt Hon (Robert) Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War, outlining his duties and responsibilities as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Troops in France; French Army memorandum on meeting between Brooke, French Gen Maxime Weygand, Commander-in-Chief, French Army, and French Gen Alphonse Georges, Commander of North East Front, 14 Jun 1940, to discuss possibility of establishing Allied bridgehead in North West France (additional copy at 6/2/58); draft of message sent by Brooke to Chief of the Imperial General Staff, reporting on his meeting with Weygand and Georges, 14 Jun 1940; summary of operations of British Expeditonary Force (BEF) in France, 1-18 Jun 1940, by Lt Gen James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall, 20 Jun 1940; draft of letter from Brooke to [War Office, Jun 1940], reporting on his visit to France, 12-19 Jun 1940, mainly his meeting with Weygand and Georges, 14 Jun 1940, and the withdrawal of remaining British Expeditionary Force (BEF) troops in France, 15-18 Jun 1940.