Key Information
Reference code
ALANBROOKE 6/2/4
Title
Correspondence, 1940-1941, between Gen Sir John Dill and Gen Sir Archibald Wavell
Date(s)
- [1955] (Creation)
- 1940 Sep 24-1941 May 30 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Chief of Imperial General Staff semi-official file, 3a: including Gen Sir John Greer Dill's correspondence with Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, 24 Sep 1940-22 May 1941, concerning progress of operations in Middle East, Sep 1940-May 1941, especially the Western Desert; telegrams between Wavell and Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, 6 Jan 1941-9 Jan 1941, on the possibility of cutting down rearward services in the Middle East. With typescript note on content of letters in this file by [Marian C Long, research assistant to Royal Regiment of Artillery and Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, 1955].