Key Information
Reference code
ALANBROOKE 8/4/32-45
Title
Congratulations, 1944-1945, on the progress of the war
Date(s)
- 1944-1945 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Letters of appreciation and congratulation sent to Brooke, including letter from FM William (Riddell) Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood of Anzac and of Totnes, 18 Jun [1944], congratulating him on the success of the Normandy landings; letters to Brooke from Birdwood and Maj-Gen Ernest Ord Lewin, 4 Aug 1944, expressing pleasure at public praise of Brooke by Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister; letters of congratulation on end of war in Europe, May 1945.