Collection DILL - DILL, FM Sir John Greer (1881-1944)

King's College London, Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, holds papers of FM Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, containing official and semi-official correspondence with Dill, 1940-1944 (Ref: Alanbrooke 6/2/1, 6/2/2, 6/2/3, 6/3/10), Chief of Imperial General Staff semi-official file of Dill's papers relating to the BEF (British Expeditionary Force), France, May-Jun 1940 (Ref: Alanbrooke 6/2/58), semi-official correspondence between Dill and Gen Sir Claude Eyre Auchinleck, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Norway, May-Jun 1940, Commander-in-Chief, India, Feb-Jun 1941, and Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, Jul-Nov 1941 (Ref: Alanbrooke 6/2/9-11), semi-official correspondence between Dill and Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, Sep 1940-Jun 1941 (Ref: Alanbrooke 6/2/4-5), typescript copies of letters from Brooke, Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces, to Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 31 Oct-7 Nov 1941 (Ref: Alanbrooke 6/5/1-22), and subject folder compiled by Marian C Long, research assistant to the Royal Regiment of Artillery and Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, relating to Dill [1952-1955] (Ref: Alanbrooke 11/39/1-2); papers of Maj Gen Sir George (Grey) Aston, including a birthday greeting telegram from Dill to FM Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen [1932] (Ref: Aston 4/11); papers of Gen Sir William Henry Bartholomew, including correspondence with Dill, Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office, 1935 (Ref: 2/4/1-10), two letters from Dill, mostly relating to Gen Sir Cyril John Deverell, 1936 (Ref: Bartholomew 2/4/3-4), and draft letter from Bartholomew to Dill relating to his working relationship with Gen Sir Robert Archibald Cassels, Commander-in-Chief, India [1936] (Ref: Bartholomew 2/4/5); papers of Maj Gen Robert Clive Bridgeman, 2nd Viscount Bridgeman, include texts of telegrams sent during the Battle of Flanders and the subsequent evacuation of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) from Dunkirk, France, between General Headquarters BEF (British Expeditionary Force) and Dill, General Officer Commanding 1 Corps, May 1940 (Ref: Bridgeman 2/4); papers of ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham, including telegrams and correspondence between Brooke-Popham, the Air Ministry and AVM Richard Edmund Charles Peirse, Air Officer Commanding British Forces in Palestine and Transjordan, relating to the appointment of Dill as Commander-in-Chief, British Forces in Palestine, 1936 (Ref: Brooke-Popham 4/6); papers of Brig Harold Vincent Spencer Charrington, including a letter from Charrington to his daughter relating to a visit by Rt Hon (Robert) Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1941 (Ref: Charrington 5/1); papers of Adm Sir Gerald Charles Dickens, containing correspondence from Dill, 1929-1936 (Ref: Dickens); papers of Gen Sir Alexander John Godley, including correspondence with Dill relating to Dill's retirement as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1941, the whereabouts of Belgian Princess Marie de Croy, and descriptions of Washington DC, USA, 1941-1942 (Ref: Godley 3/104-105).; papers of Gen Sir Charles John Cecil Grant, containing correspondence with Gen Sir John Theodosius Burnett-Stuart relating to Burnett-Stuart's opinion of Dill, 1941 (Ref: Grant 2/4/1-27); papers of Gen Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, containing correspondence with Dill relating to Hamilton's suggestion that Military Intelligence contact the former Russian spy Col Victor K Kaledin, 16 Apr-20 Jun 1935 (Ref: Hamilton 9/5); papers of Gen Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay of Wormington, including correspondence, 1936-1944 (Ref: Ismay 5/4); papers of Maj Gen Sir John Noble Kennedy, including Kennedy's loose-leaf manuscript diary containing reports of conversations with Dill, 1940 (Ref: Kennedy 4/2/2), and note by Kennedy for the attention of Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, May 1941 (Ref: Kennedy 4/5); papers of Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart, including correspondence with Dill, 1925-1939 (Ref: LH 1/238), notes by Liddell Hart on discussion with Dill on the role and organisation of the British Army, Aug 1932 (LH 11/1932/79), note by Liddell Hart on discussion with Dill entitled 'Imperial defence and British strategy', Mar 1935 (Ref: LH 11/1935/69), note by Liddell Hart assessing Dill as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Aldershot Command, Sep 1936 (Ref: LH 11/1936/76), typescript article by Liddell Hart on Dill, 'New General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Aldershot', May 1937 (Ref: LH 10/1937/47), diary notes by Liddell Hart commenting on Dill, Sep 1938 (Ref: LH 11/1938/93), note by Liddell Hart on discussion with Dill relating to Palestine, 1938 (Ref: LH 11/1938/150), post-exercise report by Dill on Aldershot Command Corps Skeleton Exercise, Jul 1939 (Ref: LH 15/3/100), memorandum by Dill, Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff, to Maj Gen Sir John Ledlie Inglis Hawkesworth, Director of Military Training, on Royal Armoured Corps training, 1940 (Ref: LH 15/12/12), and comment by Liddell Hart on Dill as an outstanding officer, May 1940 (Ref: LH 11/1940/41); papers of Maj Sir Reginald Narcissus Macdonald-Buchanan, containing 1 Corps routine orders by Dill, France, 1940, and notes and drafts of letters written as Dill's Aide de Camp, 1940-[1943] (Ref: Macdonald-Buchanan); papers of Brig Eric Mockler-Ferryman contain correspondence with Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, 1978, relating to Mockler-Ferryman's service with Dill, Commandant, Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, 1933 (Ref: Mockler-Ferryman); papers of FM Sir Archibald (Armar) Montgomery-Massingberd, including letters from Dill, 1939-1944 (Ref: Montgomery-Massingberd 160/1-24); papers of Gen Sir Richard Nugent O'Connor, including copy of letter from Rt Hon Leopold Stennett Amery, Secretary of State for India and Burma, to Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, relating to Allied operations in the Mediterranean, 1941 (Ref: O'Connor 4/2/42), letters from O'Connor as POW to Dill, 1941-1944 (Ref: O'Connor 4/5/3), letter from Dill congratulating O'Connor on his POW escape from the Germans, 1944 (Ref: O'Connor 4/5/7), and text of memorial address delivered by the Bishop of Washington DC at the service held for Dill, 1944 (Ref: O'Connor 11/3); microfilm of the wartime conferences of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 1941-1945 (Ref: MF 460-462); remarks made at the unveiling of the memorial to Dill, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington DC, USA, 1 Nov 1950, on a microfilm of Public Statements by the Secretaries of Defense, 1947-1981 (Ref: MF 212-282). The National Archives, Kew, holds correspondence and papers, 1936-1941, relating to Dill's service as General Officer Commanding British Troops in Palestine, and subsequently as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (Ref: WO282), and extracts from Dill's papers, 1940-1941, passed to the official historian of World War Two by FM Rt Hon Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (Ref: CAB 106/1209). Oxford University, St Anthony's College, Middle East Centre, holds correspondence from Dill relating to the supply of maps and plans to British forces in Palestine during the rebellion in 1936 (in the Frederick John Salmon papers). Manchester University, John Rylands Library, holds Dill's correspondence with FM Sir Claude (John Eyre) Auchinleck, 1940-1943 (Ref: Auchinleck papers). Cambridge University, Churchill Archives Centre, holds correspondence between Dill and Maj Gen Sir Edward Louis Spears, 1933-1940 (Ref: SPRS). The Imperial War Museum, London, hold the papers of Dill's Military Assistant, Maj Hon Reginald Henry Winn, 1942-1945; the papers of FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and Hindhead, include two letters from Dill, May and Sep 1944 (Ref: BLM 97/16, 34); the Department of Sound Records holds a recording. Southampton University Library holds papers of AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, including correspondence with Dill as Head of the Joint Staff Mission, Washington DC, USA, 1943-1944 (Ref: MB1/C88). Durham County Record Office holds papers of Lt Col Sir Cuthbert Morley Headlam, containing correspondence with Dill.