Key Information
Reference code
DILL 3/1/7
Title
Correspondence, Apr-Aug 1940, relating to operations in Norway
Date(s)
- 1940 Apr - Aug (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
John Greer Dill's correspondence relating to operations in Narvik, Norway during his service as Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, largely from Gen Pierse Joseph Mackesy including correspondence on William Henry Dudley Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and 12th Earl of Orrery; letter from Dill to Sir Samuel Hoare and Winston S Churchill congratulating them on the safe withdrawal from Central Norway, 5 May 1940; letters on Brigadier Hogg's decision to evacuate Aandalsnes, Norway; letter to Lt Gen Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck on operational control of air defense resources at Narvik, 13 May 1940; correspondence with Gen Pierse Joseph Mackesy and letter from Mackesy's wife on his damaged reputation, 10-14 Aug 1940.