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ISMAY, Gen Hastings Lionel (1887-1965)
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Text of speech by Ismay at a Trafalgar Day dinner, Oct 1948, on the events of World War Two

Speech by Ismay at Trafalgar day dinner relating to Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill; possibility of invasion of Britain in 1940; plans for evacuation of troops from Dunkirk France in Aug 1940; plans for evacuation of Allied troops from Crete, 1942; Chiefs of Staff committee; AF Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma; fishing and shooting. Typescript, 11pp

Text of speech by Ismay at a lunch of the Royal Empire Society, May 1946

Speech as Chairman, Royal Empire Society at a luncheon, mentioning US Commander Herbert Agar, including view of fall of Tobruk, Libya during Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill's visit to the White House, Washington, USA and emergency shipping of Sherman tanks used in Battle of El Alamein, North Africa, 1942. Typescript and typescript carbon, 5pp

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