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Postcard from Lt Gen Sir Ronald Charles, depicting the war memorial erected in St Martin-in-the-Fields, London to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 1914 and referring to O'Connor's regiment (not specified). 1p

Poem by author A P Herbert (Alan Patrick Herbert) in memory of Adm Sir Bertram Ramsay, who died 2 Jan 1945. 1p

Photographs taken by Lady O'Connor in Peshawar, including Peshawar Vale Hunt and scenery, presumably in North West Frontier Province. 7 photographs

Article from The Times by Oliver Warner, 'Admiral Cunningham comes to Trafalgar Square', referring to unveiling of the bust of Cunningham on 2 Apr. With photographs of the ceremony and copy of the extract from log book of HMS EURALYUS comprising Nelson's signal at the Battle of Trafalgar. 4pp, 3 photographs

Photograph of Memorial Plaque to the 7 Div in World War One at Lyndhurst, including list of battalions. 1 photograph

Photostat of manuscript copy of narrative by O'Connor of the First Libyan campaign, Parts I to III. 121pp

Personal letters, including those from Lt Gen Sir Francis Tuker (with obituary from The Times, Oct 1967), Auchinleck, Gen Lord Ismay, AF Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir John Ward and Gen Sir Henry Jackson. 28pp

Personal letters, including those from Auchinleck, Lt Gen Sir Brian Horrocks, FM Lord Harding of Petherton, Lt Gen Sir Harold Redman, Brig A C L Stanley-Clarke, Lord Denning, Gen Sir Frank Simpson and FM Sir Michael Carver. 55pp

Personal letters, including those from Ronald Lewin, Lord Chalfont, Lady Cunningham, Brig David Riddell-Webster, FM Lord Harding, Lady Willis, Gen Sir Peter Hunt and FM Sir Claude Auchinleck. 59pp

Personal letters, including those from FM Sir Gerald Templer, FM Lord Harding of Petherton, Dr Noble Frankland (Director of the Imperial War Museum, concerning the Overlord Gallery scheme), Maj Gen J M Strawson, Sir John Masterman, Ronald Lewin, Edward Heath and Brig Bernard Fergusson and Lord Ballantrae. 51pp

Personal letters, including those from Prime Minister Edward Heath, Gen Alan Fraser, Lady Reith, Col Sir Henry Abel-Smith, Gen Sir Ivo Vesey, FM Sir Geoffrey Baker and Lt Gen Sir Harold Redman and Sir John Stirling. With photographs of the beach at Rosemarkie. 24pp, 3 photographs

Personal letters, including those from Sir Robert Menzies, Gen Sir Henry Jackson, Sir Harold MacMichael, Gen Sir Ivo Vesey, Viscountess Slim, Vice Adm Sir John Hayes, Auchinleck, Maj Gen E K J Sixsmith, Lt Gen Sir Harold Redman, Colin Cowdrey, Laurens Van Der Post and Lord Longford. 65pp

Personal letters, including those from Jack Warner (actor, enclosing signed photograph), Sir John Ward, Baron Enzo Galli Zugaro, Lt Gen Sir John Mogg, Montgomery, Sir Robert Menzies, C M Pirie-Gordon, FM Viscount Slim, Lt Gen Sir Brian Horrocks, Lord Reith of Stonehaven, Gen Sir Ivo Vesey, FM Sir Claude Auchinleck, Brig Sir John Smyth, Lt Gen Sir John Evetts and Mrs Rosalind Hayes (concerning the opening to to the public of the gardens at Kincurdie House, with photographs). 52pp, 4 photographs

Papers relating to the planned replacement of 91 (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regt by 63 (Oxford Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt, Royal Artillery including summary of training requirements of 63 Anti-Tank Regt, by Commanding Officer Brig A G Matthew; brief history of 91 Anti-Tank Regt; and letter to Lt Col J W Tweedie, Commanding Officer 91 Anti-Tank Regt in appreciation of the Regt on their departure. 18pp

Papers relating to removal of Maj Gen Lindsay McDonald Silvester from his command of 7 US Armoured Div in Oct 1944, at the direction of Montgomery. Including O'Connor's account of his removal; letter to Dempsey, in support of Silvester, and offering his own resignation; and letter to Silvester, offering condolences. With letters from Silvester giving personal news, and from his son informing O'Connor of Silvester's death on 4 Aug 1963. 15pp

Papers relating to Pte V Doran, including request of his wife that he be granted service in Northern Ireland rather than overseas; and O'Connor's reply. 6pp

Papers relating to the theory and practice of Military Control. Including definition; advantages; detail of Emergency Regulations in Palestine, 1938-1939; notes on 'Instructions for the application of Military Control in Palestine'; and notes on the Military Courts. 2 copies, 28pp

Papers relating to the arrest of students of Hebrew University under the Emergency Regulations. Including correspondence with Giles concluding that the students are members of the Irgun Tzvai Leumi (National Military) organisation; and Dr J Magnes at the University, pleading the innocence of Abraham Zaltzman and Meir Slonim (Zaltzman was subseqently released). 16pp

Papers relating to the district of Ramallah, including fortnightly summary of 28 Jan by Christopher Pirie-Gordon, Assistant District Commissioner, referring to increase in gang activities and recent ambush of civilians by Arabs at Saffa; outlining his scheme for the establishment of military out posts in the area; and his suggestions for improvements in the administration of and revenue collection from Ramallah. With O'Connor's criticism of the summary. 20pp