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Typescript letter from Lt Gen Frederick Arthur Montgomery Browning, to Penney, regarding the political situation in the Dutch East Indies. 2pp.

Typescript letter from Lt Gen Frederick Arthur Montgomery Browning to Penney, discussing problems over the Dutch East Indies and the intelligence structure in South East Asia. 2pp.

Typescript letter from Lt Gen John Harding, Chief of General Staff, Central Mediterranean Forces, to Penney, on moves to improve press coverage of Anzio campaign, Italy. 1p.

Typescript letter from Lt Gen Sir Oliver Leese, Tactical Headquarters 8 Army, to Penney, welcoming 1 Infantry Div to 8 Army. 1p.

Typescript letter from Lt Gen Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, Tactical Headquarters 8 Army, to Penney, thanking Penney for the report, 'The relevance of Christianity for serving men', written by Capt D M Macleod, and informing Penney of a visit to the troops by the Bishop of Lichfield. 1p.

Manuscript letter from Maj Gen Joseph Montague Sabine Pasley, Tilford, Surrey, to Penney, forwarding a letter from Brig G Douglas Renny, 2 Infantry Bde, 1 Infantry Div, on the subject of a history of 1 Infantry Div, and asking Penney what details he should give toward this history. 1p.

Typescript letter from Maj Gen Joseph Montague Sabine Pasley, Tilford, Surrey, to Penney, reflecting on command and strategy of 1 Infantry Div, during the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy. 3 copies. 5pp.

Manuscript letter from Maj Gen Leslie Burtonshaw Nicholls, Allied Force Headquarters, to Mrs Shirley Mary Penney, describing Penney's wounding. 2pp.

Typescript letter from Maj Gen Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, Chief Administrative Officer, Allied Forces Headquarters, to Penney giving approval to a penal camp for deserters from 6 US Corps. 1p.

Typescript letter from Maj Gen Terence Sydney Airey, General Officer Commanding, British Element Trieste Force, to Penney, offering recollections of the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy. 3pp.

Manuscript letter from Maj Ulick Verney, from 8 Army, Headquarters, to Mrs Shirley Mary Penney, discussing personal matters. 2pp.

Typescript letter from Mary G Scott, Reports Officer, Technical Services (British Joint Services Mission), Washington, USA, forwarding articles written by Maj Gen Ernest N Harmon, Commander, 1 US Armoured Div, during Anzio landings, Italy, and Milton MacKaye , entitled 'Our Bitter days at Anzio', for The Saturday Evening Post. 1p.

Typescript letter from Muriel Price, Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, to Penney discussing gossip from headquarters. 4pp.

Typescript letter from Muriel Price, Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, to Penney, discussing gossip from headquarters. 2pp.

Typescript letter from Muriel [Price], Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, to Penney forwarding some of his personal papers. 2pp.

Typescript letter from Penney to Brig G Douglas Renny, Headquarters, 2 Infantry Bde, Bulford, Wiltshire, discussing the title of a history of 1 Infantry Div by Brig G Douglas Renny, and describing his role in removing Col Eric Dorman-Smith from his command of 3 Infantry Bde, I Infantry Div, during the Anzio offensive, Italy. 2pp.

Typescript letter from Penney to Brig G Douglas Renny, Headquarters, 2 Infantry Bde, Bulford, Wiltshire, suggesting that Penney and Pasley willl collaborate on an account of 1 Infantry Div's involvement with the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy, for Brig G Douglas Renny's history of 1 Infantry Div. 1p.

Typescript letter from Penney to Brig G Douglas Renny, Headquarters, 2 Infantry Bde, Bulford, Wiltshire, discussing the work of Penney and Maj Gen Joseph Montague Sabine Pasley on a history of 1 Infantry Div's involvement in the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy, and details on the Allied response to the German counter-attack after the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy. 3pp.

Typescript letter from Penney, to Brig Kenneth Chisholm Davidson, Headquarters, 168 London Inf Bde, replying to Davidson's letter of 21 Feb 1944, and praising 168 London Inf Bde. 1p.

Typescript letter from Penney to Col J Denys P Chapman, British Army Staff, Washington, USA, discussing the writing of the history of the Anzio landings, Italy, by American historians, and the emphasis placed on US formations. 1p.