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Archival descriptionPress cuttings, Aug-Oct 1945, about the formal surrender of Japan
- PENNEY 5/45-56
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- 1945 Aug 19 - 1945 Oct 2
Newspaper cuttings, mostly referring to Japan's signing of the instrument of surrender.
Press cuttings, 1943-1946, about the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy
- PENNEY 15/18-28
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- 1943 Nov 26 - 1946 Mar 31
Press cuttings on Allied landings at Anzio, Italy, including articles from The Times, The Spectator and The Observer. 11p.
Press cutting, 1948, with a photograph of a house (probably Penney's)
- PENNEY 1/57
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- 1948 Feb 2
Newspaper cutting from The Evening News, of photograph, probably of Penney's house. 1p
Press cutting, [1948], reporting a burglary at Penney's house
- PENNEY 1/58
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- [1948]
Newspaper cutting from The News of the World of report of case of burglary of Penney's house. 1p
- PENNEY 11/18
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- [1944 Jul 30]
Untitled newspaper cutting reporting service for the unveiling by Penney in All Saints Church, Rome, Italy, of 1 Infantry Div memorial tablet. 2pp.
- PENNEY 2/16-35
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- [1932]
Collection of press cuttings, sketch maps, newspapers cartoons and posters relating to the Sino-Japanese dispute over Shanghai, China. Including posters by the Shanghai municipality national salvation committee to resist Japan. 19pp.
- PENNEY 8/6
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- 1944 Jan 12
Typescript report by Col Joseph L Langevin, Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, [Gen Staff Officer Operations], Headquarters US 6 Corps, to Intelligence Officer, 1 Infantry Div, estimating German capabilities to counterattack on the north west flank of 1 Infantry Div beachhead at Anzio. 2pp.
Planning report by Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Thubron, 3 Jan 1944, for Operation Shingle, Anzio
- PENNEY 8/3
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- 1944 Jan 3
Typescript report by Lt Col Gerald Ernest Thubron, 1 Infantry Div, outlining Operation SHINGLE (Allied landings at Anzio, Italy), including the distribution of troops, with traced map of Anzio beachhead. 4pp.
Planning notes, 2 Jan 1944, for the amphibious landing of 1 Infantry Division at Anzio, Italy
- PENNEY 8/2
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- 1944 Jan 2
Typescript notes by Penney entitled, 'Notes by Commander 1 Div, based on information available up to 0900 hrs 2 Jan', setting out the aim of landing 1 Div, the topography of the beaches at Anzio, Italy, the possible reaction time of the German Army to this landing. 4pp.
- PENNEY 8/4
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- 1944 Jan 5
Typescript notes by US Col William H Hill, Headquarters 6 Corps, entitled, 'Outline plan for operation immediately subsequent to establishing beachhead', explaining 1 Infantry Div role upon landing as counterattacking, in defence of the Anzio beachhead, Italy. 1p.
- PENNEY 8/5
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- 1944 Jan 6
Typescript by Lt Col G E Thubron, 1 Infantry Div, outlining Operation SHINGLE (Allied landings at Anzio, Italy), setting out how the beachhead will be captured, and what action will be taken once after the establishment of a beachhead. 5pp.
Plan of Shanghai, including police stations and districts, Apr 1928
- PENNEY 2/12
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- 1928 Apr 21
Plan of Shanghai published under authority of Municipal Council, showing Police districts and Police stations. Scale 1:15915.
Plan of Shanghai, [1932], with barbed wire fences marked
- PENNEY 2/8
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- [1932]
Plan of Shanghai, China, showing district west of foreign settlement, published by Shanghai Municipal Council Public Works Department. Marked to show barbed wire fencing. Scale 1:4800.
- PENNEY 2/7
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- 1928 Apr 21
Plan of Shanghai, China published by North China Daily News and Herald. Marked to show perimeter, sectors and units. Scale 1: 482, 803.
Photographs of a memorial to 1 Infantry Division, and St George's Church, Tunis, [1949]
- PENNEY 3/5-6
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- [1949]
Photographs of 1 Infantry Div memorial and of St George's Church, Tunis, Tunisia. 2 photographs.
Photograph of Penney's daughter, Sarah Penney, at her wedding to Douglas Dixon, [1950]
- PENNEY 1/59
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- [1950]
Photograph of Donald Charles Cassels Dixon and Sarah Penney (Penney's daughter) after their wedding. 1 photograph.
Personal papers, 1920-1958, chiefly congratulations on Penney's knighthood
- PENNEY 1
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- 1920 - 1958
PENNEY, Maj Gen Sir Ronald Campbell (1896-1964)
- PENNEY
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- 1920-1962
Papers relating to his command of 1 Infantry Div, Anzio, Italy, 1944, dated 1943-1962, principally comprising correspondence and memoranda, 1943-1944; diary and typescript diary entries, 1943-1944; operation orders, tactical notes and maps, 1944; written accounts of operations carried out by 1 Div and individual regiments and battalions, 1944; correspondence relating to historical accounts of the landings, 1945-1962, notably Anzio by Wynford Vaughan Thomas (Longmans, London, 1961). Other papers relating to his life and career, 1920-1958, notably including an article by Penney on his service in Wazaristan, India, 1937, reprinted from the Royal Signals Quarterly Journal, Oct 1938 and Jan 1939; memoranda from General Staff, Shanghai, from the City Government of Shanghai and from W R Connor Green, British Embassy, Tokyo, concerning relations between the Chinese and Japanese, and the role of the British garrison in the protection of Shanghai, 1931-1933; diary, 1932, referring principally to matters affecting British troops in Shanghai; press cuttings, [1932]; anti-Japanese propaganda posters produced by the Shanghai Municipality National Salvation Committee to Resist Japan, [1932]; itinerary of Penney's movements in the Middle East and North Africa, 1941-1943; diary, 1943-1944, including description of Allied Forces HQ, Algiers, and reflections on the differences between US and British signals procedure; official and personal correspondence relating to his service as Director of Intelligence, HQ Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia, [1945].
Penney, Sir William Ronald Campbell, 1896-1964, Knight, Major General
Papers, Mar-Jul 1944, relating to honours and casualties, Anzio, Italy, 1944
- PENNEY 14
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- 1944 Mar - Jul