- STERN 1/13/67
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- 1918 Jul 2
Telegram from Stern, in Paris, to Norman Hutchinson, requesting that he hand over his villa to the Ministry of Munitions, Commission for Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies). 1p
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Telegram from Stern, in Paris, to Norman Hutchinson, requesting that he hand over his villa to the Ministry of Munitions, Commission for Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies). 1p
Telegram from Stern to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions, reporting satisfactory progress with arrangements for the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. 1p
Telegram from Stern to Minister of Munitions Winston Churchill, 13 Apr 1918, about travel passes
Telegram from Stern to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions, relating to the difficulty encountered through the failure to issue passes to the commissioners of the Anglo-American Commission. 1p
Telegram from Stern to Maj Gen Sir John Edward Capper, Director General, Tank Corps, relating to the refusal of General Headquarters to allow him to attend a meeting at Tank Corps Headquarters, Bermicourt, France. 1p
Telegram from Stern to Major A H Wood, 25 Jun 1918, requesting that he report to Paris
Telegram from Stern to Maj A H Wood, Area Commandant, Candas, France, British Expeditionary Force (B E F), France, asking him to report to Paris, France. 1p
Telegram from Stern to Furness, 28 Jun 1918
Telegram from Stern in Paris, France, to Furness, Care Welldeck, London. 1p
Telegram from Stern to Brig Gen Hugh Jamieson Elles, Commander, Tank Corps on the refusal of General Headquarters to provide passes for himself and US Lt Col James A Drain, US Commissioner, Anglo-American Commission. 1p
Telegram from S North-Smith to Stern, 28 Nov 1918, requesting a typist
Telegram from S North-Smith to Stern requesting a typist for the Paris, France office. 1p
Telegram from P Dale-Bussell to Stern, 30 Oct 1915, about a visit to Wembley Park test ground
Telegram from P Dale-Bussell, Director of Naval Constructions Committee, Contract Department, the Admiralty, to Stern, advising him of the intended visit of Maj Gen Sir George Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff, Director of Fortifications and Works, War Office and Eustace Henry William Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, Director of Naval Construction, the Admiralty, to the Wembley Park test ground. 1p
Telegram from Major Walter Wilson, [Jul] 1917, reporting no orders for the week
Telegram from Maj Walter Gordon Wilson, Director of Engineering, Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, at the Ritz Hotel, Paris, France, reporting that no orders had been received for that week. 1p
Telegram from Maj Gen Sir John Edward Capper, Director General, Tank Corps, to Stern stating that it was inadvisable at that time for Stern and US Lt Col James A Drain, US Commissioner, Anglo-American Commission to attend a meeting at General Headquarters. 1p
Telegram from Maj A H Wood, Area Commandant, Candas, France, British Expeditionary Force (B E F), France, to Ministry of Munitions, Commission for Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies), Paris, confirming receipt of wire and indicating that he was awaiting instructions from General Headquarters. 1p
Telegram from Furness to Stern, 27 Jun 1918
Telegram from Furness, Care Welldeck, to Stern in Paris, France. 1p
Telegram from Capt Murray Fraser Sueter, Director of Air Department, the Admiralty, to Wg Cdr Frederick Lewis Maitland Boothby, Inspecting Commander, Armoured Car Division, Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), concerning loan of 20 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, to Ministry of Munitions for duty under the Landships Committee. 1p
Tanks advance!, by Gordon Beccles, 1942
Book by Gordon Beccles entitled Tanks advance! (Cassell, London, 1942).
Tank Corps Christmas card, Dec 1919
Tank Corps Christmas card issued by Stern relating to his work with the Anglo-American Commission. 11 copies
Tank Board report, 12 Jun 1941, 'Position with regard to American tanks'
Tank Board report number 71 (41) entitled 'Position with regard to American tanks', relating to the purchase of 3,000 M3 Medium Cruiser tanks, 1,000 M3 Light Cruiser tanks and the manufacture in Canada of 300 Valentine (Mark III Infantry) tanks. 1p
STERN, Lt Col Sir Albert Gerald (1878-1966)
Papers relating to his role in the development and production of armoured fighting vehicles, dated 1914-1959, 1964, 1994, principally comprising correspondence, memoranda and minutes relating to the Landships Committee, 1915-1916, and the Tank Supply Committee, Tank Supply Department (later Mechanical Warfare Supply Department) and Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies) Department, 1916-1918; progress reports and memoranda on design and construction of landships, 1915; plans, drawings and blueprints for landships and tanks, 1915-1916; 'Notes on the employment of tanks' by Col Ernest Dunlop Swinton, printed at the Foreign Office, 1916; 'Mechanical warfare, a summary of British tank development, 1914-1918', typescript text by Stern, [1925]; papers relating to the establishment of the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy Pailloux, Chateauroux, France, dated 1917-1918; notes and reports by Lt J Rackham and George Watson relating to the use of tanks on the Western Front, 1917; 'The tactical employment of tanks in 1918', unofficial report by Col John Frederick Charles Fuller, 1917; correspondence and memoranda relating to Ministry of Supply Special Vehicle Development Committee and the Tank Board, 1939-1943, and the design and development of TOG heavy tanks, 1939-1944 ['TOG' - The Old Gang, informal name for Special Vehicle Development Committee members, some of whom had worked on tank development during World War One], including correspondence with Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, 1939-1940, Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply, 1940, Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, 1940-1941 and 1942, Rt Hon William Maxwell Aitken Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Minister of Supply, 1941-1942, Sir James Lithgow, Chairman of the Tank Board, 1941, and Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill 1940-1942, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence, Sir William Tritton of Tritton, Foster and Co, and Cdr R H Stokes-Rees, 1943-1944; official reports by Lt Col Gordon Hall on British and Italian use of tanks in the Middle East, 1940-1941, dated 1941; specifications and technical reports relating to tanks, 1939-1944; minutes of Special Vehicle Development Committee, 1939-1942; papers relating to investigation of Stern's position in the Ministry of Supply, 1942, dated 1939-1942, including transcriptions of interviews with Stern, 1942; correspondence and memoranda relating to Stern's evidence before the Sub-Committee on National Production and Supply of the House of Commons Select Committee on National Expenditure; publications and printed material relating to tanks, 1915-1919, 1939-1946, 1959; photographs, 1915-1918, 1939-1945, principally comprising British, French and Canadian photographs of tanks, 1915-1918; photographs of TOG tanks, 1939-1942; films concerning the development of the tank, 1918, 1941-1942, 1957. Other papers relating to his life and career, notably including photographs relating to his service with the Royal Naval Air Service, 1914-1915; copies of personal correspondence, 1918-1919.
Stern, Sir Albert Gerald, 1878-1966, Knight, Lieutenant Colonel
Specification for US Heavy Tank T1, Jun 1942
General specification, under twelve headings, of the US Heavy Tank T1. 4pp