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Confidential booklet entitled 'A history of the North Eastern Civil Defence Region', from 1939 to the present day, listing the reasons for its foundation and development, and outlining its work. 1 file.

Papers relating to operations of 20 Corps in Palestine, 1917-1918, including third Battle of Gaza; correspondence including with Gen Sir Kenneth Wigram, 1935, and FM Sir Philip Chetwode, 1926-1936, with related papers, 1911-1950; Bartholomew Committee, Jun 1940 including operations in Flanders, organisation and training of troops; Northern Command and civil defence, 1940-1945.

Note from FM Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, expressing his friendship and admiration for Bartholomew. 1p.

Letter of thanks and a dinner invitation from FM Viscount Allenby.

Memorandum from Lt William Rudolph Vernon Isaac, Assistant to the Director of Military Intelligence, verifying Bartholomew's mentions in dispatches. 2pp.

Various extracts from reports upon Bartholomew's character and performance by his commanding officers. 4 items.

Copy of testimonial on Bartholomew by FM Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, when Commander in Chief in India. 2pp.

Copy of testimonial on Bartholomew by FM Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, when Commander in Chief in India. 1p.

Copy of a report on Bartholomew's abilities by Gen Sir Archibald Armar Montgomery-Massingberd. 1p.

Correspondence with FM Philip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron of Chetwode.

Letters from Gen Sir Cyril John Deverell, Lt Gen John Greer Dill, and FM Sir Archibald Armar Montgomery-Massingberd.

Notes entitled 'Criticisms by members of the committee', and consisting of comments by Lt Gen Noel Mackintosh Stuart Irwin upon a draft of the final report on operations of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium, 1939-1940. 2pp.

Paper entitled '3rd Division: points for D(irector) S(taff) D(uties), War Office', and containing instructions for the use of equipment and the employment of arms and troops in the division. 5pp.

Draft conclusion by Bartholomew on the lessons learned from the operations of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium, 1939-1940. 3pp.

Draft letter from Bartholomew to FM Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, on Chetwode's departure from India, thanking him for his help and advice. 3pp.

Draft letter from Bartholomew to Lt Gen Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, in reply to his letter of congratulation. 2pp.

Draft letter from Bartholomew to Lt Gen Sir Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Adjutant General to the Forces, replying to a letter praising him for his work in his role as Director of Recruiting and Organisation at the War Office. 2pp.

Draft letter from Bartholomew to FM Sir Philip Walhouse Chetwode, notably on his hopes for his future career; his impressions of Victor Alex John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow and new Viceroy of India, and Gen Sir Robert Archibald Cassels, Commander in Chief of the Army in India; the steady increase of military activity in India, as required by the British Government. 4pp.

Draft letter from Bartholomew to Lt Gen Sir John Francis Stanhope Duke Coleridge, Secretary to the Military Department, India Office, regarding a request by the Admiralty for two sloops from India to be sent to Aden, in the Aden Protectorate, in response to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and commenting upon the general state of readiness of the army in India. 6pp.

Draft letter from Bartholomew to Lt Gen John Greer Dill, mainly concerning his working relationship with Gen Robert Archibald Cassels, Commander in Chief in India. 2pp.