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Papers of Lt Gen Robert H Haining, Vice Chief of Imperial General Staff, on the Middle East including correspondence with various officials on subjects such as propaganda, administration and Libyan prisoners of war, and papers from John Greer Dill's absence from Britain due to his tour of the Mediterranean, Feb-Mar 1941. 70 ff.

Reports, notes and papers on the First World War, possibly used for staff training, including report on the German Army and its future movements, 25 Oct 1915; notes on defence of Arras from advancing German Army; notes on the Ypres region, 5 Jan 1918; copy of minute dated 13 Aug 1918 from Engineer-in-Chief to Chief of General Staff, France, giving summary of work done on defences over the period 21 Mar-30 Aug 1918; memorandum on the work of the Labour Corps, May-Nov 1918; notes for the Commander in Chief's final Despatch, 8 Jan 1919; essay on lessons learnt from the First World War; notes on training of Commanders and staff; notes on the reorganisation of staff work in the field; paper on 'A plea for instruction in the principles of the organisation of ground in defence by means of models', by Maj F D Napier-Clavering, 18 Feb 1919; paper on 'Current tendencies in Germany', 18 Mar 1919; paper on 'The RAF Staff College and a higher college of war' and paper on 'Some notes and lessons from recent operations'. 14 items.

Training notes by John de Guerin Dill, John Greer Dill's son, during his time at the School of Military Administration, Brockenhurst including notes on the Light Dragoon tank, synopsis of lectures, and notes. 4 items.

Album of photographs and newspaper cuttings relating to John Greer Dill's career, death and memorials, including photographs from his service at the Staff College Camberley, and in Germany, Palestine, France and USA and as Chief of the Imperial General Staff. 50pp.

Translated text of speech by Adolf Hitler given before the Reichstag, 28 Apr 1939. 1 item. 102pp.

Speeches delivered by John Greer Dill including addresses to Officer Training Corps units in Shrewsbury School, Jan 1936, and Sedbergh School, Jan 1934; speech at dinner of 235 Bde, Royal Field Artillery in the Mayfair Hotel; speech at luncheon during visit to German Army, 10 Sep 1935 and closing remarks by Dill on the 'Aldershot Command Corps Skeleton Exercise', 11-14 Jul 1939. 6 items.

Report by John Greer Dill as Chief Instructor, Staff College, Camberley, on an instructional tour of officers studying at the Ecole de Guerre, Chalons, 15 Sep 1920 and notes on a possible visit to the British Front in France and Flanders, 7 Sep 1920 for officers studying at Staff College. 2 items. 16pp.

Commemorative programme for the unveiling of the War Memorial, Staff College, Camberley. 1 item.

Ephemera belonging to John Greer Dill's son John de Guerin Dill including press cuttings, business cards, coins and rank insignia. 36 items.

Ephemera including manuscript French phrase book; 37 Lingford's cards of British war leaders; programmes for the 1936 Berlin Olympics; manuscript poem: 'a silly old blighter you call me'; collection of British, French and German postcards; The Times special edition on war graves, 10 Nov 1928; programme for the triumphal march of Dominion troops through London, 3 May 1919 and comical poems by John H R Binning relating to protection against gas attacks. 14 items.

Press cuttings on John Greer Dill including articles from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, L'Uomo qualungue, L'osservatore Romano, The Washington Post and the Yale Alumni Magazine. 29 items.

Postcards chiefly of Germany, particularly Potsdam and Dresden. 24 items.

Album of captioned photographs of the first QUADRANT Conference, Quebec, Canada including photographs of John Greer Dill; Prime Minister Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; AF Sir Dudley Pound; FM Sir Alan Francis Brooke; Gen George Catlett Marshall and Gen Henry Harley Arnold. 80 items.

Album of photographs of the SYMBOL Conference, Casablanca, including photographs of John Greer Dill; Prime Minister Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Gen Charles De Gaulle; FM Sir Alan Francis Brooke; Gen George Catlett Marshall and Gen Henry Harley Arnold. 48 items.

Album of photographs of the Atlantic Conference, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, including photographs of John Greer Dill; Prime Minister Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill; President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; William Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook; Gen George Catlett Marshall; AF Sir Dudley Pound, Sir Alexander Cadogan, Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Lt Gen Leslie Hollis, Harry Lloyd Hopkins and Gen Henry Harley Arnold, on board the HMS Duke of York and the USS Augusta, also photographs of US Marines in Iceland. 96 items.

Album of photographs of visit by John Greer Dill and General Henry Harley Arnold to Hollywood studio [MGM], including photographs of Spencer Tracy, Randolph Scott, Hedy Lamarr, Carmen Miranda, Irene Dunne and Louis B. Mayer. 40 items.

Personal photographs including holiday snapshots, postcards, and family photographs and negatives, including photographs in Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica, Caracas and Germany. 208 items.

Personal papers of John Greer Dill's son, John de Guerin Dill including baptism record and school reports. 10 items.