Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 1/7/7
Title
Text of speech by Ismay at a Trafalgar Day dinner, Oct 1948, on the events of World War Two
Date(s)
- 1948 Oct 19 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
11pp
Scope and content
Speech by Ismay at Trafalgar day dinner relating to Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill; possibility of invasion of Britain in 1940; plans for evacuation of troops from Dunkirk France in Aug 1940; plans for evacuation of Allied troops from Crete, 1942; Chiefs of Staff committee; AF Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma; fishing and shooting. Typescript, 11pp