Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 4/19/3
Title
Copy letter from Prime Minister Winston Churchill to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, Oct 1941, dismissing Keyes as Director of Combined Operations
Date(s)
- 1941 Oct 14 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Scope and content
Copy of letter from Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill to AF Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes, Director of Combined Operations informing him of his removal from this post and his replacement by Commodore Louis Mountbatten; copy of official note of termination of appointment. With letter and note to Ismay from T L Rowan forwarding copy of letter from Churchill to Keyes