Key Information
Reference code
ISMAY 5/9
Title
Correspondence, 1931-1960, chiefly congratulatory and social, with correspondents beginning with 'I'
Date(s)
- 1931 - 1960 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Correspondence, mostly congratulatory and social between Ismay and correspondents with surnames beginning with 'I' including FM William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, 1940 relating to the possible move of the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret to Canada during World War Two, with reply from Ismay relating to the Princesses' opposition to the plan. With letters written by correspondents from Italy and from India including letter from Hashmalulla Khan, 1933 relating to his opposition to Indianisation of the Army and to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. 1 file