Item KIRKE 7/1/8 - Text of a BBC Home Service broadcast by Kirke, 26 Sep 1940, on the bombing of Britain and the importance of the Royal Navy

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KIRKE 7/1/8

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Text of a BBC Home Service broadcast by Kirke, 26 Sep 1940, on the bombing of Britain and the importance of the Royal Navy

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  • 1940 Sep 26 (Creation)

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8pp

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Text of broadcast by Kirke, BBC Home Service, 'War Commentary', relating to German bombing of Britain, home defence, morale and the strategic significance of the Royal Navy. Typescript, 8pp

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The original version of Kirke's autobiographical notes, an edited version of which was reproduced in _Army Quarterly and Defence Journal _of Oct 85 Jan 86 and Apr 86 is located at the Imperial War Museum, London, (Ref 84/14/1)

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