Item MACLEOD 2/2/2 - Correspondence and related papers, 1940-1960, concerning Field Marshal Lord Ironside

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MACLEOD 2/2/2

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Correspondence and related papers, 1940-1960, concerning Field Marshal Lord Ironside

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  • 1940 - 1960 (Creation)

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Letters and papers extracted from 2/2/1, notably a letter from André Maurois laying out his ideas for a plan of federation after the war, 15 Apr 1940; newspaper cuttings of a series of letters to the Daily Telegraph concerning The Private Papers of Hore-Belisha (Collins, London, 1960) by Rubeigh James Minney, by Macleod, Anthony Gibbs, Brig Ridley Pakenham Pakenham-Walsh, and Capt Basil Henry Liddell Hart, mainly concerning claims made about the working relationships between the Rt Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, FM Sir (William) Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron of Archangel and Ironside, and FM John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 1st Viscount Gort, during the early stages of World War Two; various letters to Pakenham-Walsh, including one from the Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, 25 Aug 1945. 1 file, 16 items.

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