Key Information
Reference code
O'CONNOR 4/5/3
Title
Papers, 1941-1950 and 1968, relating to O'Connor's capture and time as a POW, including forged identity cards
Date(s)
- 1968 (Creation)
- 1941 - 1950 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
46pp
Scope and content
Papers relating to capture and period spent as POW. With letters to Lady O'Connor, including those from Wavell, Carton de Wiart, Lord Birdwood, Maj Gen Creagh, Gen Sir John Dill at the War Office, Maj Gen B L Montgomery and Anthony Eden; forged identity cards used by O'Connor under the name Guillome Riccardo, and signal dated 8 Apr from Wavell to Lady O'Connor, informing of her husband's capture. 46pp