Key Information
Reference code
PENNEY 7/41
Title
Critical report on Colonel Eric Dorman-Smith by Penney, Jul 1944
Date(s)
- 1944 Jul (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
2pp
Scope and content
Typescript report by Penney on Col (temporary Brig) Eric Dorman-Smith, relating to events from Dorman-Smith's appointment to command 3 Infantry Bde, April 1944 to departure of Penney 24 Jul 1944, reporting from officers serving in 3 Infantry Bde that Dorman-Smith acted with a lack of direction at the battle of Ardea, near Anzio, Italy, and concluding that Dorman-Smith should be relieved of his command and given staff employment. 2pp.