Item PRENTICE & WICKSTEAD 5/1 - Official correspondence, 1944, between Prentice as GOC Area 1, West Macedonia, and members of the Allied Military Mission

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PRENTICE & WICKSTEAD 5/1

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Official correspondence, 1944, between Prentice as GOC Area 1, West Macedonia, and members of the Allied Military Mission

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  • 1944 Jan 25 - 1944 Dec 13 (Creation)

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Official correspondence between Maj Ronald R Prentice, General Officer Commanding, Area 1, Allied Military Mission, West Macedonia, Greece, and members of the Allied Military Mission, including letters to Prentice from Capt Max Backhouse, 25-30 Jan 1944, requesting escorts for Allied reconnaissance missions to Nestoria; general situation report to Prentice from Capt H Arthur Wickstead, 10 Oct 1944; unofficial despatch sent to Prentice from US Capt Ronald J Darr, General Officer Commanding, US Operational Group 7, detailing the actions of soldier Arthur Agoritsas during an ambush near Agras, 9 Oct 1944; correspondence to Prentice from Capt David S Chapman, Royal Army Medical Corps, relating to the medical situation in the Pontokomi region and requests for medical supplies, 23 Sep-11 Oct 1944; letters to Prentice from E Wenger, International Red Cross, Edessa, requesting safe passage of Red Cross vehicles travelling from Athens to Thessoloniki via Kozani and relating to a proposed meeting between Prentice and German Colonel Ritter von Eberling to discuss the terms of German withdrawals from Greece, 25 Sep-2 Oct 1944; letter to Prentice from Capt Geoffrey Chandler relating to requests for a relief mission to Naoussa, 11 Oct 1944; situation reports from Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans, Vitsi sub-area commander, 11 Apr-16 Nov 1944; Prentice's withdrawal orders, 4-5 Dec 1944. 19 items.

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