Item WOODHOUSE 5/5 - Correspondence, 1973-1992, with former members of the British Military Mission to Greece and with historians

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WOODHOUSE 5/5

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Correspondence, 1973-1992, with former members of the British Military Mission to Greece and with historians

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  • 1973 Oct - 1992 Feb (Creation)

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8 items

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Correspondence between Christopher Montague Woodhouse, researchers on Greece, and veterans from British Military Mission to Greece, including: letter from Maj Bickham Aldred Cowan Sweet-Escott, enclosing details from Army records on Lt Col Cleveland Mervyn Keble, Oct 1973; letter from D M Nichol on Prime Minister Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill's emendations to Brig Edmund Charles Wolf Myers' Greek broadcast in Oct 1943, 23 Nov 1973; two letters from Capt Themistocles (Themie) H Marinos enclosing his contribution to Brig V Bandoyiannis' book, 15 Dec 1986 and enclosing a personal account by Andreas Mitalas on his experiences with SOE in Greece, 3 Mar 1986, (enclosures in Greek); correspondence with Lars Baerentzen, 1988; correspondence with George Alexander, 1979; correspondence with H F Meyer on research for his book Missing in Greece on his father, a German officer captured and shot by Greek partisans following destruction of Gorgopotamos Viaduct, Jan 1990-Sep 1992; correspondence with John Keegan on his article in the Daily Telegraph claiming Special Operations Executive 'besmirched' Britain, Feb 1992. 8 items

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