OCONNOR: 8 Appraisal of the careers of selected senior military personnel, 1971

OCONNOR: 8 1971

Comments on the personalities and careers of senior military personnel, some with obituaries from The Times including Maj Gen Sir Allan Adair, Lord Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, Lord Alexander of Tunis, Lt Gen Sir Colin Barber, Lt Gen Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Lord Casey, Lt Gen Sir George Collingwood, Viscount Cunningham of Hynhope, Sir George Cunningham, Maj Gen Eric Dorman-Smith, Lt Gen Sir Alexander Galloway, Gen Sir John Gathorne-Hardy, FM Viscount Gort, Gen Sir Hubert Gough, Maj Gen D A H Graham, FM Lord Harding, Brig James Hargest, Lt Gen Sir Brian Horrocks, Gen Lord Ismay, Gen Sir Henry Jackson, Capt Sir Basil Liddell Hart, ACM Sir Arthur Longmore, Sir John Masterton, Sir Harold MacMichael, Maj Gen Neil McMicking, Gen Sir Gordon MacMillan, Sir Robert Menzies, Gen Sir Edwin Morris, Maj Gen D W Reid, Lord Reith, Maj Gen George Roberts, FM Viscount Slim, Brig John Smyth, Maj Gen Sir C B Dashwood Strettall, Gen Sir Peter Strickland, MRAF Lord Tedder, Gen Sir Ivo Vesey, Lt Gen Sir Francis Tuker, Maj Gen Lord Thurlow, Gen Sir John Whiteley and FM Lord Henry Wilson. With additional comments on the selection of officers for senior appointments. 178pp