OCONNOR: 11/1-35 Newspaper obituaries of senior military personnel and related correspondence, 1926-1981

OCONNOR: 11/1 1926 Mar 21

Letter from Mrs Sybil Steele, thanking O'Connor for his letter on the death of her husband Maj Gen J M Steele. 1p

OCONNOR: 11/2 1942 Sep 20

Letter to Lady O'Connor from Pamela Gott, following the death of her husband Lt Gen W H E 'Strafer' Gott in an air crash in the Western Desert, Aug 1942. 2pp

OCONNOR: 11/3 1944 Nov 8, 1944 Dec 26

Text of memorial address delivered by the Bishop of Washington at the service held for FM Sir John Dill. With letter from Lady Nancy Dill, thanking O'Connor for his letter on the death of her husband and the service at Washington Cathedral. 2pp

OCONNOR: 11/4 1945, 1958,1967-1976

Papers relating to FM Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, including articles in Life magazine (10 Nov 1958); Sunday Times (10 Sep 1967); Radio Times (12 Oct 1967); and Sunday Times (2 May 1976); O'Connor's comments on his military career; reviews of Montgomery as Military Commander (Batsford, London, 1971) by Ronald Lewin and Montgomery of Alamein (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1976) by Alun Chalfont; and obituaries and appreciations including The Times, Evening Standard, The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph, following his death on 23 Mar 1976. 113pp

OCONNOR: 11/5 1946 Sep 6

Letter from Joan, Countess of Cavan, thanking O'Connor for his letter on the death of her husband FM the Earl of Cavan. 1p

OCONNOR: 11/6 1948 Nov 9

Newspaper cutting from The Border Telegraph, reporting on the Remembrance Day ceremony at Galashiels and including extracts from O'Connor's speech. 2pp

OCONNOR: 11/7 1950 May

Text of address given by O'Connor at the memorial service in St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh on 23 May for chaplains in the forces. 1p

OCONNOR: 11/8 1950 May

Papers relating to death of and memorial service held for Wavell, including programmes for the services held at Westminster Abbey and Winchester College, both on 7 Jun. With copies of unpublished poems by Wavell. 34pp

OCONNOR: 11/9 1951 Mar

Order of Service for the unveiling and dedication of the window in memory of 8 Army, 1941-1945 held at All Saints, Cairo on 4 Mar. 1 booklet

OCONNOR: 11/10 1954 Oct

Order of Ceremony for the unveiling of the Alamein Memorial in Egypt by Montgomery on 24 Oct. 1 booklet

OCONNOR: 11/11 [1957] Mar 10

Letter from Lady Dorothea Hobart, thanking O'Connor for his letter on the death of her husband Maj Gen Sir Percy Hobart on 19 Feb. 1p

OCONNOR: 11/12 1963 Dec

Text of the address given by Sir Malcolm Knox at the memorial service for Sir George Cunningham held at the Holy Trinity Church, St Andrew's on 15 Dec. 1p

OCONNOR: 11/13 1965

Invitation to and order of service for the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill on 30 Jan 1965 at St Paul's Cathedral. 1p, 2 booklets

OCONNOR: 11/14 1967 Oct

Obituary of Gen Sir Richard McCreery, GCB, KBE, DSO, MC from The Times. 1p

OCONNOR: 11/15 1968

Newspaper cuttings from The Times relating to Brig Sir Henry Floyd, including obituary and memorial service details. 2pp

OCONNOR: 11/16 1969 Jun, 1969 Aug

Obituary from The Times of Gen Sir Miles Dempsey, and letter from Gen Sir Henry Jackson referring to Selwyn Lloyd's tribute to Dempsey. 4pp

OCONNOR: 11/17 1969

Obituary and memorial service newspaper cuttings from The Times relating to Sir Harold MacMichael, GCMG, DSO. 1p

OCONNOR: 11/18 1969

Obituaries from The Times and The Daily Telegraph of Maj Gen Eric Dorman-O'Gowan, formerly Dorman-Smith. With letter from Lt Gen Sir Arthur Smith, commenting on the obituary in The Daily Telegraph. 2pp

OCONNOR: 11/19 1969-1970

Obituaries from The Times and The Daily Telegraph including ACM Lord Dowding, Lord MacDonald, Maj Gen Denys Reid, Gen Sir Robert Mansergh, Maj Gen L O Lyne, Maj Gen R K Hewer, Gen Charles de Gaulle, Maj Gen Sir Edward Spears, Gen Sir Andrew Thorne, Lt Gen Sir Ronald Scobie, Lord Alexander of Tunis, Gen Sir John Whiteley, Maj Gen Sir John Kennedy, Gen Sir Edwin Morris, Maj Gen Sir Michael O'Moore Creagh and ACM Sir Norman Bottomley. 24pp

OCONNOR: 11/20 1970 Aug

Leaflet for the funeral service held at St Mary the Virgin, Waterperry of Avice Sanders, horticulturalist at Waterperry House (O'Connor's former residence). 1p

OCONNOR: 11/21 1970

Obituaries of Liddell Hart from The Times and The Daily Telegraph and text of memorial address from the RUSI Journal (Sep 1970) given by Gen Sir John Hackett at Royal Chelsea Hospital, 20 Apr 1970. 4pp

OCONNOR: 11/22 1970 Dec-1971 Feb

Papers relating to the death of FM Lord Slim on 14 Dec 1970, including obituaries and appreciations from The Times, The Guardian, The Soldier and The Daily Telegraph. With letter from Viscountess Slim, thanking O'Connor for his letter; and leaflet for the memorial service held at the Methodist Church, Inverness on 17 Jan 1971. 9pp

OCONNOR: 11/23 1971 Jun

Papers relating to O'Connor's attendance at Government House for the memorial ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral on 26 Jun to commemorate military service of the Indian Army and units of the East India Company, including programme and weekend arrangements, 19-20 Jun. 17pp

OCONNOR: 11/24 1971

Obituaries, mainly from The Times, including Sir Arthur Longmore, Gen Sir Montagu Stopford, Lt Gen Vernon Erskine Crum, Lt Gen Sir Humfrey Gale, MRAF Visount Portal of Hungerford, Lt Gen Sir Ernest Wood, Maj Gen Lord Thurlow, ACM Sir Leslie Hollingshurst, Lord Reith, Gen Sir Harry Knox, ACM Sir William Elliot, Adm J H Godfrey and Sir John MacPherson. 33pp

OCONNOR: 11/25 1972

Obituaries, mainly from The Times, including Rear Adm Sir Anthony Buzzard, Vice Adm John Hughes-Hallett, Adm Sir Michael Denny, Capt Peter Churchill, Sir Horace Wilson, the Duke of Windsor, Brig R M Villiers, Adm Sir Edward Parry, Gen Sir Henry Jackson, AF Sir George Creasey, Lt Gen Noel Irwin and Harry Truman. 43pp

OCONNOR: 11/26 1972

O'Connor's comments on Lt Col Richard Oakley of the Cameronians, particularly his service during World War One. 8pp

OCONNOR: 11/27 1973 Jan-1973 Oct

Obituaries, mainly from The Times including Brig R M Villiers, Gen Sir William Stirling, FM Von Manstein, Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Konev, Lt Gen Sir Wilfrid Lindsell and Lt Gen Sir George Cole. 15pp

OCONNOR: 11/28 1973 Nov-1974 Nov

Obituaries mainly from The Times including Gen Carl Spaatz, Grand Mufti Haj Amin el Husseini, Maj Gen Derek Tulloch, Gen Sir Charles Keightley, Gen Sir Thomas Riddell-Webster, Lt Gen Guy Simonds, Brig Dudley Clarke, Gen Lord Robertson of Oakridge, Maj Gen Wansborough-Jones, ACM Sir Arthur Sanders, Gen Sir Frank Messervy, Gen Sir Henry Loyd and Maj Gen Sir Edward Spears. 30pp

OCONNOR: 11/29 1974 Sep-1974 Oct

Papers relating to the dedication of the memorial windows in the Royal Memorial Chapel at Sandhurst to FMs Earl Wavell, Earl Alexander and Lord Wilson on 6 Oct including order of service. 5pp

OCONNOR: 11/30 1974 Dec-1976 Nov

Obituaries, mainly from The Times, including FM Sir Francis Festing, AF Sir Algernon Willis, Lt Gen Sir Charles Broad, Maj Gen Sir Miles Graham, Brig F J Dillon, Lt Gen Sir Neil Cantlie and Gen Sir William Platt. 20pp

OCONNOR: 11/31 1975

Papers relating to the death of Maj Sir John Stirling of Fairburn on 21 Mar, including leaflet for attendance at the memorial service at St Anne's Church, Strathpeffer as representative of the Queen; obituary from The Ross-shire Journal; and letter from son, R W K Stirling. 6pp

OCONNOR: 11/32 1977

Leaflet for memorial service of Margaretta Elizabeth, Viscountess Gough on 19 Apr 1977. 1p

OCONNOR: 11/33 1977-1981

Obituaries from The Times including Lt Gen Lord Norrie, Lt Gen Sir Arthur Smith, Gen Sir Alan Jolly, ACM Sir Basil Embry, Lady Ismay, Lt Gen Sir Philip Neame, Sir Robert Menzies, Lord Selwyn-Lloyd, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, FM Sir Gerald Templar, Lord Ballantrae, Lt Gen Sir Oliver Leese and Lt Gen Sir Thomas Hutton. 21pp

OCONNOR: 11/34 1977-1978

Papers relating to the appeal launched in Mar 1981 for a memorial in St Paul's Cathedral to commemorate ten FMs who served in World War Two. 8pp

OCONNOR: 11/35 1981

Papers comprising obituaries and appreciations of FM Sir Claude Auchinleck, from The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Daily Mail. With programme for service of thanksgiving held at Westminster Abbey, 5 Jun 1981. 7pp, 1 booklet