King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975

Service biography
Service with Irish Guards, France, World War I 1914-1918; Staff College, Camberley 1926-1927; Commander, Irish Guards Regt and Regimental District 1928-1930; Imperial Defence College 1930; General Staff Officer Grade 1, Northern Command, India 1932-1934; Commander, Nowshera Bde, Northern Command, India 1934-1938; Loe-Agra Operations, North West Frontier, India 1935; Mohmand Operations, North West Frontier, India 1935; Commander, 1 Div 1938-1940; 1 Corps, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), France 1940; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command 1940-1942; General Officer Commanding, Burma 1942; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East 1942-1943; 18 Army Group, North Africa 1943; 15 Army Group, Italy 1943-1944; Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean Theatre 1944-1945; Governor General, Canada 1946-1952; Minister of Defence 1952-1954

Papers
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES: The papers of FM Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, include official correspondence with Alexander, as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East 1942-1943; the Alanbrooke papers also include official correspondence with Alexander as Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean 1944-1945; the papers of Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart include correspondence with Alexander 1933-1967 (71 items, ref: LH 1/7) CHURCHILL ARCHIVES CENTRE, CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: The papers of Edward Brian Seago include correspondence 1941-1957 (ref: ESEA); IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: The papers of Lt Gen Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese (ref: Strong Rm), include two copy letters to Alexander 1943-1945, concerning training, Jun 1943, and recent operations in Burma, Mar 1945; Leese papers also include five letters from Alexander 1945-1949, concerning awards, and Alexander's experience of the USA, Apr 1949; the papers of FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein and Hindhead, include letters from Alexander, Mar 1943, commenting on the lack of preparation for operations in north west Africa, and on American troops (two items, ref: BLM 1/87-88); NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF CANADA, OTTAWA: Papers, 1942-1948 (ref: MG 27 III A 1), comprising; reports of military campaigns: seven volumes of despatches, maps and directives 1942-1945 (NB restricted access: no verbatim quotations are permitted without the consent of Lord Alexander's heirs); volume one: conquest of Libya 1942-1943; volume two: conquest of Sicily, Jul-Aug 1943; volume three: Italy: planning and assault, Jun-Sep 1943; volume four: Italy: winter campaign 1943-1944; volume five: Italy: capture of Rome and Arno, Mar-Aug 1944; volume six: Italy: Gothic Line battles, Aug-Dec 1944; volume seven: transcript 1942-1945; file of correspondence relating to Alexander's visit to Brazil, as Governor General of Canada 1948; scrapbook of Brazilian newspaper cuttings relating to his visit 1948; NUFFIELD COLLEGE LIBRARY, OXFORD: The papers of Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell of Oxford, include correspondence 1944-1954 (ref: CSAC 80/4/81, 99/3/84); PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON: Official and semi-official correspondence 1942-1945 (ref: WO 214), including; telegrams from the Combined Chiefs of Staff, Washington DC, USA, to General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Allied Forces Headquarters 1942-1944 (ref: WO 214/1-10); correspondence with the Prime Minister Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, and with Gen Alan Francis Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff [later FM Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough] 1943-1945 (ref: WO 214/11-17); papers relating to operations in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Palestine and Yugoslavia, and to a wide variety of topics, principally morale, welfare and demobilisation 1943-1944, with index (ref War Office 214/ 18-70); papers relating to the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and Office of Strategic Service (OSS) 1943-1944 (ref: WO 214/71); Cabinet Office papers include correspondence with Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps 1944-1949 (ref: CAB 127/118)

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS staff 1942-1945; strategy 1942-1945; politics 1946-1954
PLACES South East Asia 1942; Middle East 1942-1943; Southern Europe 1944-1945; North Africa 1942-1943; South East Asia 1945; North America 1946-1952; South America 1948
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