Letters written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1935-1939

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Accession Number RCDIG0000070
Collection number 3DRL/3376 9/4
Collection type Digitised Collection
Record type File
Item count 3
Object type Letter
Physical description 14 Image/s captured
Maker Birdwood, William Riddell
Date made 1935
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

This folder contains three letters sent by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood between 29 January 1938 and 18 January 1939. Although the title of the file specifically mentions Kemal Ataturk’s funeral, there are also other letters in this file. Subjects covered include Kemal Ataturk’s funeral, the writing of the official history of the war, and the evacuation from Gallipoli. Several officers are also mentioned in these letters including Monash, Rosenthal, Hobbs, Glasgow, Gellibrand, Chauvel, and Jellicoe.
This file contains:
Letter from Birdwood to Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean, 29 January 1935 [1938]
Letter from Birdwood to General Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, 18 January [1939] [Includes telegram from Sir Percy Loraine to Lord Halifax, 23 November 1938 sent with a report about Kemal Ataturk's funeral]
Letter from Birdwood to [unidentified], n.d. [incomplete]