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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. |
Letters written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1935-1939
Birdwood, Lord William Riddell (Field Marshal, b.1865 - d.1951)
- Series 9: Miscellaneous correspondence, 1903 – 1950
< Previous Record | Next Record >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]