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Series
War Office: Earl Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre:...
Catalogue reference: WO 214
What's it about?
WO 214
Official and semi-official correspondence of Earl Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre, 1944 to 1945. The records cover planning of, and operations during, the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy and several...
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WO 214
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Earl Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre: Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1941-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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Official and semi-official correspondence of Earl Alexander of Tunis, Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean Theatre, 1944 to 1945. The records cover planning of, and operations during, the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily and Italy and several pieces contain maps.
The letters were catalogued in 1947 when Lord Alexander was Governor-General of Canada, and the original index, included in the series as piece 70, gives a concise description of the contents of each file.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Alexander, Harold Rupert Leofric George, 1891-1969
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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71 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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This collection of papers was presented to the Army Department of the War Office by Lady Alexander in 1971.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14420/
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