NAM.1983-03-104-28

Inventory description: Folder marked ‘Personal letters etc Secret Docs’, containing letters, notes, press cuttings and other material, 125 items. Including recommendations for awards from East African Campaign Nov 1940 - Jul 1941 (Feb 1942); papers relating to the death of Geoffrey Keyes VC (Keyes led and was killed on Operartion FLIPPER, the raid to assassinate FM Erwin Rommel in North Africa); draft handing over notes on leaving Northern Ireland Oct 1944; letters of congratulation on appointment to Eastern Command Oct - Nov 1944, and on service in Palestine and GCMG Jun 1948; correspondence on events in Palestine; requests for his papers; and two letters to Connie Mary from Jerusalem Dec and Jul no years. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945) and Palestine (1945-1948). From papers of Gen Sir Alan Cunningham (1887-1983).