NAM.1996-10-95-190

Folder: Reports, Appreciations, etc. Reports collected during Brig Thurburn’s period in the Middle East and Egypt, covering the period Aug 1939 to May 1941, includes papers on local enlistment, with manuscript report by Gen Wavell, August 1939, typescript report by Capt Erisendjian on the voyage of the ‘Fouedieh’ (an undercover reconnaissance to Romania), November 1939, GHQ Instructions, report and notes of Conference on Force ‘Barbarity’, November 1940, typescript report (’Most Secret’) by Maj Gen E C Weston of reconnaissance of Crete, with typescript (’Most Secret’) Report on signal communications, and notes of a visit to Crete, April 1941, two reports on the situation in the Western Desert, with manuscript notes, May 1941, manuscript and typed notes on security, May 1941. Includes some late annotations by Brig Thurburn. Also, not listed at the front of the folder, ‘Top Secret’ report (Allied Force HQ) on possible future locations for AFHQ bases, July 1944; typed Orders of Battle, listing British and Empire Divisions, 1939-1945, and Brigades, with some manuscript notes and entries, nd. From a collection of papers of Brig Roy Gilbert Thurburn relating to his military career, 1939-1952.