Andrew Cunningham papers in British Library, London

Great Russell St, WC1. Tel. 020 7636 1544 ext 367.

Admiral Andrew B. Cunningham, 18831963, C in C Mediterranean 1939-1942; 1st Sea Lord, Aug 1943 to 1946.

Additional MS 52557, vol. i,

Correspondence with parents to 1917.

 

Additional MS 52558, vol. ii,

Letters to his aunts Helen ("Doodle") and Constance

Browne ("Connie Mary"). 1914--Jun 1941;

 

Additional MS 52559, vol. iii,

ditto, Jul 1941 1946.

 

Additional MS 52560, vol. iv,

Correspondence with Admiral Sir Dudley Pound,

Jan 1939 to Jul 1940

 

Additional MS 52561, vol. v,

Correspondence with Admiral Sir Dudley Pound,

Aug 1940 to 1943

 

Additional MS 52562, vol. vi,

Corresp with Admiral Sir Walter Cowan 1939-45

Sir John Cunningham, 1941-60

Arthur Power, 1944-45

 

Additional MS 52563, vol. vii,

James Somerville 1940-45; unbound

Captain Roskill, 1952(?)--57

 

Additional MS 52564, vol. viii,

Diary of Admiral Sir James Somerville, Mar - Jul

1944 typewritten

 

Additional MS 52565, vol. ix,

Papers of Admiral Sir Charles Forbes, 1938-40

Printed despatch with map by Gen Sir Archibald

Wavell, campaign of 1940-1941

 

Additional MS 52566, vol. x,

Naval telegrams, 1940-1946

CATAPULT file.

 

Additional MS 52567, vol. xi,

Naval telegrams, 1940-1946.

 

(vols.xi-xx = General Correspondence, 1898-1962)

Additional MS 52570

Correspondence 1942 - July 1943

 

Additional MS 52571

July 1943 - 1944 Correspondence

 

Additional MS 52572

Correspondence 1945

 

Additional MS 52577, vol.xxi,

Cunningham Diary, 1944

 

Additional MS 52578, vol.xxii

Cunningham Diary, 1945

 

Additional MS 52579, vol.xxiii

Cunningham Diary, 1946

The above material has been researched by David Irving for the third volume of his Churchill biography, "Churchill's War", vol. iii: "The Sundered Dream."