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Dill, Sir John Greer, (1881-1944), Knight, Knight Field Marshal

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Surname: Dill
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: John Greer
Gender: Male
Date: 1881-1944
Title: Knight
History: Field Marshal. Active service in Boer War & 1st World War. Chief of Imperial General Staff, May 1940. Relinquished command, Dec 1941. Gov-General of Bombay 1941-1942. Went to Washington (1942) as senior British rep on Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee.
Biography: ODNB link for Dill, Sir John Greer (1881-1944) Knight Field Marshal
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275591 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P141893 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir John Greer Dill
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1936-1941: War Office: Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
WO 282
2
1936-41: corresp and papers
The National Archives
WO 282
3
1901-51: papers mainly rel to First World War
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
KCLMA Dill
See Consolidated list of accessions 1986
4
1936-44: addnl papers, incl corresp and speeches
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
KCLMA Dill
See Annual Return 1999
5
1942-45: papers of his Military Assistant, Major the Hon RH Winn
Imperial War Museum (IWM) Department of Documents
See Accessions to Repositories 1990
6
1940-44: corresp with Lord Alanbrooke
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
KCLMA Brooke
NRA 23116
7
1940-43: corresp with Sir Claude Auchinleck
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
AUC
NRA 25966 Auchinleck
8
1925-39: corresp with Sir BH Liddell Hart
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
KCLMA Liddell Hart B H
NRA 19291
9
1933-40: corresp with Sir EL Spears
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
SPRS
NRA 21961
10
1900-1950: addnl records incl photographs and press cuttings
King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Dill J G
See Annual Return 2011