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