Private Papers of Colonel J B Whitehead CBE MC TD DL JP
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[BASIC ACCESSION RECORD] A large collection of reports, operational orders, lecture and training notes, and other items, relating to his command of 41st Royal Tank Regiment (24th Armoured Brigade, 8th Armoured Division, Eighth Army), in North Africa, 1942 – 1943, including the preparation for the Battle of El Alamein, and command of the Yorkshire Hussars, BLA.
Violette Szabo (1921-1945) worked for 'F' Section in Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. During a mission in France she was captured and imprisoned by the Nazi's. She was executed in Ravensbrück concentration camp and posthumously awarded the George Cross, the highest honour given to civilians.