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'''Brigadier Vivian Dykes''' (1898 - |
'''Brigadier Vivian Dykes''' (1898 - 29 January 1943), was the Director of Plans, [[War Office]] between 1939 and 1941 and became the Chief Combined Secretary British Joint Staff Mission Washington in 1942. He died in 1943 on approach to [[RAF Talbenny]] on a flight from [[Casablanca]]. On hearing the news [[Winston Churchill]] <ref>Churchill’s War Volume II: Triumph in Adversity, By David Irving, ISBN 1872197159 [http://www.fpp.co.uk/overflow/Churchill/2/Pt3.pdf page 698 Paragraph 4]</ref> sent a telegram <ref>Churchill Archives Centre, [http://www-archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/perl/node?a=a;reference=CHAR%2020%2F127%2F55 Telegram to Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal] 01 Feb 1943</ref> to Air Chief Marshal [[Charles Portal|Sir Charles Portal]] asking him to send his condolences to his relatives. |
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Revision as of 14:34, 1 December 2009
Brigadier Vivian Dykes (1898 - 29 January 1943), was the Director of Plans, War Office between 1939 and 1941 and became the Chief Combined Secretary British Joint Staff Mission Washington in 1942. He died in 1943 on approach to RAF Talbenny on a flight from Casablanca. On hearing the news Winston Churchill [1] sent a telegram [2] to Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal asking him to send his condolences to his relatives.
Family
Uncle to Michael Swann former chairman of the BBC and Hugh Swann, cabinet maker to Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
References
- ^ Churchill’s War Volume II: Triumph in Adversity, By David Irving, ISBN 1872197159 page 698 Paragraph 4
- ^ Churchill Archives Centre, Telegram to Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal 01 Feb 1943