Metadata: War Office: Sixth Airborne Division, Palestine: Papers and Reports
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- The National Archives (UK)
- Holding institution (official language):
- The National Archives (UK)
- Postal address:
- KewRichmond London Greater London United Kingdom TW9 4DU
- Phone number:
- Telephone: 020 8876 3444
- Web address:
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
- Reference number:
- WO 275
- Title:
- War Office: Sixth Airborne Division, Palestine: Papers and Reports
- Title (official language):
- War Office: Sixth Airborne Division, Palestine: Papers and Reports
- Date(s):
- 1940/1948
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 121 file(s)
- Scope and content:
- This series contains files of the 6th Airborne Division in Palestine during the period of the British Mandate following the Second World War. It comprise orders, reports, logs, and other papers relating to the administration, operations, and exercises of British forces in Palestine.The 6th Airborne Division was transferred in the early Autumn of 1945 from Germany to Southern Palestine, where it was involved in the peace-keeping duties of the British forces. With the end of the British Mandate in May 1948 the division left for the United Kingdom and was dissolved.
- Subject terms:
- Mandatory Palestine
- Military
- Access, restrictions:
- UK public records, open for research unless otherwise stated in The National Archives' catalogue
- Finding aids:
- More information is available in The National Archives' catalogue: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14480Research guidance is available on The National Archives' website: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/jews-and-jewish-communities-18th-20th-centuries/
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
