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1. Document appointing Lieutenant General Sir John Maxwell Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in Ireland

Type/Formats:
Text — Miscellaneous documents
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Contributors:
De Valera, Éamon, 1882-1975 — Great Britain. Army Council
Abstract:
Photograph of the War Office document appointing Lieutenant General Sir John Maxwell, KCB, Commander-in Chief of British Forces in Ireland [taking over command from Major General Friend].
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2. The War Office writing to Viscount French about Maxwell's appointment

Type/Formats:
Text — Letter
Publisher:
UCD Library, University College Dublin
Contributors:
De Valera, Éamon, 1882-1975 — Great Britain. Army Council — French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres, 1852-1925
Abstract:
Copy of typescript letter from the War Office to Viscount French informing him of Maxwell's appointment as GOC.