New member and author of book on Ike and Kay Summersby!

Hi, my name is Kieron, I live in Dublin, Ireland, and I am writing about the relationship between General Eisenhower and his Irish driver, Kay Summersby, during the war. I have read both her books, Harry Butcher's book and At Ease, have visited the Imperial War Museum (where I heard Kay's Thames TV interview) and the Eisenhower Library in Abilene (where I saw Kay's diary and correspondence), looked at the Inish Beg website and Googled all the photos of the two together. Any further information (or pictures) that anyone can give me relating to the couple would be very welcome. For example, I understand that Eisenhower spoke to Viscount Alanbrooke about the relationship at the end of the war. Is this in Alanbrooke's diaries? If so, where can I see the originals? Many thanks, Kieron

 

Kieron

If you want to see Alanbrookes Diaries - then pop over here as I still have both copies and you are welcome to read them

Should mention that I live near Vancouver B.C.

Cheers

 

Could apply for Kay Summersby's service record as she passed away in 1975 it has been 30 years since her death.

brithm

 

Kieron,

Alanbrooke's full diaries are at the Liddell Hart Archives at King's College London. They are open to the public. There are also copies of the edited diaries - so there might be stuff in the published versions that he deleted?

Good luck,

Tom

 

She appeared briefly in the World at War Series.

Strong personality - I was surprised.

 

Yeah it's the unedited versions that are likely to have anything worthwhile. I'll try that, thanks.

 

I mention this in hushed tones, for obvious reasons, but for another account of Kay Summersby's influence a quick referral to David Irving's "The War Between The Generals (Inside The Allied High Command)" from 1982 might be useful.

 

Very helpful, though I don't think he's got anything I haven't got!

 

Hi, I am a new member to this forum, which I found very helpful with research for my online book Ike's Irish Lover http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01740C5CY

I'm English but live in Ireland, a barrister and journalist, and I lived in occupied Germany for three years from 1950 to 1953.

All the best to members!

Kieron Wood

 

Welcome Kieron!

Have you seen this: http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/8761-military-mistresses/

Your Amazon link does not seem to work.

 

Thanks Nijmegen! Try the Amazon link without the last character or space (ending on Y). Regards, Kieron

 

Still does not work.

http://www.amazon.co.../dp/B01740C5CY

Stefan.

 

Try this one

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01740C5CY

 

Try this one

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01740C5CY
Thanks.

 

Welcome

 

Welcome. I wrote a book myself once, and I know how much hard work it is!

 

LOL! It's been amazing finding out all about Kay. Last week I was in Inish Beg and found Kay's family grave about a mile away. I haven't included the story on here that Kay and Ike were together in a Paris hotel at the start of the Battle of the Bulge because I can't substantiate it. But if anyone can stand the story up...

 

BTW there's now more about Inish Beg in the free 'Look Inside' at http://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Irish-Lover-Echo-Sigh-ebook/dp/B01740C5CY/

 

Or the paperback, 360 pages long, and now available at http://irishbarrister.com/book.html

 

I'll look for it under fiction section