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Object description
Ms diary (93pp), January - December 1944, and ts memoir (40pp) entitled 'One Man's War' of his experiences, 1935 - 1946, in the ranks of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (4th and 6th Cavalry Brigades, 1st Cavalry Division; 35th Army Tank Brigade, 9th and 35th Armoured Brigades), including: service in the UK, 1935 - January 1940; the journey via France to and training in Palestine, January - December 1940; with searchlights in Cairo, Sollum and the siege of Tobruk, December 1940 - ?July 1941; in Iran with Soviet Forces, ?August - October 1941; training in Palestine and Egypt, October 1941 - September 1942; with the 2nd New Zealand Division, El Alamein, September - November 1942; wounded in Gezira Hospital, Cairo, November - ?December 1942; training in Syria and Egypt, ?December 1942 - April 1944; the journey to and operations in Italy, April - August 1944; service in UK and demobilisation, September - ?March 1946; commenting on Army life; and mentioning Lieutenant General Lord Freyberg, SS RAJULA, HMT EMPIRE NOBLE and MONARCH OF BERMUDA. Also included are his photograph, 1939; 5 airgraph letters to his fiance (5pp), November 1941 - February 1944; 2 Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Families' Association newsletters (4pp), July 1943 and ?September 1944; and a leave pass to Rome (1p), September 1944.
Content description
Ms diary (93pp), January - December 1944, and ts memoir (40pp) entitled 'One Man's War' of his experiences, 1935 - 1946, in the ranks of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (4th and 6th Cavalry Brigades, 1st Cavalry Division; 35th Army Tank Brigade, 9th and 35th Armoured Brigades), including: service in the UK, 1935 - January 1940; the journey via France to and training in Palestine, January - December 1940; with searchlights in Cairo, Sollum and the siege of Tobruk, December 1940 - ?July 1941; in Iran with Soviet Forces, ?August - October 1941; training in Palestine and Egypt, October 1941 - September 1942; with the 2nd New Zealand Division, El Alamein, September - November 1942; wounded in Gezira Hospital, Cairo, November - ?December 1942; training in Syria and Egypt, ?December 1942 - April 1944; the journey to and operations in Italy, April - August 1944; service in UK and demobilisation, September - ?March 1946; commenting on Army life; and mentioning Lieutenant General Lord Freyberg, SS RAJULA, HMT EMPIRE NOBLE and MONARCH OF BERMUDA. Also included are his photograph, 1939; 5 airgraph letters to his fiance (5pp), November 1941 - February 1944; 2 Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Families' Association newsletters (4pp), July 1943 and ?September 1944; and a leave pass to Rome (1p), September 1944.
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Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1991-07-24