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Object description
Two interesting ms diaries (215pp), December 1939 - October 1946, and a ts transcript (176pp) with notes and maps added in 1985, recording his journey home from India, December 1939, and his service as Brigade Major in the 36th Brigade (78th Division), North Africa, Sicily and Italy, February 1943 - March 1944; as 2nd in command of the 5th Battalion The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (36th Brigade, 78th Division), Italy and Egypt, March - October 1944; as OC 2nd Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (3rd Brigade, 1st Division), Italy, Palestine and Syria, October 1944 - October 1946; and GSO2, 1st Division, Tripoli, North Africa, and GSO1, Army Liaison, RAF Habbaniya, Iraq, planning to retake the Abadan oilfields, Iran, April - August 1951; including the Battles of Longstop Hill, Tunisia, April 1943, Centuripe, Sicily, August 1943, and Cassino, Italy, March - May 1944; describing living conditions, entertainment, morale, peace keeping in Palestine and Syria, February 1945 - October 1946, staff work, and mentioning Generals K A N Anderson, Sir Oliver Leese, B L Montgomery, C G G Nicholson, Brigadier N Howlett, and Major J T M Anderson VC. Also included is an undated ts note (7pp) on Mau-Mau Oath Ceremonies and a useful ts account (107pp, written September 1962) of counter insurgency operations by the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment against the Mau-Mau, Kenya, April 1953 - February 1955, commenting on the Mau-Mau movement, operations, administration, air support, hostile press, casualties, awards, the Kenya Police, the Kikuyu Guard, and well-known personalities.
Content description
Two interesting ms diaries (215pp), December 1939 - October 1946, and a ts transcript (176pp) with notes and maps added in 1985, recording his journey home from India, December 1939, and his service as Brigade Major in the 36th Brigade (78th Division), North Africa, Sicily and Italy, February 1943 - March 1944; as 2nd in command of the 5th Battalion The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (36th Brigade, 78th Division), Italy and Egypt, March - October 1944; as OC 2nd Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (3rd Brigade, 1st Division), Italy, Palestine and Syria, October 1944 - October 1946; and GSO2, 1st Division, Tripoli, North Africa, and GSO1, Army Liaison, RAF Habbaniya, Iraq, planning to retake the Abadan oilfields, Iran, April - August 1951; including the Battles of Longstop Hill, Tunisia, April 1943, Centuripe, Sicily, August 1943, and Cassino, Italy, March - May 1944; describing living conditions, entertainment, morale, peace keeping in Palestine and Syria, February 1945 - October 1946, staff work, and mentioning Generals K A N Anderson, Sir Oliver Leese, B L Montgomery, C G G Nicholson, Brigadier N Howlett, and Major J T M Anderson VC. Also included is an undated ts note (7pp) on Mau-Mau Oath Ceremonies and a useful ts account (107pp, written September 1962) of counter insurgency operations by the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment against the Mau-Mau, Kenya, April 1953 - February 1955, commenting on the Mau-Mau movement, operations, administration, air support, hostile press, casualties, awards, the Kenya Police, the Kikuyu Guard, and well-known personalities.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1990-04-06