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Object description
Two interesting ms pocket diaries (288pp,) recording his experiences as a Sergeant commissioned in the field while commanding the assault platoon of the 5th Battalion The Hampshire Regiment (128th Brigade, 46th Division), December 1942 - December 1944, [1943 diary written in a diary for 1942] including the voyage to North Africa (January 1943), active service in North Africa (February - September 1943), describing the heavy fighting (February - May 1943), being commissioned (August 1943), the Victory March in Tunis, (May 1943), Italy (September 1943 - March 1944), taking part in the landings at Salerno (September 1943), the crossing of the Volturno (October 1943), and Garigliano Rivers (December 1943), and being in 2nd General Hospital, Caserta (January - February 1944), the Middle East (March - June 1944), Italy (July - December 1944), breaching the Gothic Line (August - September 1944), when he is critical of 1st Armoured Division, being wounded and treatment in 71st General Hospital (September - October 1944), being recommended for the MC (October 1944), going on an Intelligence Course at Caserta (November - December 1944), and describing Army life, the poor conditions, his duties, and his war weariness.
Content description
Two interesting ms pocket diaries (288pp,) recording his experiences as a Sergeant commissioned in the field while commanding the assault platoon of the 5th Battalion The Hampshire Regiment (128th Brigade, 46th Division), December 1942 - December 1944, [1943 diary written in a diary for 1942] including the voyage to North Africa (January 1943), active service in North Africa (February - September 1943), describing the heavy fighting (February - May 1943), being commissioned (August 1943), the Victory March in Tunis, (May 1943), Italy (September 1943 - March 1944), taking part in the landings at Salerno (September 1943), the crossing of the Volturno (October 1943), and Garigliano Rivers (December 1943), and being in 2nd General Hospital, Caserta (January - February 1944), the Middle East (March - June 1944), Italy (July - December 1944), breaching the Gothic Line (August - September 1944), when he is critical of 1st Armoured Division, being wounded and treatment in 71st General Hospital (September - October 1944), being recommended for the MC (October 1944), going on an Intelligence Course at Caserta (November - December 1944), and describing Army life, the poor conditions, his duties, and his war weariness.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1994-07-26