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Object description
Well-written ts diary (378pp) of his service as Adjutant of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars RAC (27th Armoured Brigade and 8th Armoured Brigade) in North West Europe, June 1944 - May 1945, beginning with an account of their training in the United Kingdom with Sherman DD tanks as part of 79th Armoured Division at Skipton, Yorkshire, September 1942 - April 1943, Wickham Market, Suffolk, April - December 1943, Gosport, Hampshire, December 1943 - January 1944; Fort George, Inverness, January - April 1944; and Petworth, Sussex, April - June 1944; and then describing their support of the assault of 8th Brigade, 3rd Division, in the landings on Queen Beach in Normandy on D-Day, June 1944; the fighting for Caen, June - July 1944; the capture of Mount Pincon, the Battle of the Falaise Gap, and the breakout to the Seine, August 1944; the advance through France and Belgium into the Netherlands, August - October 1944, attempting to link up with Airborne troops at Arnhem; operations on the border of the Netherlands and Germany, November 1944 - February 1945, including the Battles of Geilenkirchen, Operation CLIPPER, November 1944, and Waldefeucht, Operation BLACKCOCK, January 1945; the Battle for the Reichswald, Operation VERITABLE, February - March 1945; the crossing of the Rhine, Operation PLUNDER, and the subsequent advance on Bremen, March - May 1945; and commenting on the superiority of American to British tanks; poor Army planning; his duties; staff work; Army life; off-duty entertainment; the conditions; visiting Field Marshal Montgomery's Tac HQ; the infantry's poor performance; atrocities by the Maquis; celebrating Balaclava Day; looting; and his fellow officers, notably his COs, Lieutenant Colonels R A Moulton Barrett, R T G Harrap, V A B Dunkerly, and the Earl of Feversham, and Field Marshals Sir James Cassels and Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; Generals Sir John Crocker, Sir Brian Horrocks, Sir Neil Ritchie, and Sir Ivor Thomas; Major Generals Sir Percy Hobart, C H Miller, G E Prior-Palmer, and D B Wormald; Brigadiers E E E Cass, W S Clarke, J G de W Mullens, and J O E Vandeleur.
Content description
Well-written ts diary (378pp) of his service as Adjutant of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars RAC (27th Armoured Brigade and 8th Armoured Brigade) in North West Europe, June 1944 - May 1945, beginning with an account of their training in the United Kingdom with Sherman DD tanks as part of 79th Armoured Division at Skipton, Yorkshire, September 1942 - April 1943, Wickham Market, Suffolk, April - December 1943, Gosport, Hampshire, December 1943 - January 1944; Fort George, Inverness, January - April 1944; and Petworth, Sussex, April - June 1944; and then describing their support of the assault of 8th Brigade, 3rd Division, in the landings on Queen Beach in Normandy on D-Day, June 1944; the fighting for Caen, June - July 1944; the capture of Mount Pincon, the Battle of the Falaise Gap, and the breakout to the Seine, August 1944; the advance through France and Belgium into the Netherlands, August - October 1944, attempting to link up with Airborne troops at Arnhem; operations on the border of the Netherlands and Germany, November 1944 - February 1945, including the Battles of Geilenkirchen, Operation CLIPPER, November 1944, and Waldefeucht, Operation BLACKCOCK, January 1945; the Battle for the Reichswald, Operation VERITABLE, February - March 1945; the crossing of the Rhine, Operation PLUNDER, and the subsequent advance on Bremen, March - May 1945; and commenting on the superiority of American to British tanks; poor Army planning; his duties; staff work; Army life; off-duty entertainment; the conditions; visiting Field Marshal Montgomery's Tac HQ; the infantry's poor performance; atrocities by the Maquis; celebrating Balaclava Day; looting; and his fellow officers, notably his COs, Lieutenant Colonels R A Moulton Barrett, R T G Harrap, V A B Dunkerly, and the Earl of Feversham, and Field Marshals Sir James Cassels and Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; Generals Sir John Crocker, Sir Brian Horrocks, Sir Neil Ritchie, and Sir Ivor Thomas; Major Generals Sir Percy Hobart, C H Miller, G E Prior-Palmer, and D B Wormald; Brigadiers E E E Cass, W S Clarke, J G de W Mullens, and J O E Vandeleur.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1998-07-06