Private Papers of Lieutenant Colonel H B D Crozier DSO

2 ms diaries (158pp) and an illustrated ts transcript (56pp) covering his service with and command of the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment (160th Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division) during the campaign in North-West Europe, June 1944 - June 1945, including the fighting at Odon, Nijmegen, Reichswald and the Aller. Together with 16 orders and other material relating to the unit's service during 1944 - 1945, plus a detailed ts account (28pp) of politics and local conditions at Essen, August 1945, and 17 other items relating to the occupation of Hamburg, Essen, and Schleswig-Holstein, 1945 - 1946. There are also 19 ms letters and other items relating to the writing of the unit history 1948 - 1950 and 4 miscellaneous items.

Catalogue date 1980-08-13

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