Item ALLFREY 4/2 - Detailed personal diary, Dec 1943 - Aug 1944, as Commander of 5 Corps, Italy

Personal diary of the Italian Campaign, continuing the account of 5 Corps' gradual clearing of the Adriatic coast from Ortona to the Gothic Line, including the replacement of Gen Sir Bernard Law Montgomery by Lt Gen Sir Oliver Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Bt; their position with relation to 8 Army; the handing over of command to Canadian Corps Headquarters in Jan 1944; Allfrey's return to England for a month; the return of 5 Corps to the Northern sector to work independently; the reduction of troops in the northern sector in order to support the attacks on Monte Cassino in the south; visit to Monte Cassino, 31 May; details of Allied progress in southern Italy and France; visits to 8 Army headquarters in the south; visit by HM George the Sixth, 30 Jul; ending of his command, 4 Aug 1994; Allfrey's return to England. The diary is typed and appears to have been collated from various private and official sources at a later date. 1 vol.