Item GRAHAM, MWAP 2/1 - Diary, 1 Jan – 31 Dec 1940

Manuscript diary of service in Palestine and Egypt, 1940, including: service as Adjutant, Household Cavalry Composite Regiment, transporting horses to Palestine, Jan-Feb 1940; participating in local patrols, Palestine, Mar 1940; service as Commandant, Khayat camp near Haifa, Jun 1940; reactions to the fall of France and anxiety for the safety of the UK, Jun 1940; service as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, British Troops in Egypt, Aug-Dec 1940; the Battle of Sidi Barrani, Dec 1940; his favourable impression of Lt Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (‘Jumbo’ Wilson), Commander-in-Chief British Troops in Egypt, Dec 1940. Written in a Frank Smythson leather-bound ‘Premier’ diary.