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Issues of brief newsletter Eighth Army News, announcing the Allied capture of Tobruk, Libya, 13 Nov 1942, the start of the Allied advance to Tripoli, Libya, 15 Jan 1943 (4 copies), and reporting a speech given by Prime Minister Winston Churchill on a visit to 8 Army, Libya, 6 Feb 1943. Also two brief press cuttings from unidentified sources, May 1943, on the Allied capture of Tunisia.

Letters to Maj Gen Sir Miles Graham, 1946-1950, including: a request from The Times for a review of We defended Normandy, by Lt Gen Hans Speidel, with notes by Graham, 1951; letters, 1952, about the total number of war dead, World War Two; two letters about a planned visit from journalist Gordon Rattray Taylor, 1958; a detailed letter from Gen Sir Brian Robertson 1960, about Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery’s command of the Western Desert campaign.

Photographs, mostly uncaptioned, chiefly of Graham, fellow senior officers and visiting personnel during World War Two, including Maj Gen Sir Francis de Guingand, Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery, King George VI and Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Printed messages issued by Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery as General Officer Commanding in Chief 8 Army in North Africa, Oct 1942 – May 1943, Sicily, Jul-Sep 1943, and Italy Oct 1943 – Jan 1944. Two printed messages issued by Montgomery as Commander-in-Chief, 21 Army Group, Jun and Aug 1944. Also two printed messages issued by Gen Dwight D Eisenhower as Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, Jun and Aug 1944.