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Typescript copy extract from a letter by an unnamed 5 Division field officer, commenting approvingly on the high morale of the men of 8 Army.

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.

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 outline map, ‘Manchuria and its neighbours’, at 1:8000,000 scale.

Typescript order to 21 Army Group, Germany, for a cease fire issued by Brig Ronald Belchem (‘David’ Belchem) as Brigadier General Staff Operations.

Printed 92pp booklet, Notes from theatres of war, no. 20: Italy, 1943/1944, published by HMSO, May 1945, outlining the progress of Allied operations and lessons learned, with a separate printed map.

Typescript minutes of the fifth meeting of the Battles Nomenclature Committee, discussing the formal classification of actions during fighting in northern France during May 1940.

Typescript text of a message [from Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery, Commander 8 Army] to the rear troops of 8 Army, with congratulations on the success of operations in the Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt, 23 Oct – 4 Nov 1942, and assurance of imminent victory.

Book of fold-out maps of North West Europe at 1:500,000 scale, produced by the War Office, Mar 1945.

Article from Illustrated magazine, 'Worst traffic riddle men ever had to solve', by Carl Olsson, detailing the logistics of supplying 21 Army Group during the campaign in North West Europe, and crediting Major General Miles Graham as the head of operations.

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.

Printed booklets, Interim: 21 Army Group Intelligence Review for 16 and 30 Jul 1945, with articles about Germany and about the continuing war in East Asia.

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.

Diaries relating to service in World War One and World War Two, and other items, 1941-1960, relating to his World War Two career, notably: diaries, 1917-1919, chiefly relating to his service with 2 Life Guards on the Western Front, 1917-1918; diary, 1940, covering service as Adjutant, Household Cavalry Composite Regiment, Palestine, and as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, British Troops in Egypt, Aug-Dec 1940; diaries, 1943-1945, relating to service as Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Eighth Army, 1943, and as Major General Administration (MGA), 21 Army Group, 1944-1945. Also account of the capture of Giarabub, Libya, 1941; account of the capture of Sicily, 1943; printed messages from Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery to 8 Army, 1942-1944; issues of Eighth Army News, 1942-1943; photographs of Graham and colleagues, c 1943 – c 1965; maps of North West Europe, 1945.

Manuscript diary of service as Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Eighth Army, 1943, including: Operation Husky, for the Allied invasion of Sicily, 9-10 Jul 1943, and the progress of subsequent operations, Jul-Aug 1943; criticism of Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery, Jul 1943; the resignation of Benito Mussolini, Jul 1943; the Allied invasion of Italy, Sep, and the surrender of Italian forces; pressures put on supplies by the speed of the Allied advance, Sep; planning conferences and the Allied progress northwards, Sep-Dec. Written in a Stationery Office printed notebook.

Manuscript diary of service as Major General Administration (MGA), 21 Army Group, including: his formal appointment as MGA, Jan 1944; planning, Jan-May 1944, for the Allied invasion of North West Europe; the wedding of his son, Clyde, May 1944; D Day, 6 Jun 1944; a visit to Normandy, 11-13 Jun 1944 to inspect the progress of the Allied invasion; the discovery of a hidden German sniper close to FM Sir Bernard Montgomery’s caravan, 12 Jun; the varying progress of the Allied invasion, Jun-Dec 1944; problematic relations between Montgomery and Gen Dwight D Eisenhower, Sep-Nov 1944; a report that his son, Clyde, was missing in action, 25 Sep 1944; the ill-health of Maj Gen Francis de Guingand, Jan 1945. Written in a Stationery Office printed notebook.

Manuscript diary of service as Major General Administration (MGA), 21 Army Group, including: planning meetings, Jan-Feb 1945, for the capture of the Ruhr region, Germany; concern about food and fuel shortages and consequent civilian unrest in Belgium and the Netherlands, Feb 1945; his impressions of Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee and ministers of the new Belgian government, 6 Mar 1945; the Allied advance into Germany, Mar-Apr 1945; a meeting with German commanders about the provision of food and medical supplies in the Netherlands, 30 Apr 1945; the discoveries of the concentration camps, Germany, May 1945; the German surrender, great numbers of prisoners of war, former Allied prisoners of war and German displaced civilians, May 1945; the work of the Control Commission, Germany, Jun and Aug 1945; the wedding of his daughter Sheila, 14 Jul 1945; his retirement from the Army, Sep 1945. Written in a Stationery Office printed notebook.