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Detailed manuscript account by Graham of the capture of Italian-held Giarabub (Jaghbub), Libya, by British and Australian forces 19-23 Mar 1941.

Typescript account, ‘Brief diary of Sicilian campaign’, detailing 8 Army operations in Sicily, 9 Jul – 17 Aug 1943.

Typescript copy text of diaries for Jun 1943 – Sep 1945, with minor cuts to text, bound in hardback. Also photocopy of typed text, with some omitted text restored, and additional notes identifying relatives, friends and colleagues mentioned only by first names.

Manuscript diary of service with 2 Life Guards, Western Front, including: Graham’s personal impression of Winston Churchill, 25 Feb 1918; orders that the Household Cavalry was to be converted into Machine Gun Battalions [2 Life Guards became 2 Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment], Mar 1918; the Allied reaction to the German spring offensive, Mar 1918; machine gun training, Apr-May 1918; marriage to Lady Evelyn King while on leave in London, 17 Jun 1918; the Allied Hundred Days Offensive, Aug-Oct 1918; Battle of the Hindenburg Line, Sep 1918; Second Battle of Cambrai, Oct 1918; Armistice, 11 Nov 1918. Written in a Frank Smythson leather-bound ‘Premier’ diary.

Manuscript diary of service with 2 Life Guards, Western Front, including: details of sporting and social engagements; an officer training course attended Jan-Feb 1917 (for which Graham was awarded highest marks); service as billeting officer, Battle of Arras, Apr 1917; service as sniping and Intelligence officer, May 1917; the death of his favourite horse in a bombing raid, Aug 1917; his engagement to Lady Evelyn King while on leave, Oct 1917. Also a brief summary, at front of volume, of his war service, Oct 1914 – Dec 1916. Written in a Frank Smythson leather-bound ‘Premier’ diary.

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.

Manuscript diary, including rugby and boxing matches, France, Jan-Feb 1919; critical comment on the role of the USA in peace negotiations, Feb 1919; speculation on his career after the Army, Feb 1919; smuggling his dog, Wolf, back into England, 5 Mar 1919; a triumphal march-past of the Household Cavalry and Brigade of Guards, Buckingham Palace, 22 Mar 1919. Written in a Frank Smythson leather-bound ‘Premier’ diary.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.