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Two assignment books relating to the Army Education Third Class Certificate: 'Part 1. Emergency in Malaya', pp 20, and 'Part 2. Malayan background', prepared by the Royal Army Educational Corps. The pamphlets set out the purpose of the British Army's presence in Malaya, and include topics such as the historical relationship between the UK and Malaya, malaria, Malayan customs, Chinese immigrants in Malaya, the rubber trade, pp 32, [1954]. 2 items

Article by Guy Rideal, 'As Calais falls. A yachtsman at war' in The Motor Boat and Yachting (Apr 1943). 4 pp

Article by New Zealand judge and lawyer Sir (Henry) Hubert Ostler 'Maori and pakeha', concerning the relationship between the Maori and white or 'pakeha' inhabitants of New Zealand, in Blackwood's Magazine (Jan 1941), no. 1503. 16 pp

Papers relating to FM Sir William Slim, ex-Chief of the Imperial General Staff, comprising: typescript paper, 'Our army', text of radio broadcast by Slim concerning Army life, 2 Nov 1952, 4 pp; series of seven consecutive newspaper articles by Slim in The Star concerning his support for National Service, the regular Army, the voluntary service in the Army, and the Korean War, Sep 1952-Dec 1952. 8 items

Band programme for the Officers Mess of 1 Northern Rhodesia Regt, [1954]. 1p

War Office pamphlet, The defence of Calais by Eric Linklater (1941). 40 pp

Annual confidential reports on Talbot successively from Maj to Col, with accompanying remark sheets, 1948-1955. 44 pp

Three copies of citations for gallantry awards, 7 Bn, Hampshire Regt, of which Talbot was Commanding Officer, 1944-1945. 1 file

Photocopy of printed article, The story of the 5th Bn the Dorsetshire Regt in North West Europe 23rd June, 1944 to 5th May, 1945 (1946), jointly written by Maj G R Hartwell, Maj G R Pack and Maj M A Edwards. 45 pp

Administration. Teeth versus tail', extract from an article by Col H M Whitcombe in Army Quarterly, [1952]. 2 pp

Extract from letter concerning the charter of the Imperial Defence College, 6 Jul 1956. 1p

Typescript extract of a minute from the Prime Minister to Gen Hastings Lionel Ismay, concerning the selection of code words for army operations, 8 Aug 1943. 1p

Two photocopies of parts from a French Michelin map of Calais and surrounding towns, [1940]; two photocopies of the next consecutive section of the aforementioned map, showing the towns south of Boulogne, [1940]. 2 maps

Two copies of a printed transcript of Hitler's speech to the Reichstag on 19 July 1940, A last appeal to reason by Adolf Hitler (1940). 2 items

Extract from the Soldier dated Dec 1950', concerning quotes by George Bernard Shaw concerning the nature of military service, Dec 1950. 1p

Correspondence with Lt Gen Euan Alfred Bews Miller and receipt issued by the British Legion Haig's Fund Appeal for all Ex-Service Men and Women relating to a ceremony to mark the unsuccessful defence of Calais against the Germans by the British Expeditionary Force in 1940, 1951; letter from the Riflemen's Aid Society concerning a donation by the Calais Bde HQ, 28 Feb 1947. 4 pp

Official and semi-official correspondence with Brig J A Grant-Peterkin, Maj Gen William Passfield Oliver, Lt Gen Sir Hugh Stockwell, General Officer Commanding Malaya, and others, relating to Talbot's successive appointments as Commanding Officer of 18 Infantry Bde, Malaya, and 99 Gurkha Infantry Bde, Malaya, 1953-1955; Correspondence with Stockwell, concerning Talbot's entertainment expenses, 7 Apr 1954-20 Apr 1954. 1 file

Correspondence with officers who served with the 7 Bn, Hampshire, during the Allied forces campaign in North West Europe in 1944-1945, of which Talbot was Commanding Officer, 1952-1958. 1 file

Correspondence concerning the administrative and financial matters relating to Talbot's enrolment at the Imperial Defence College, 5 Dec 1955-6 Dec 1955. 4 pp

Correspondence with former soldiers, relatives of formers soldiers and others concerning the Allied forces campaign in North West Europe in 1944-1945, with related photographs and photocopies of relevant newspaper cuttings and other papers, 8 May 1983-6 Jul 1991. 1 file