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Sketch map of northern Greece taken from The Journal of the Royal Artillery, Vol LXXII, No 3, entitled 'Map C: Soter Ridge, Ptolemais and the withdrawal to the Ventrikos', and showing the route of British withdrawal behind the Olympus Line.

Sketch of the heights west of Keren, Eritrea, reproduced and drawn by 514 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers. 1p. Two copies.

Sketch of the town of Keren, Eritrea, taken from aerial photographs, and showing areas such as the railway sidings, bridge and station, the native quarter, the fort, the barracks, and fortified posts. Drawn and printed by 514 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers, on a scale of 1 inch to 250 yards. 1p. Three copies.

Sketch map of Greece taken from The Journal of the Royal Artillery, Vol LXXII, No 3, showing the network of roads and railways, and entitled 'Map A'.

Sketch map of Greece taken from The Journal of the Royal Artillery, Vol LXXII, No 3, showing the various positions of the artillery in the area around Ptolemais during the 1941 operations.

Prospectus and reviews of Where Cavalry Stands Today (Hugh Rees, London, 1927).

Letter to Charrington from Lt Col E[dwin] E[rnest] Rich, Historical Section, War Cabinet Offices, asking for his help in the preparation of a narrative of the operations of 1 Armoured Bde in Greece in 1941. Annotated by Brig Henry Beveridge Latham of the Historical Section, War Cabinet Offices. It is likely that items 4/2-6 were sent by Charrington to Rich to aid his work. 2pp.

Letter to Charrington from H Foster, Librarian of the Imperial War Museum, requesting a copy of Where Cavalry Stands Today (Hugh Rees, London, 1927). 1p.

Letter to Charrington from Maj Gen Christos Karassos, previously Commanding Officer of Greek 20 Div, and later of the Central Macedonian Army Troop during operations in Macedonia in 1941, asking for help in constructing a narrative of events during that period. 3pp.

Report by Headquarters of 9 Indian Infantry Bde, entitled 'Lessons of recent operations for guidance in training with special reference to operations in mountainous country', and giving an account of difficulties faced by the division during an advance from Kassala to Keren as part of the Allied invasion of Abyssinia and Eritrea. 6pp.

Report by Maj Gen (Ashton Gerard Oswald) Mosley Mayne, Commander 5 Indian Div, on the part played by the division in the Allied invasion of Abyssinia and Eritrea up to the end of April 1941, notably attacks on Keren, the advance to Asmara, and the occupation of Massawa, especially focusing upon the training value of those operations, in areas such as artillery use, fire plans, road blocks, water supply, medical knowledge, air support and communications. 14pp.

Copy of Where Cavalry Stands Today (Hugh Rees, London, 1927), by Charrington. 1 vol.

Newspaper cutting from The Times, entitled 'Our tanks in Greece', describing the rearguard action fought by 1 Armoured Bde from the Florina Gap back to Grevena during the British withdrawal from Greece. 1p.

Photograph of Trooper Knott, Trooper Rhodes, and Lt G Sgoota, Charrington's Greek Liaison Officer, 1 Armoured Bde, just off the Thebes-Calchis road, during a lull in dive bombing. Two copies.

Photograph (landscape) of Trooper Knott on guard at the bridge over the River Ventrikos, near Grevena, Greece. Two copies, and negative.

Photograph (portrait) of Trooper Knott, 1 Armoured Bde, on guard at the bridge over River Ventrikos near Grevena, Greece. Two copies.

Photograph of Officers' Mess Staff, 1 Armoured Bde, near Chalchis, Greece, namely Sgt Blythe, 12 (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, Langdon the mess waiter, and two unidentified. Two copies.

Photograph of unidentified soldier on small single arch bridge across a river, Greece. Two copies.

Photograph of the deck of a ship, entitled 'CORINTHIA'.

Photograph of Troopers Rhodes (Charrington's driver) and E R Crook (his personal despatch rider), 1 Armoured Bde, 'during a lull from dive bombing attacks by the bridge over the Ventrikos River, near Grevena'.