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Typescript account by Sgt Len Wilmot, wireless operator for Operation HARLING, of his experiences in Greece with an emphasis on communications, Oct 1942-Mar 1944, with notes to wireless operators. 2 items

Account entitled 'The winter of 1944/1945 on the western front' relating to operations in the lower Maas area, Netherlands by the 1 and 5 Royal Tank Regts, the Battle of the Ardennes, France Jan 1945, the Roer battle and Operation BLACKCOCK, the attack by the British 12 Corps in Roermond triangle, north of Aachen, Netherlands Jan 1945, the Battle of the Reichswald, Feb - Mar 1945. Typescript, 15pp

Retrospective account of operations in Palestine as Military Governor of Jerusalem, 1938-1939. With plan of operations to re-occupy the Old City and re-establish law and order; secure roads, especially from Jerusalem to Jaffa and Tel Aviv; reopen the railway from Jerusalem to tel Aviv; and carry out raids on the cities to arrest suspected rebels and confiscate weapons. Including account of the execution and success of these plans. 5pp

The conquest of Sicily', bound copy of despatch FM Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Viscount Alexander of Tunis, on Allied operations in Sicily, 10 Jul-17 Aug 1943

Preparation for action in case of (v) an immediate S.O.S. counter-attack upon Gouzeaucourt, Ganche Wood, Villers Guislain, 30 Nov - 1 Dec 17. Paper with these headings, but apparently an account of operations. Typed.

Typescript account of RAF operations over Yugoslavia 1941-1945 including sections on assistance to resistance movements; the Balkan Air Force; anti-Yugoslav Air Force links; references to Air Ministry records in the Public Record Office. With copies of 'Annex A-D', typescript accounts of the evacuation of Marshal Josip Tito with his General Headquarters Staff and British and Russian Military Missions; evacuation of 1000 wounded partisans from Brezner, Yugoslavia; report on Operation DUNN, the air evacuation of refugees from Slovenia; the history of Balkan Air Terminal Service (BATS). 1 file

Typescript account of Reginald Ruggles Gates' anthropological work, addressed to Dr Juan Comas, Mexico City. 1 item.

Typescript narrative entitled, 'Extract from The Diary of the Chatham Battalion, Royal Marine Brigade at Kaba Tepe, Galliopoli Peninsula, April 28 to May 12 1915', describing Allied offensive at Gallipoli, Turkey. 2pp

Papers relating to Operation OVERLORD (Allied landings, Normandy, France 1944), including two letters from Major General Godfrey Edward Wildman-Lushington relating to social arrangements; personal narrative by Chater describing Royal Marine landings during Operation OVERLORD, and notes by Chater on the employment of Royal Marines in Operation OVERLORD. 18 pp.

Article by Dunbar relating to his experiences as an Officer of 8 Bn (Midland Counties) The Parachute Regt in Normandy, France, during operation OVERLORD, Jun-Sep 1944; in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944-Feb 1945; in Germany during operation VARSITY for the crossing of the Rhine, Mar-May 1945, and in Palestine, 1945-1948, including peacekeeping duties in Tel Aviv, Qastina and Haifa, and disbandment of 6 Airborne Div (written for a proposed history of the Parachute Regt by Maj Gen Anthony Heritage Farrar-Hockley). With associated correspondence between Dunbar and Brig George Robert Flood, Col George Hewetson and Col Philip Charles Evan Belson, former officers of 8 Bn, and Farrer-Hockley, relating to Dunbar's article. 1 file

Memoir 'Return to Thalenstein: North Italy and Schloss Thalenstein, Carinthia, 1945' by J P Waterfield, 1 Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, detailing the activities of the Battalion from April to June 1945 including crossing the Po river and proceeding into Austria, disarming surrendering German and Cossack troops, and dealing with Communist Partisans attempting to seize the Carinthia region of Austria for Yugoslavia. 10pp.

Typescript narrative by Beaufoy Brown entitled, 'The Diary of a hectic fortnight', describing Beaufoy Brown's role as Naval Liason Officer to the Commander US 7 Fleet, US Adm Cooke, in particular in organising entertainments for US and Chinese officials during talks held on HMS SWIFTSURE, off Hong Kong. 6pp.

Typescript narrative by Chater entitled, 'Somaliland Protectorate 1937-1943', including descriptions of Italian invasion of British Somaliland, Aug 1940, and Chater's service as Military Governor, British Somaliland, March 1941-March 1943. 6pp.

Hotblack. Summary of information 20 Nov 17, including an account of tank operations. 2 pp

Account of tank operations at St. Julien, Steenbeke, Westhoek, Menin Road [i.e. 7-14 Jun, Battle of Messines[?]. XVIII Corps front - G Tank Bn. XIX Corps front - C, F Tank Bn. II Corps front - A Tank Bn. 7 pp

Typescript account by Lt Gen Sir Henry George Chauvel of the meeting between Allenby and Emir Feisal (later Feisal I, King of Iraq), leader of Arab troops in Palestine, Damascus, 3 Oct 1918 (see 2/5/16 for covering letter). 1 item

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

Typescript narrative of the Battle of Arnhem Bridge, Netherlands, Sep 1944 by 'Parachute Sapper'. 11pp.

Copy of letter from Lt Col Michael Lubbock, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, 1 Armoured Bde, to his parents, notably on the Greek countryside and people, and the evacuation of the British army from Greece. 6pp.

Davidson's account of the withdrawal of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) to Dunkirk, starting on 26 May 1940 and the problems caused by the French troops blocking routes that the BEF had been allocated for the retreat to the coast. With map of Lille-Ghent area, GS 4042, War Office 1942, scale 1 inch to 3.945 miles, and two tracings illustrating the stages of the withdrawal. 1 file