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Typescript letter from Brig G Douglas Renny, Headquarters, 2 Infantry Bde, Bulford, Wiltshire, to Penney, asking him to produce an account of 1 Infantry Div's involvement in the Allied landings at Anzio for a history of 1 Infantry Div, and forwarding copies of the contributions to the history of 1 Infantry Div by General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson and Brigadier Gerald E Thubron. 1p.

Typescript narrative by General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson summarising his time as Commander, 1 Infantry Div, 12 Jun 1940 to May 1941 in UK, and Mar to May 1943 in North Africa. 1p.

Typescript notes by Brigadier Gerald E Thubron, giving an account of the involvement of 1 Infantry Div in Tunisia, as part of the North Africa campaign, Nov 1942 to May 1943. 9pp.

Typescript letter from Brig G Douglas Renny, Headquarters, 2 Infantry Bde, Bulford, Wiltshire, to Penney, on the latter's projected account of 1 Infantry Div's involvement the Allied landings at Anzio. 1p.

Typescript letter from Penney to Brig G Douglas Renny, Headquarters, 2 Infantry Bde, Bulford, Wiltshire, suggesting that Penney and Pasley willl collaborate on an account of 1 Infantry Div's involvement with the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy, for Brig G Douglas Renny's history of 1 Infantry Div. 1p.

Typescript letter from Brig G Douglas Renny, Headquarters, 2 Infantry Bde, Bulford, Wiltshire, to Penney, forwarding draft of history of 1 Infantry Div's involvement in the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy. 1p.

Typescript letter from Maj Gen Joseph Montague Sabine Pasley, Tilford, Surrey, to Penney, reflecting on command and strategy of 1 Infantry Div, during the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy. 3 copies. 5pp.

Typescript letter from Penney to Brig G Douglas Renny, Headquarters, 2 Infantry Bde, Bulford, Wiltshire, discussing the title of a history of 1 Infantry Div by Brig G Douglas Renny, and describing his role in removing Col Eric Dorman-Smith from his command of 3 Infantry Bde, I Infantry Div, during the Anzio offensive, Italy. 2pp.

Manuscript letter from Col William Paget ('Bunny') Careless, describing the involvement of 3 Infantry Bde in the Allied attack on Aquabona ridge, during the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy and the actions and temperament of Col Eric Dorman-Smith, Commander, 3 Infantry Bde, 1 Infantry Div. 9pp.

Allied Military Mission situation reports, West Macedonia, Greece, 1943-1944, notably including report by Sgt S Peter Kite on the battle at Perikopi, 18-19 Apr 1944 and the 'Independent Macedonians' plans to found an autonomous Macedonian Soviet Republic; weekly reports by Capt A G Wrigley, Officer Commanding Siniatsikon sub-area, codenamed RAIDER, to Lt Col Arthur Edmonds, Officer Commanding Area 1, detailing operations in the Kostoria-Siniastsikon region 4 Apr-3 May 1944; memorandum from HQ Vermion, codenamed MORTLAKE, to area commanders, dated 13 Jun 1944 regarding co-operation with Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) forces; summary of interim operations in ELAS areas of control, dated 16 Jul 1944; Allied Military Mission Headquarters situation reports, 30 Aug-21 Oct 1944, detailing Operation NOAH'S ARK, operations by Allied and Greek forces during the German withdrawal from the peninsula and power quarrels between ELAS and Ellinikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos (EDES). 15 items.

Post Operation Report by Maj Ronald R Prentice, detailing Allied Military Mission operations in West Macedonia, Greece, 10 Aug 1943-21 Dec 1944, including appendices relating to alleged German and Greek atrocities committed 18 Dec 1943-Jul 1944, the nominal roll of Allied Military Mission personnel, anti-Allied activities perpetrated by Greek partisans, 20 Jun 1944-Dec [1944], summary of Operation NOAH'S ARK, 25 Aug 1944-28 Oct 1944, Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) order of battle, 1944, Allied equipment, approximate debts outstanding at Kozani sub-area Headquarters, codenamed BOODLE, 1944, and post-operation findings submitted to General Headquarters, Middle East, Cairo, Egypt. 7 items.

Post Operation Report by Maj Kenneth Farish Scott, Sapper Officer, Royal Engineers, West Macedonia, 1 Jul 1943-5 Nov 1944, detailing demolition operations and reconnaissance patrols with the Allied Military Mission, including the planning and preparation for Operation WASHING, the demolition of the main railway bridge through the Assopos Gorge and Operation ANIMALS, the demolition of railway bridges between Lamia and Domokhos and reconnaissance and demolition missions for Operation NOAH'S ARK, operations by Allied and Greek forces during the German withdrawal from the peninsula. 1 item.

Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) papers, in Greek, relating to the conduct of Greek resistance operations and liaison missions between ELAS 9 Div, ELAS Macedonian Corps and the Allied Military Mission, West Macedonia, Greece, 1943-1944. File includes papers relating to the 'National Bands Agreement', July 1943; undated report from the Bureau Italien Liaison concerning reports of soldiers from the 14th Regt (Pinerolo) Div collaborating with ELAS partisans in Mar 1943; ELAS information bulletin, dated 11 Jan-24 Jan 1944, written by Col Stephanos Sarafis detailing the military situation in Northern and Southern Greece, Thrace and East Macedonia, locations of German units and equipment and estimates of forthcoming German operations; letter from ELAS 9 Div Headquarters, dated 3 Apr 1944, to Allied Military Mission claiming that Ellinikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos (EDES) had violated the 29 Feb 1944 'Plaka Agreement' to combine forces; ELAS 9 Div letter of complaint, dated 4 Apr 1944, to the Allied Military Mission detailing EDES assaults on ELAS positions; ELAS memorandum, dated 1 Jun 1944, regarding the infiltration of Macedonian villages by Slav-speaking Komitatzethes (Komitaji) units; ELAS invitation, dated 8 Jun 1944, to the Allied Military Mission to attend a forthcoming dinner to honour visiting Soviet delegation; ELAS 9 Div official order, dated 26 Jun 1944, detailing British assignments in the Kozani-Kastoria region; ELAS newsletters concerning the activities of their political wing, Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (EAM), 10-18 Jul 1944; ELAS 9 Div letter to Allied Military Mission detailing the German withdrawals towards Konitsa and Kastorias and reported casualties among partisans and civilians in the region, 14 Jul 1944; proclamation to the people of Greece calling for the destruction of alleged German collaborative forces within Panellinios Apeleftherotili Organosis (PAO) and Ellinikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos (EDES); ELAS order, dated 27 Aug 1944, for 2 Bn, 53 Regt, co-ordinated movement with the British Raiding Support Regiment (RSR) to Vermion; ELAS 9 Div document, dated 11 Sep 1944, warning Greek civilians against collaboration with pro-German factions such as Ellinikos Ethinikos Stratos (EES); ELAS 9 Div list of Allied British and American officers dated 21 Sep 1944. 45 items.

Official correspondence between Maj Ronald R Prentice, General Officer Commanding, Area 1, Allied Military Mission, West Macedonia, Greece, and members of the Allied Military Mission, including letters to Prentice from Capt Max Backhouse, 25-30 Jan 1944, requesting escorts for Allied reconnaissance missions to Nestoria; general situation report to Prentice from Capt H Arthur Wickstead, 10 Oct 1944; unofficial despatch sent to Prentice from US Capt Ronald J Darr, General Officer Commanding, US Operational Group 7, detailing the actions of soldier Arthur Agoritsas during an ambush near Agras, 9 Oct 1944; correspondence to Prentice from Capt David S Chapman, Royal Army Medical Corps, relating to the medical situation in the Pontokomi region and requests for medical supplies, 23 Sep-11 Oct 1944; letters to Prentice from E Wenger, International Red Cross, Edessa, requesting safe passage of Red Cross vehicles travelling from Athens to Thessoloniki via Kozani and relating to a proposed meeting between Prentice and German Colonel Ritter von Eberling to discuss the terms of German withdrawals from Greece, 25 Sep-2 Oct 1944; letter to Prentice from Capt Geoffrey Chandler relating to requests for a relief mission to Naoussa, 11 Oct 1944; situation reports from Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans, Vitsi sub-area commander, 11 Apr-16 Nov 1944; Prentice's withdrawal orders, 4-5 Dec 1944. 19 items.

Personal correspondence between Maj Ronald R Prentice, 1944-1955, and active or retired Allied Military Mission personnel and Greek officers mainly relating to financial assistance, re-commission or compensation. File includes letter to Prentice from Col Hon Christopher (Montague) Woodhouse relating to requests from former wireless operator Pericles Epirotis and Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) informant Maj Kostas Kifissis for assistance, [1945]; letters from former partisan Greeks detailing the domestic situation in Greece during the 1946-1949 Greek Civil War. 19 items.

Official correspondence to and from Capt H Arthur Wickstead, Officer Commanding Signals, Allied Military Mission, Area 1, West Macedonia, Greece, 1943-1944, notably including letter to Wickstead from Maj Ronald R Prentice relating to the situation at Vermion, 12 Oct 1944; situation reports to Wickstead from Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans, Officer Commanding Vitsi sub-area, codenamed FERTILISER A, relating to events during Operation NOAH'S ARK, the 'Gotsi Affair', in which Bulgarian-speaking 2 Bn, 28 Regt, ELAS 9 Div, led by Gotsi Deltsif, joined Slav-Macedonian partisans to fight against Greek-ELAS soldiers in Vitsi area, Oct 1944, the interrogation of Acting Corporal Franz Brandl, German 1 Mountain Div, 14 Oct 1944, and proposed joint operations between Allied Military Mission forces and the Long Range Desert Group at Florina, 16 Oct 1944. 4 items.

Operational correspondence to and from Allied Military Mission Headquarters, West Macedonia, Greece, including correspondence to Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS) 9 Div Headquarters from Lt Col Arthur Edmonds, Officer Commanding Allied Military Mission, West Macedonia, relating to the command of Greek troops by General Headquarters, Middle East, Cairo, Egypt, the establishment of areas under the command of ELAS, and Allied arbitration of fighting between Ellinikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos (EDES), Ethniki Kai Koinoniki Apeleftherosis (EKKA) and ELAS; situation reports, 7 Apr-22 May 1944, from Capt Patrick Hutchinson Evans, Officer Commanding Vitsi sub-area, codenamed FERTILISER A; semi-official correspondence to Lt Col Arthur Edmonds from Lt Col Nicholas Geoffery Lemprière Hammond, Allied Military Mission General Headquarters, Pertouli; situation report to Lt Col Arthur Edmonds from Capt Albert H 'Bertie' Lingen detailing situation at the Grevena aerodrome, 21 Jul 1944; letter from Gen Kalabalikis, General Officer Commanding ELAS 9 Div, to Allied Military Mission, 26 Sep 1944, concerning the passage of Allied officers and soldiers through zones occupied by ELAS or German troops. 11 items.

Memorandum by Pyman sent to the Adjutant 17/21 Lancers, Meerut, India with suggestions for changes to the vehicle inspection programme. With allocations of squadron commanders for vehicle inspections, marked 'A', forming appendix to Pyman's progress report on the re-organisation of the regiment, ref.1/7. Typescript, 4pp

Notes by Pyman entitled 'The technical officers remarks to Commanding Officer' relating to the conditions of the tanks and vehicles in terms of performance and state of repair, marked 'B', forming an appendix to Pyman's progress report on the re-organisation of the regiment, ref.1/7. Typescript 3pp

Text of lecture by Pyman on vehicle inspection and maintenance, includes sections on types of inspection and preparation for inspections, object of maintenance, types of maintenance and guidelines for good maintenance, marked 'C', forming appendix to Pyman's progress report on the re-organisation of the regiment, ref.1/7. Typescript, 3pp (3 copies)