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Account of Somaliland, 1937-1943, written in 1968
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.
Account of tank operations, first day of the Battle of Cambrai, 20 Nov 1917
Hotblack. Summary of information 20 Nov 17, including an account of tank operations. 2 pp
Account of tank operations, [Jun 1917]
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
Account of the 1918 meeting of Allenby and Emir Feisal, written 1929
Part of ALLENBY, FM Edmund (1861-1936)
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
Account of the Allied capture of Giarabub, Libya, Mar 1941
Part of GRAHAM, Maj Gen Sir Miles (William Arthur Peel) (1895-1976)
Detailed manuscript account by Graham of the capture of Italian-held Giarabub (Jaghbub), Libya, by British and Australian forces 19-23 Mar 1941.
Account of the Battle of Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944
Typescript narrative of the Battle of Arnhem Bridge, Netherlands, Sep 1944 by 'Parachute Sapper'. 11pp.
Account of the British Army evacuation from Greece, 1941, by Lt Col Michael Lubbock
Part of CHARRINGTON, Brig Harold Vincent Spencer (1886-1965)
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.
Account of the British Expeditionary Force retreat to Dunkirk, 1940
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
Account of the Burma campaign, 1945, produced by South East Asia Command
SEAC Souvenir, Part 2', newspaper-format account of the Burma campaign, produced by SEAC. 1 item.
Part of ISRAEL AND THE ARABS - ELUSIVE PEACE: television documentary archive
‘The Camp David papers’ an account of events at the Camp David Summit, 11-25 Jul 2000, by Akram Hanieh, editor of the Palestinian Al-Ayyam newspaper and adviser to Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority 1994-2004. The account was originally serialised in the Al-Ayyam newspaper and has been translated from Arabic. Some manuscript annotations.
Account of the capture of Japanese positions at Kyaukse, Burma, Mar 1945
Manuscript notes by Brig David Alan Laurance Mackenzie, commanding 32 Indian Infantry Bde, to Gracey describing an operation to capture Japanese positions at Kyaukse, Burma. 4pp.
Account of the construction of the largest aeroplane yet built, [1917]
Part of DOUGLAS-SCOTT-MONTAGU, Brig Gen John Walter Edward (1866-1929)
Description of the largest aeroplane in the world under construction. Typed carbon 2 p
Account of the destruction of the Gorgopotamos viaduct, 1973 (in French)
Historia magazine reprint of report on the destruction of the Gorgopotamos Viaduct, originally printed in Deuxième Guerre Mondiale: La Guerre des Espions, 'Le viaduc de Gorgopotamos', in French. 1 item
Account of the experiences of 13 Tank Battalion, 1919]
13 Tank Bn. Typed. 184 pp
Account of the experiences of 2 Tank Battalion, [1919]
2 Tank Bn. Typed carbon. 54 pp
Account of the experiences of 2 Tank Group, [1919]
[1st Tank Group]. Duplicated. 2nd Tank Group. 81 pp
Account of the experiences of 5 Tank Brigade, 1919
Brig-Gen A. Courage. 5 Tank Bde war experiences. Signed. Typed carbon. 3rd Tank Group. 55 pp
Account of the experiences of 8 Tank Battalion, [1919]
Lt-Col commanding 8 Tank Bn. War experiences. Typed, including aerial photo and diagrams. Bayonvillers, edition, Field Survey Co RE (3789) 18 Jun 18. Trenches corrected to 24 Jun 18, approximate British front line 22 Jun 18. Scale 1: 20,000. Area Corbie - Morcourt and Seuilly - le-Sec - Bayonvillers. Marked to show Hamel offensive Jul 1918, 4 Australian Div, 8 Tank Bn and 13 Bn. Printed. 62 pp + map:
Account of the history of SOE, 2014, based on the papers of Col George Francis Taylor
Privately printed book, ‘Special Operations Executive, 1940-1945: papers of Colonel George Frances Taylor’, by Jeremy Taylor (son), written for the family, with information drawn from the papers and from additional historical research. Includes three photographs of Taylor.