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Bound copy of the narrative as a POW in Vincigliata Castle, including the first escape attempt over the castle walls. With detailed sketches of the escape route and photographs of the castle. 1 vol, 18 photographs

Typescript copy of autobiographical account written by Mayhew and intended for, although never posted to, his family at Felthorpe Hall, Norwich, relating to his service with Special Operations Executive (SOE), 1940-1942. Letter mentions in detail Mayhew's training at Matlock Intelligence Training Centre, Derbyshire, and SOE schemes and operations in occupied territories; detailed plans for assisting the escape of his brother Paul Mayhew from the K-Lines military internment camp at Curragh, Ireland; the workings of the Political Intelligence Department, SOE; actions of resistance fighters in occupied France; the planning of crop sabotage in occupied countries, including the spread of disease and contamination to beet root crops; the planning of sabotage in the event that Germany should invade Turkey; the spread of anti-communist propaganda in France and Spain; prospects for SOE activities in the Caucasus region and the Far East; the assassination of Axis agents; Mayhew's role as Private Secretary to Rt Hon Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Minister of Economic Warfare; details about equipment used by the SOE, including incendiary devices, limpet mines, itching powder; and, Mayhew's personal perceptions of various resistance fighter groups in occupied countries of Europe. 40 pages.

Papers from Chater's service as Officer Commanding Somaliland Camel Corps, relating to invasion of British Somaliland by Italian forces, including typescript circular by Gen Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, General Officer Commanding Middle East, 23 Dec 1940, describing the driving of Axis forces from Egypt, and supplement to The London Gazette, 7 Feb 1941, including list of awards and promotions for service in Somaliland. 11pp.

Account of early life, 1889-1909, including family background, Ireland and Argyllshire, Scotland and Royal Military College in Sandhurst, 1908-1909. 6pp

Account of military career, from 1909 to 1954. 30pp

Cross-Channel attack by Gordon A Harrison (Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, Washington, 1951), part of Official History of United States Army in World War Two, with covering letter from Maj Gen Orlando Ward, Chief of Military History, US Department of the Army.

Manuscript extract of letter from Capt Robert Dundas Whigham to Miss Dorothy Meredith, describing his landing with 'D' Company, 1 Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB), at Y Beach, Gallipoli, 25 Apr; Turkish counter attacks, 25-26 Apr; breaking of KOSB line, retreat to Y Beach with heavy casualties, and re-embarkation on RN battleship HMS GOLIATH, 26 Apr. With two sketches of KOSB positions. 10pp

Typescript narrative, describing the role in the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy, of 2/7 Bn The Middlesex Regt, 22 Jan 1944-May 1944. 9pp.

Narrative of operations in Eritrea and northern Abyssinia from Jan-May 1941, with Italian and British orders of battle. 8pp.

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 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.