Item O'CONNOR 2/2/5 - Diary, 1919, including service in Italy, leave in UK, and voyage to India

Diary, including dinner held for Italian and French officers on 8 Jan; demobilisation of various friends during Jan; journey to Montecchio, arriving at battalion depot on 15 Jan to discuss reinforcements and return to Imst on 21 Jan; arrival of relieving battalion, 22 Manchesters and departure of 2 Infantry Bn on 22 Feb; travel in Italy during Feb and Mar, including Mantova, Vicenza, Florence and Milan; arrival in England on 14 Mar; hunting with the North Warwickshire and Pytchley; investiture for DSO and Bar at Buckingham Palace on 5 Apr; lessons in French, German, Italian and dancing in London during Apr-May; offered post of adjutant to 2 Scottish Rifles in India on 19 May; dinner at Blackheath in honour of reserve battalion of Honourable Artillery Company, including tribute to O'Connor, 29 May; French and German exams on 17 and 18 Jun; return to 2 Bn Scottish Rifles based in Colchester, Essex on 27 Jun; account of Victory March through London (O'Connor as adjutant of the Bn) on 19 Jul; clashes between Scottish Rifles and Bedfordshire regiment in Colchester on 9 and 10 Aug; comments on railway strike in Sep and Oct; embarkation at Tilbury on the BHAMO for India on 7 Oct and departure on 9 Oct; account of journey via the Mediterranean and Suez Canal; arrival in Bombay harbour and disembarkation on 1 Nov; arrival in Rawalpindi by train on 5 Nov; description of barracks at Rawalpindi, 6 Nov; criticism of staff and organisation, 14 Nov; informed of selection for Staff College course, starting in Jan 1920 on Dec 11; sailed for England on 24 Dec. 1 vol