Description | The 2nd Battalion is at Fort William, Calcutta, India. Diary contains a detailed hourly account of the civil disorder in Calcutta. Gen. F.I.S. Tucker visits the Battalion; internal security training is carried out; Maj. L.A. Livermore joined the Battalion from the 9th Battalion York and Lancaster; B Company is put under command of the Green Howards. Appendices: Notes for War Diary or intelligence summary 11-25 Feb 1946; report on disturbances in Calcutta; report on operations carried out by B Company in Naithati and Kankinara [rioting at Kankinara rail station]; diary of events of B Company actions (all covering 11-16 Feb 1946). |