| Description | Written as a diary describing the actions and events in which the Battalion was involved. Records any casualties, appointments and promotions, important visitors, camps, training exercises and troop movements, with comments on relevant matters such as climate, landscape, changes in uniform and receipt of new weapons. Extracts from reports, orders and letters are copied out.
Three loose items enclosed at rear of book: manuscript notes for Records of Service 20 Apr 1936-22 Feb 1937, to which a letter from Maj. Gen. M.G.N. Barker regarding his appointment as Colonel of the Regiment is attached; manuscript notes for Records of Service 1 Apr 1939-1 Nov 1939 (which includes the distribution of personnel at the outbreak of the Second World War); and War Office Alliance Memorandum no.7, 7 Jul 1939, on the alliances between Regiments in the British and overseas Armies. |