| Description | Photocopies of 'The battle of Rauray 1944', parts 1 and 2 by G. Cowie [Tyneside Scottish]; movements of 1/4th K.O.Y.L.I. 16 Oct 1939-12 Jan 1946 by Cpl. Ray Taylor; extract from War Diary of 24th Lancers, 26-30 Jun 1944; extract from 'None had Lances' by Leonard Willis [the story of the 24th Lancers]; 'The 1/7th Battalion 1944: the Normandy Landing and Liberation of France', chapter 17 of 'The History of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment'; captioned photographs of 7th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment copied from a publication; letter from Harry Cooke (ex 185 Field Reg. R.A.) to Arthur Green (ex-Hallamshire) on actions of 6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment prior to attack on Fontenay, 25 Jun 1944; article 'Death of a Panther, just before lunch' on battle at Fontenay, 25 Jun 1944; extract from 'The History of the Tenth Foot' on the 4th Lincolnshire Regiment in France 1944, 16 Jun-4 Aug 1944; extract from '2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment: D-Day to V.E. Day in North West Europe 1944-5', 22 Jun-27 Sept 1944, with a report on the attack on Le Havre (Operation Astonia) and a roll of honour for the 2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment; transcript of extracts from War Diary and Regimental History of 2nd Battalion The Kensington Regiment, and from personal diary of J.H. Oakley, ex-Kensington Regiment, with extract from book 'The Kensingtons', all concerning Jun-Sep 1944. |