Scope and Contents Signed pencil drawing of Joseph Kerr, from the 67th Field Regiment R. A., British North Africa Forces, done by a Polish soldier in 1943. It shows a portrait of Kerr with a North African landscape in the background, and it is signed by the author with the note '43. Souvenir: Polish soldier in north Africa'. Kerr has added the note 'I wish the background was Bonnie Galloway' in pencil on the side.It is drawn on airgraph letter paper, and was destined to be sent to Kerr's mother in...

Scope and Contents Between 1943 and 1945, Thompson set about keeping a personal wartime journal hoping to register possible changes to his psychological make-up. The journal offers data on the effects of long-term overseas service amongst officers. The journal is in diary form with 9 volumes, covering the period 18 July 1943 to 15 October 1945, and written while in North Africa, Italy, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Greece, and Austria. Within the diaries are newspaper cuttings of the period, photographs, franked...