NAM.2002-02-901

Inventory description: 22 diaries (1933-1960) of Lt Col Anthony Gervase Ryshworth Hill (1914-1984) covering his military career from training with the Royal Artillery, to active service in Tunisia, Italy, Egypt, Greece and Austria (1943-1946) with 6th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment and 1/4th Hampshire Regiment, as an Intelligence Office with the British Army of the Rhine (1948-1951), posting to Sudan with 1st Bn South Lancashire Regiment (1951), and as Commanding Officer of the South Lancashire Regiment (1953-1954) and 3rd Bn Gold Coast Regiment, Ghana (1956-1959), including personal and social details but also his experiences during Operation TORCH (1943), action in Italy (1944), fighting against Greek communists at Voula (1945) and repatriation of Cassocks (1945); together with personal documents, newspaper reports and correspondence (1957-1959).