NAM.1980-05-151-10

Volume IX (Written - partly - Feb 1960) 1944-1946 Chapter 36. Staff-G.S.O. I Staff Duties (SD4) at Army HQ 1944. Began at Army HQ May 1944, with particular responsibility (in SD4) for orders of Battle and the provision of units for Brigade etc, and unit location in India. Chapter 37. Staff-G.S.O. 1 of 14th Indian Division, Chindwara 1944-45. The chapter is derived from a diary kept at the time, and includes details of jungle training. A list of Divisional Officers is appended. Chapter 38. Staff-AQMG and Colonel "Q" Headquarters Central Command. Agra 1944-45 took up post in Feb - and 3 months later promoted Col "Q". Supply, canteens, inspections, etc dealt with. Planning for post-war army stations, and "Asylum" - to deal with anti-British disturbances. 2 month's leave from June 1946 - left Bombay on "Monarch of Bermuda" 31 May, and account of time in Britain, returned to Karachi by air end of Aug. (Includes an extract from the diary of 255 Pte Archibald Watt McIntosh, H Coy 42 Highlanders, describing a visit to Agra 4 Apl 1861). From a collection of papers relating to Brigadier William Alston (1899-1982).