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Volume X (Written 1961) 1946-1948 Chapter 39. Staff-Director of Quartering, AHQ New Delhi 1946-48. After leave he returned to the Regimental Centre waiting for an appointment - Director of Quartering at GHQ with rank of Brigadier, took over mid-Sept 1946. Provision of accommodation and equipment, location of army etc. Trip to Bombay in Oct. Diary extracts for Nov & Dec 1946. Jan 1947 tour of Southern Command. Feb-May diary entries. June, month's holiday in Kashmir. Good account and photos of Independence Day 15 Aug 1947. Accounts of trouble in Delhi Sept; moved to Bombay Nov. Left in Dec on "Empire Halladale" - reached Glasgow Jan 4 1948. (Details of D of Q Staff, copy of skeleton Orbat and Indian Troops overseas to 15 Jul 1947, details of his pay 1943-47, and copies of confidential reports 1923-41 appended). From a collection of papers relating to Brigadier William Alston (1899-1982).