1951 diary detailing retirement, detailing meetings, lecture on the atom bomb, Civil Defence training lecture on gas, social events, first aid training, news of reorganisation of the army, news of armistice in Korea, his promotion as Deputy Civil Defence Controller of Dorset with the Controller.
From a collection of 25 diaries kept by General Sir Walter King Venning as an officer with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1902-1903, 1905-1906 and 1912-1918; as a staff officer 1924-1925, 1927 and 1931; as Director General of the British Supply Mission, Washington 1943-1946; and in retirement 1947-1953.