Typed War Diary sheets completed by the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards covering the battalion’s training, work on the defensive position at Hem, training and route marches, poor weather conditions, advance into Belgium, civilian refugees, enemy air raids, withdrawal of companies from Belgium, Columnist activity, heavy shelling at Helchin, preparations for withdrawal from Dunkirk, casualties, conditions on the beaches of Dunkirk and lack of discipline among troops, work on beach defences at Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex, and training in Somerset and Bournemouth. Associated with Grenadier Guards, World War Two (1939-1945). From the Regimental Archive of the Grenadier Guards.