Typescript copies of letters from Holme’s to his family 5 Mar 1942 to 23 Sept 1943, detailing orders to report to the Royal Armoured Corps at Catterick, his posting to a pre-OCTU course at Aldershot attached to ROAC, his commission into the ROAC, 29 Oct 1942 and being in charge of an Ordnance Sub-Depot at Margaretting, Essex where he remained until warned for foreign service on 22 Sept 1943.
From a collection of papers of Major O Wright Holmes, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1939-1982, chronicling in detail his career, most of which was spent in India.