| Description | Typed transcript of pp.35-54 of Belgrave's diary for 2 June to 26 July 1944. Topics covered include news of the fall of Rome to Allied forces and the landings on Normandy (4-6 June), meeting with General Arthur Smith, OC in Iraq (9 June), visits to the cinema (12, 21, 26 June, 10, 11, 19 and 24 July), execution of a murderer (15 June), 'a bunch of wild Americans' arriving to buy fruit (29 June) and departure for leave via Kashmir (26 July) |