| Description | Typed transcript of pp.54-85 of Belgrave's diary for 27 July to 31 December 1944, with a gap for leave (26 July - 22 September, apart from entries for 14-15 September). Topics covered include Belgrave's inheritance from his Aunt Lily (14 September), visit from various dignitaries including the Postmaster General of India and Sir Frederick Timms, director of Air Civil India, as well as a fatal motor accident (24 September), investigation into accident (25, 28 September, 1 October), visits to the cinema (27 September, 30 October, 8 November), trying out a speed trap (3 October), visit to the refinery, and from Ronald Cross, High Commissioner for Australia (21 October), loss of a police rifle (26 October), celebrations of Eid on different days for the Arabs, town Shias and village Shias (27 November), loss of 30,000 rounds of 303 ammunition by RAF (7 December) |