Category: 1945/08
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August 29th 1945
George and I move into our new office in 33 De Plaats and I take out some new dame called Sue Newall, who comes from Nebraska and works in the US Embassy, and get extremely tight one night at Warmond. I drive back half asleep and next day I give her dinner and take her […]
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August 26th 1945
I get a new officer, one F/O Colyer-Commerford, who seems a bit odd. I take him out to Meerut and he gets tight and is found running round in circles in the garden shouting “Dunford Wood”. I stuff him in the back of someone’s car and have them drop him at the Terminus (Hotel). I […]
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August 23rd 1945
I go to a shocking party in Amsterdam with one Van Lighter. Two ENSA girls are supposed to be there, coming from Apeldoorn, but they do not turn up until midnight, during which time we have had nothing to drink since 9pm – I leave, very bored, and get home to bed at 4am, having […]
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August 21st 1945
I go round next day and discover that Lily was at her mother’s next door, but is not allowed out, as she must look after her child, her mother having gone on strike over it. The Jap war finished a few days ago and Basil Langton-Dodds invited George and I to party in Varmont. George […]
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August 20th 1945
I get messages from Bill that he is calling on his way from Kiel to Wimbledon, and he calls up from Apeldoorn but never arrives. Henri organises a party in Amsterdam on Saturday. We all collect at Ellen’s and hang around, and finally set off, arriving at someone’s flat about 10pm. I take one (one-eyed) […]
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August 6th 1945
Saturday night I have Freddie and Hans van Berger to a few drinks in the Club and then we go round to Ellen’s place, collect her and go out to Meerunt (?). I meet alot of people who I know, including Gerard Dogger (JDW: Dutch resistance fighter), and manage to get the lot away at […]
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August 4th 1945
I am sailing in Kaag with Ellen and then have dinner at the Country Club at Varmont. I then get busy on her on a sort of swinging seat, but nothing doing that day. I also have a few parties with Charlie Colledge and the two ENSA girls in the Hague and Rotterdam, and I […]
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