| Description | Miscellaneous papers mainly relating to Wheeler's military career during World War Two, including:
Photograph of soldiers operating an anti-aircraft gun, with the caption 'Sky snipers "Thank God for the Ack-Ack!"', c1943.
Typescript versions of 'The Hour of Fury: A Diary', by Wheeler, c1943.
Diary of Wheeler, 23 Oct 1942-23 Jan 1943.
Typescript papers describing a visit to Capri, 'Twenty-four Hours' Leave', Oct 1943; 'Capri-And All That. 17th-19th Oct 1943'.
Typescript papers concerning a proposal to convene a conference to discuss archaeology after the war, 1943.
Typescript paper, 'Notes on the Conference of archaeological societies. Held at the Society of Antiquaries, 4. 5. 43'. |
| AdminHistory | Wheeler spent the early years of the Second World War in Britain and in north Africa, raising and training the 48th light anti-aircraft battery which swelled into the 42nd Royal Artillery regiment. |