Henrietta Munro: war diary

• Reference:GB 241 D1/297
• Dates of Creation:1940-1945
• Name of Creator:
  Munro, Henrietta (1912-1989), of Thurso, Caithness
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  0.01 Linear Metres

• Scope and Content

  (Photocopy) Transcription of the war diary of Henrietta Munro who died in Thurso, 1989. Includes references to her social life, visits of Winston Churchill, the King, Dame Helen Gynne Vaughan, references to other service personnel stationed in Orkney, parties etc., air raids, descriptions of colleagues, work etc., E.N.S.A. concerts, dances, leave, (4 June 1941), description of Major General G C Kemp, M.C., the G. o C. and other officers at HQ with whom she was in daily contact including Captain P W Scott (Pat Scott, late of Kierfjold House), publication of the Orkney Blast and associated problems re censorship, (5 July 1941) reference to Hank Rotherham, description of exercise at Binscarth and Waukmill.

• Access Information

  Open

• Conditions Governing Use

  Permission for reproduction of any kind must be sought from Highland Regional Council Archives.

• Related Material

  GB1741/P365; see also related record GB232/D382