In my wanderings on the internet I have found this interesting diary of a British artillery officer on the Italian Front. Hope you enjoy it! http://soldatinidicarta.altervista.org/
In the list of the e-book, our text is "With British Guns in Italy"

Hi Antonio
And thank you for the site. Cheers Roy

I think this is the Hugh Dalton who became Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government of Clement Atlee in 1945. He famously resigned in 1947 for revealling budget details to a jounalist.