Description
Object description
Well written ts account of his career with the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (8th Armoured Brigade) in the UK and North-West Europe, April 1944 - May 1945, including: preparations in Hursley Camp, near Romsey (Hampshire), for service overseas, April - June 1944; the D-Day landings and operations in Normandy, June - August 1944, including taking part in the Battles of Odon and Mount Pincon, bailing out of his knocked-out tank near Brettevillette, and being evacuated to the UK wounded; his return to duty to take part in the break-out from Normandy and the advance into Belgium and Holland, participating in the Battles of the Nederrijn, August - September 1944 (Arnhem), the Rhineland, February - March 1945 (the Reichswald and the crossing of the Rhine), and the occupation of Germany, March - May 1945 (the advance to Bremerhaven); and interesting comments on his experiences, notably the treatment of the shell-shocked; Regimental life; the disorganisation of the German retreat from France, August - September 1944.
Content description
Well written ts account of his career with the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (8th Armoured Brigade) in the UK and North-West Europe, April 1944 - May 1945, including: preparations in Hursley Camp, near Romsey (Hampshire), for service overseas, April - June 1944; the D-Day landings and operations in Normandy, June - August 1944, including taking part in the Battles of Odon and Mount Pincon, bailing out of his knocked-out tank near Brettevillette, and being evacuated to the UK wounded; his return to duty to take part in the break-out from Normandy and the advance into Belgium and Holland, participating in the Battles of the Nederrijn, August - September 1944 (Arnhem), the Rhineland, February - March 1945 (the Reichswald and the crossing of the Rhine), and the occupation of Germany, March - May 1945 (the advance to Bremerhaven); and interesting comments on his experiences, notably the treatment of the shell-shocked; Regimental life; the disorganisation of the German retreat from France, August - September 1944.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1995-11-02