Description
Object description
Interesting ts account (84pp) recording his service in the ranks with the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) in the UK, Middle East, Far East and North West Europe, March 1940 - April 1946, including: training at Kingston upon Thames Barracks (March - May 1940) and Liverpool (May - August 1940) prior to embarkation overseas (August 1940); training at the Infantry Base Depot at Geneifa, Egypt (September 1940) prior to active service with the 2nd Battalion (16th Brigade, 4th indian Division) in the Western Desert (October 1940 - February 1941), notably the offensive against the Italians at Sidi Barrani and the advance to Bardia (December 1940); training at El Tahag and Kabrit, Suez Canal, (February - April 1941); occupying defensive positions at Mersa Matruh (April - May 1941); embarking for Crete but returning without landing (May 1941); participating in the invasion of Syria (June - July 1941); being treated in the psychiatric wing of the 23rd Scottish Military Hospital at Sarafand and No 3 Convalescent Depot at Nathanya in Palestine for shock, exhaustion and malaria (July - December 1941); rejoining his battalion in Egypt and then Syria (January - February 1942); moving to India as part of 70th Division (February - March 1942); batman to an officer serving at Command Headquarters, Colombo, Ceylon (March 1942 - January 1943); a Signals Cipher Operator with 16th Brigade Signal Section in India (January - September 1943) and in charge of the Cipher Section at the Air Base Headquarters at Sylhet and Dinjan during the Second Chindit Expedition (September 1943 - August 1944); training in India until the breakup of 16th Brigade and his repatriation to the UK (PYTHON) for long overseas service (August 1944 - February 1945); attending the Royal Signals Intelligence School at Ilkley, Yorkshire (March - April 1945); with a Reinforcement Holding Unit at Bruges, Belgium (June - July 1945); the Cipher Sections of 7th Armoured Division (July - September 1945) and 131 Brigade (September - November 1945) in Berlin, XXX Corps in Nienburg (November - December 1945) and 4th Liaison HQ with the Polish Armoured Division in Meppem (December 1945 - April 1946) until his demobilisation; and commenting on army life; the poor conditions; the camaraderie; his duties; his religious conversion; the disillusionment of conditions in the UK; off-duty recreation; and life in postwar Germany.
Content description
Interesting ts account (84pp) recording his service in the ranks with the Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) in the UK, Middle East, Far East and North West Europe, March 1940 - April 1946, including: training at Kingston upon Thames Barracks (March - May 1940) and Liverpool (May - August 1940) prior to embarkation overseas (August 1940); training at the Infantry Base Depot at Geneifa, Egypt (September 1940) prior to active service with the 2nd Battalion (16th Brigade, 4th indian Division) in the Western Desert (October 1940 - February 1941), notably the offensive against the Italians at Sidi Barrani and the advance to Bardia (December 1940); training at El Tahag and Kabrit, Suez Canal, (February - April 1941); occupying defensive positions at Mersa Matruh (April - May 1941); embarking for Crete but returning without landing (May 1941); participating in the invasion of Syria (June - July 1941); being treated in the psychiatric wing of the 23rd Scottish Military Hospital at Sarafand and No 3 Convalescent Depot at Nathanya in Palestine for shock, exhaustion and malaria (July - December 1941); rejoining his battalion in Egypt and then Syria (January - February 1942); moving to India as part of 70th Division (February - March 1942); batman to an officer serving at Command Headquarters, Colombo, Ceylon (March 1942 - January 1943); a Signals Cipher Operator with 16th Brigade Signal Section in India (January - September 1943) and in charge of the Cipher Section at the Air Base Headquarters at Sylhet and Dinjan during the Second Chindit Expedition (September 1943 - August 1944); training in India until the breakup of 16th Brigade and his repatriation to the UK (PYTHON) for long overseas service (August 1944 - February 1945); attending the Royal Signals Intelligence School at Ilkley, Yorkshire (March - April 1945); with a Reinforcement Holding Unit at Bruges, Belgium (June - July 1945); the Cipher Sections of 7th Armoured Division (July - September 1945) and 131 Brigade (September - November 1945) in Berlin, XXX Corps in Nienburg (November - December 1945) and 4th Liaison HQ with the Polish Armoured Division in Meppem (December 1945 - April 1946) until his demobilisation; and commenting on army life; the poor conditions; the camaraderie; his duties; his religious conversion; the disillusionment of conditions in the UK; off-duty recreation; and life in postwar Germany.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1999-06-03