Description
Object description
Well-written bound illustrated ts memoir (119pp and appendices) covering principally his experiences as a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers (155th (South Scottish) Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division), March - April 1945 with good descriptions of the crossing of the Rhine and of the subsequent progress of his unit north eastwards to Uphausen near Bremen where he was wounded and his evacuation to Belgium for hospitalisation, and useful references to looting by British forces, civilian conditions in Germany, his first encounters with violent death, battle, being under fire, his philosophy concerning war and atrocities and his dealings with British and enemy prisoners of war and DPs; he also recalls his rough sea voyage to France in February 1945 after the birth of his son and his journey to the Front through Belgium and the Netherlands as well as commenting on his earlier wartime posting to the Highland Fieldcraft Training Centre in Scotland.
Content description
Well-written bound illustrated ts memoir (119pp and appendices) covering principally his experiences as a Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers (155th (South Scottish) Brigade, 52nd (Lowland) Division), March - April 1945 with good descriptions of the crossing of the Rhine and of the subsequent progress of his unit north eastwards to Uphausen near Bremen where he was wounded and his evacuation to Belgium for hospitalisation, and useful references to looting by British forces, civilian conditions in Germany, his first encounters with violent death, battle, being under fire, his philosophy concerning war and atrocities and his dealings with British and enemy prisoners of war and DPs; he also recalls his rough sea voyage to France in February 1945 after the birth of his son and his journey to the Front through Belgium and the Netherlands as well as commenting on his earlier wartime posting to the Highland Fieldcraft Training Centre in Scotland.
History note
Cataloguer AC
History note
Catalogue date 1987-04-01