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Object description
Material relating to his service as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), May 1940 - December 1944, including a Ms diary (65pp), March 1941 - February 1942, and a photocopy of his ts narrative (157pp), written in 1989 using his letters and diary, of his service as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), May 1940 - December 1944; with 206th Field Ambulance, Norwich and Northern Ireland, June - December 1940; 19th General Hospital, Cairo, March - April 1941; Medical Officer, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 22nd Guards Brigade and 200th Guards Motor Brigade Group, Western Desert, May 1941 - March 1942; Medical Officer, L Detachment, 1st Special Air Service Regiment (SAS), Western Desert and Lebanon, June 1942 - March 1943; 64th General Hospital, Cairo, March - May 1943; Field Ambulance and 90th General Hospital, Malta, June 1943 - September 1944, including: the evacuation from Dunkirk, May - June 1940; convoy from Greenock to Egypt, January - (February?) 1941; Operations Battleaxe, June 1941, and Crusader, November - December 1941, and the siege of Tobruk, August 1941; the raid on Benghazi, September 1942; 64th General Hospital, Cairo, March - May 1943; Field Ambulance and 90th General Hospital, Malta, June 1943 - September 1944; return to England, December 1944; and commenting on Army life; the poor conditions in the desert; his homesickness and war weariness; the bureaucracy of the Medical Services; the fine work of the forward medical units; and mentioning Field Marshal Lord Montgomery. Together with photographs.
Content description
Material relating to his service as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), May 1940 - December 1944, including a Ms diary (65pp), March 1941 - February 1942, and a photocopy of his ts narrative (157pp), written in 1989 using his letters and diary, of his service as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), May 1940 - December 1944; with 206th Field Ambulance, Norwich and Northern Ireland, June - December 1940; 19th General Hospital, Cairo, March - April 1941; Medical Officer, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, 22nd Guards Brigade and 200th Guards Motor Brigade Group, Western Desert, May 1941 - March 1942; Medical Officer, L Detachment, 1st Special Air Service Regiment (SAS), Western Desert and Lebanon, June 1942 - March 1943; 64th General Hospital, Cairo, March - May 1943; Field Ambulance and 90th General Hospital, Malta, June 1943 - September 1944, including: the evacuation from Dunkirk, May - June 1940; convoy from Greenock to Egypt, January - (February?) 1941; Operations Battleaxe, June 1941, and Crusader, November - December 1941, and the siege of Tobruk, August 1941; the raid on Benghazi, September 1942; 64th General Hospital, Cairo, March - May 1943; Field Ambulance and 90th General Hospital, Malta, June 1943 - September 1944; return to England, December 1944; and commenting on Army life; the poor conditions in the desert; his homesickness and war weariness; the bureaucracy of the Medical Services; the fine work of the forward medical units; and mentioning Field Marshal Lord Montgomery. Together with photographs.
History note
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History note
Catalogue date 1990-07-12