Description
Object description
Photocopy of ts memoir (70pp), 1936 - 1946, in which he describes a visit to Hamburg in 1936, his unsuccessful attempt to join the Royal Navy in 1939, and his subsequent enlistment in the 2nd Battalion, the London Scottish Regiment (TA) in April 1939 his mobilisation in September 1939, and Home Defence duties in London, September 1939 - May 1940, RAF Duxford, May - August 1940, Wales, August 1940 - February 1941, Sussex Coast, February 1941 - July 1942, after which he undertook officer training for the Indian Army in Mhow and was commissioned into 2nd King Edward VII Own Gurkha Rifles and was posted to the 4th Battalion on the North West Frontier, July 1942 - February 1945, followed by service in Burma (22nd Brigade, 20th Indian Division), February - September 1945, in Indo-China, October - December 1945, and North Borneo, December 1945 - April 1946.
Content description
Photocopy of ts memoir (70pp), 1936 - 1946, in which he describes a visit to Hamburg in 1936, his unsuccessful attempt to join the Royal Navy in 1939, and his subsequent enlistment in the 2nd Battalion, the London Scottish Regiment (TA) in April 1939 his mobilisation in September 1939, and Home Defence duties in London, September 1939 - May 1940, RAF Duxford, May - August 1940, Wales, August 1940 - February 1941, Sussex Coast, February 1941 - July 1942, after which he undertook officer training for the Indian Army in Mhow and was commissioned into 2nd King Edward VII Own Gurkha Rifles and was posted to the 4th Battalion on the North West Frontier, July 1942 - February 1945, followed by service in Burma (22nd Brigade, 20th Indian Division), February - September 1945, in Indo-China, October - December 1945, and North Borneo, December 1945 - April 1946.
History note
Cataloguer PJT
History note
Catalogue date 1988-11