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Anecdotal ts memoirs (137pp), undated, of his service as an NCO with The Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey), April 1937 - October 1959, including: enlisting, April 1937; training at the Regimental Depot, Stoughton Barracks, Guildford, April - September 1937; service with the 2nd Battalion (14th Brigade; 16th Brigade in 6th, 8th and 70th Divisions and 3rd and 34th Indian Divisions) in the Isle of Wight, September 1937 - December 1938; Palestine, January 1939 - September 1940; the Western Desert, September 1940 - May 1941; Crete, May 1941; Syria, June - September 1941; Tobruk, September - December 1941; Egypt, December 1941 - February 1942; Ceylon, February 1942 - February 1943; India, February - December 1943; Second Chindit Expedition, Burma, January - May 1944; repatriation to and service in the UK, June 1944 - 1946; with the Regimental Depot, Stoughton Barracks, Guildford, November 1946 - 1948; 2nd Battalion in Germany and Berlin during the Blockade, 1948 - 1950; at Sandhurst, 1950 - 1953; with 1st Battalion in the UK, 1953 - 1954, and Malaya, 1954; and as RQMS at HQ Malaya Command, Kuala Lumpur, 1954 - June 1956; as RSM of 6th Battalion TA, Bermondsey, July 1956 - 1957, the Regimental Depot, Stoughton Barracks, Guildford, 1957 - May 1959, and Wemmys Barracks, Canterbury, July - October 1959, when he retired.
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Anecdotal ts memoirs (137pp), undated, of his service as an NCO with The Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey), April 1937 - October 1959, including: enlisting, April 1937; training at the Regimental Depot, Stoughton Barracks, Guildford, April - September 1937; service with the 2nd Battalion (14th Brigade; 16th Brigade in 6th, 8th and 70th Divisions and 3rd and 34th Indian Divisions) in the Isle of Wight, September 1937 - December 1938; Palestine, January 1939 - September 1940; the Western Desert, September 1940 - May 1941; Crete, May 1941; Syria, June - September 1941; Tobruk, September - December 1941; Egypt, December 1941 - February 1942; Ceylon, February 1942 - February 1943; India, February - December 1943; Second Chindit Expedition, Burma, January - May 1944; repatriation to and service in the UK, June 1944 - 1946; with the Regimental Depot, Stoughton Barracks, Guildford, November 1946 - 1948; 2nd Battalion in Germany and Berlin during the Blockade, 1948 - 1950; at Sandhurst, 1950 - 1953; with 1st Battalion in the UK, 1953 - 1954, and Malaya, 1954; and as RQMS at HQ Malaya Command, Kuala Lumpur, 1954 - June 1956; as RSM of 6th Battalion TA, Bermondsey, July 1956 - 1957, the Regimental Depot, Stoughton Barracks, Guildford, 1957 - May 1959, and Wemmys Barracks, Canterbury, July - October 1959, when he retired.
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Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1992-06-04