Private Papers of Captain A F L Colson MBE

Photocopy of a ts report and attached sketch (10pp) on Operation Provident, a reconnaissance by Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 7 from ML 438 and LCP 360 of possible beach landing sites in the Akyab area of the Arakan coast, October 1943; ms reports, with ts transcripts, and sketches on Operation Frippery, a similar reconnaissance by COPP 7 from the submarine HMS TUDOR of beaches on the north coast of Sumatra, August 1944; a photocopy of a ts report (6pp plus annexe) on Operation David, a reconnaissance by COPP 8 from ML 829 of beaches on Elizabeth Island off the Arakan coast, October 1944, and an interesting illustrated ts memoir (42pp) written in 1950 - 1951 describing Colson's experiences as an RE officer in COPP 8 during the beach reconnaissance of Elizabeth Island and his participation in the subsequent raid on the island in November 1944 by a troop from No 42 Royal Marine Commando

Cataloguer RWAS

Catalogue date 1989-06