Description
Object description
Photocopy of ts memoir (90pp) of his Second World War army service describing his enlistment and basic training at the 309 Infantry Training Centre at Blandford, Dorset and officers training in Malvern before being posted to 1/5th Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment (131st Brigade, 44th Division) serving on coastal defence duties near Margate, September - October 1941, and near Dover, October 1941 - May 1942, after which the Brigade was sent to Egypt and joined the 7th Armoured Division, while he was appointed Brigade Camouflage Officer and in action commanded the Brigade HQ Defence Platoon during the Battles of Alamein, Medenine and Mareth before becoming Staff Captain and taking part in the invasion of Italy, shortly after which in November 1943, the 7th Armoured Division was sent back to England and after further training took part in the invasion of Normandy and he served as Brigade DAA and QMG with the rank of Major during the Normandy campaign and while his Brigade was part of the British Occupation Force in Berlin.
Content description
Photocopy of ts memoir (90pp) of his Second World War army service describing his enlistment and basic training at the 309 Infantry Training Centre at Blandford, Dorset and officers training in Malvern before being posted to 1/5th Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment (131st Brigade, 44th Division) serving on coastal defence duties near Margate, September - October 1941, and near Dover, October 1941 - May 1942, after which the Brigade was sent to Egypt and joined the 7th Armoured Division, while he was appointed Brigade Camouflage Officer and in action commanded the Brigade HQ Defence Platoon during the Battles of Alamein, Medenine and Mareth before becoming Staff Captain and taking part in the invasion of Italy, shortly after which in November 1943, the 7th Armoured Division was sent back to England and after further training took part in the invasion of Normandy and he served as Brigade DAA and QMG with the rank of Major during the Normandy campaign and while his Brigade was part of the British Occupation Force in Berlin.
History note
Cataloguer PJT
History note
Catalogue date 1985-01