Description
Object description
Ts account (14pp) written in 1982, of his training at the 3rd Signal Training Centre in Yorkshire, giving a good insight into a young academic's (he was a university lecturer when he was called up) first impressions of Army life (September 1940 - March 1941); and a ts memoir (95pp), also written in 1982, of his posting to India and passage there in the EMPRESS OF INDIA (March - July 1941), training at the Officers' Training School at Belgaum (July - November 1941) and at the Royal Signals Cadet School at Mhow (November 1941 - March 1942), service as an officer at Mhow which included teaching in the School (March 1942 - October 1943), appointment as GSO2 in the Signals Directorate at GHQ New Delhi giving good descriptions of the organisation of the Signals Directorate and of his work (November 1943 - April 1945) and his passage home and time awaiting demobilization in the United Kingdom (April - October 1945).
Content description
Ts account (14pp) written in 1982, of his training at the 3rd Signal Training Centre in Yorkshire, giving a good insight into a young academic's (he was a university lecturer when he was called up) first impressions of Army life (September 1940 - March 1941); and a ts memoir (95pp), also written in 1982, of his posting to India and passage there in the EMPRESS OF INDIA (March - July 1941), training at the Officers' Training School at Belgaum (July - November 1941) and at the Royal Signals Cadet School at Mhow (November 1941 - March 1942), service as an officer at Mhow which included teaching in the School (March 1942 - October 1943), appointment as GSO2 in the Signals Directorate at GHQ New Delhi giving good descriptions of the organisation of the Signals Directorate and of his work (November 1943 - April 1945) and his passage home and time awaiting demobilization in the United Kingdom (April - October 1945).
History note
Cataloguer VAF
History note
Catalogue date 1983-11