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Object description
Bound copy of an important ts memoir (217pp), written in 1980, describing his early years and education in Edinburgh (1893 - 1912) and Oxford (1912 - 1914); his service as an officer in the 6th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (15th Division) under training in this country (August 1914 - July 1915) and for three spells on the Western Front (July - September 1915, September 1916 - November 1917, May - June 1918) including the Battles of Loos, Arras and 3rd Ypres and the witnessing of mutinies at Etaples and Calais; his attachment to the 119th Regiment American Expeditionary Force under training in France (June - July 1918); his command of the 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (51st Division) during the final Allied advance and liberation of Belgium (October 1918 - April 1919); his regimental service in the 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders in England (1919 - 1920) and Germany (1923 - 1926); as adjutant to the 4th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers in Scotland (1920 - 1923); at the Staff College (1927 - 1928) and the War Office (1929 - 1930); as Brigade Major to the 3rd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot (1930 - 1932); with the 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders in India (1932 - 1933); as an instructor at the Staff College (1934 - 1936); in command of the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment on the North West Frontier of India (1937); as 4th Brigade Group Commander in Baluchistan, India (1938 - 1939) and Commandant of the Staff College, Quetta (1940); as GOC 15th Division in the United Kingdom (August 1941 - May 1942); as GOC Baluchistan District (May - October 1942) and GOC 33 Corps under training in India (October 1942 - November 1943); as GOC 15 Corps (November 1943 - May 1945) including the complex and bitterly contested campaigns in the Arakan culminating in the capture of Rangoon; as GOC 14th Army during the preparations for the invasion of Malaya (May - June 1945); as Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (June - August 1945) including the successful Sittang battles against the Japanese 28th Army; as GOC 14th Army at the time of the Japanese surrender at Singapore (August - September 1945); as Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies (September 1945 - February 1946) where he was responsible for the repatriation of Allied prisoners of war and internees and the restoration of order following the outbreak of civil war in Java; and as GOC Northern Command (1946 - 1947) and GOC Scottish Command (1947 - 1949). The memoirs include valuable insights into the personalities of other senior officers in South East Asia from 1943 to 1946.
Content description
Bound copy of an important ts memoir (217pp), written in 1980, describing his early years and education in Edinburgh (1893 - 1912) and Oxford (1912 - 1914); his service as an officer in the 6th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (15th Division) under training in this country (August 1914 - July 1915) and for three spells on the Western Front (July - September 1915, September 1916 - November 1917, May - June 1918) including the Battles of Loos, Arras and 3rd Ypres and the witnessing of mutinies at Etaples and Calais; his attachment to the 119th Regiment American Expeditionary Force under training in France (June - July 1918); his command of the 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (51st Division) during the final Allied advance and liberation of Belgium (October 1918 - April 1919); his regimental service in the 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders in England (1919 - 1920) and Germany (1923 - 1926); as adjutant to the 4th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers in Scotland (1920 - 1923); at the Staff College (1927 - 1928) and the War Office (1929 - 1930); as Brigade Major to the 3rd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot (1930 - 1932); with the 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders in India (1932 - 1933); as an instructor at the Staff College (1934 - 1936); in command of the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment on the North West Frontier of India (1937); as 4th Brigade Group Commander in Baluchistan, India (1938 - 1939) and Commandant of the Staff College, Quetta (1940); as GOC 15th Division in the United Kingdom (August 1941 - May 1942); as GOC Baluchistan District (May - October 1942) and GOC 33 Corps under training in India (October 1942 - November 1943); as GOC 15 Corps (November 1943 - May 1945) including the complex and bitterly contested campaigns in the Arakan culminating in the capture of Rangoon; as GOC 14th Army during the preparations for the invasion of Malaya (May - June 1945); as Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces South East Asia (June - August 1945) including the successful Sittang battles against the Japanese 28th Army; as GOC 14th Army at the time of the Japanese surrender at Singapore (August - September 1945); as Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies (September 1945 - February 1946) where he was responsible for the repatriation of Allied prisoners of war and internees and the restoration of order following the outbreak of civil war in Java; and as GOC Northern Command (1946 - 1947) and GOC Scottish Command (1947 - 1949). The memoirs include valuable insights into the personalities of other senior officers in South East Asia from 1943 to 1946.
History note
Cataloguer RWAS
History note
Catalogue date 1981-04-27