Description
Object description
Copy of a detailed account (518pp, plus forward and content, 5pp, November 1979) written from contemporary letters, covering his Second World War experiences including his enlistment in the 4th (Durham) Survey Regiment RA (TA) in early 1939 and training in the UK, September 1939 - late 1940; training with 122 OCTU at Larkhill in 1941; service with 914th Defence Battery RA at Whitstable, December 1941 - January 1942, and briefly with 172nd Field Regiment RA at St Leonards; posting to Egypt in Spring 1942 and service with the 4th Survey Regiment again in North Africa, August 1942 - May 1943, and then in Sicily, June - December 1943; on a Air Operation Posts training course in the UK, February - August 1944; and further training in India, October 1944 - January 1945; and active service with 656 (Air O P) Squadron RAF Burma, February - July 1945. Scollen was a devout Catholic, and the well-written account provides a fair amount of information about religious life in the Armed Forces.
Content description
Copy of a detailed account (518pp, plus forward and content, 5pp, November 1979) written from contemporary letters, covering his Second World War experiences including his enlistment in the 4th (Durham) Survey Regiment RA (TA) in early 1939 and training in the UK, September 1939 - late 1940; training with 122 OCTU at Larkhill in 1941; service with 914th Defence Battery RA at Whitstable, December 1941 - January 1942, and briefly with 172nd Field Regiment RA at St Leonards; posting to Egypt in Spring 1942 and service with the 4th Survey Regiment again in North Africa, August 1942 - May 1943, and then in Sicily, June - December 1943; on a Air Operation Posts training course in the UK, February - August 1944; and further training in India, October 1944 - January 1945; and active service with 656 (Air O P) Squadron RAF Burma, February - July 1945. Scollen was a devout Catholic, and the well-written account provides a fair amount of information about religious life in the Armed Forces.
History note
Cataloguer VAF
History note
Catalogue date 1980-05-07