Description
Object description
Photocopy of a well-written ts account (272pp), 1992, describing his service as a rifleman with the 5th (City of London) Battalion London Rifle Brigade TA (March 1936 - December 1939); as a private with the 2nd Battalion London Scottish Regiment in southern England (January - December 1940); at Officer Training School, Mhow, India (February - July 1941); as a subaltern with the 8th Light Infantry, Indian Army on the North West Frontier (July - October 1941); and finally with the 7/14th Punjab Regiment from October 1941 to February 1947 (in North East Assam until February 1942; with the 1st Indian Infantry Brigade (23rd Indian Infantry Division) on the North West Frontier until April 1942 and around Manipur until September 1942; as part of the 16th Indian Infantry Brigade in northern Assam, April - July 1943, in the Lushai Hills and the Manipur Gorge from July 1943 [from March 1944 as part of the 'Lushai Brigade'] to December 1944; in support of 7th Indian Division and IV Corps' crossing of the Irrawaddy until March 1945; as 5th Indian Divisional HQ Battalion at Monywa until July 1945; with the Nowshera Brigade on the North West Frontier until August 1945 and, until February 1947, largely at Regimental HQ, Ferozepore, on the Punjab, processing ex-prisoners of war and ex-Indian National Army members, organising disbandment and resettlement. The account amply records his feelings and views on pre-war political developments, the Territorial Army (1936 - 1939), the death of HM King George V, the outbreak of war, Dunkirk (and faith in victory), Indian Army life, demobilisation and Indian social unrest in 1945 - 1946, the memoirs of INA members, and withdrawal from India.
Content description
Photocopy of a well-written ts account (272pp), 1992, describing his service as a rifleman with the 5th (City of London) Battalion London Rifle Brigade TA (March 1936 - December 1939); as a private with the 2nd Battalion London Scottish Regiment in southern England (January - December 1940); at Officer Training School, Mhow, India (February - July 1941); as a subaltern with the 8th Light Infantry, Indian Army on the North West Frontier (July - October 1941); and finally with the 7/14th Punjab Regiment from October 1941 to February 1947 (in North East Assam until February 1942; with the 1st Indian Infantry Brigade (23rd Indian Infantry Division) on the North West Frontier until April 1942 and around Manipur until September 1942; as part of the 16th Indian Infantry Brigade in northern Assam, April - July 1943, in the Lushai Hills and the Manipur Gorge from July 1943 [from March 1944 as part of the 'Lushai Brigade'] to December 1944; in support of 7th Indian Division and IV Corps' crossing of the Irrawaddy until March 1945; as 5th Indian Divisional HQ Battalion at Monywa until July 1945; with the Nowshera Brigade on the North West Frontier until August 1945 and, until February 1947, largely at Regimental HQ, Ferozepore, on the Punjab, processing ex-prisoners of war and ex-Indian National Army members, organising disbandment and resettlement. The account amply records his feelings and views on pre-war political developments, the Territorial Army (1936 - 1939), the death of HM King George V, the outbreak of war, Dunkirk (and faith in victory), Indian Army life, demobilisation and Indian social unrest in 1945 - 1946, the memoirs of INA members, and withdrawal from India.
History note
Cataloguer PHR
History note
Catalogue date 1992-08-24