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Informative ts memoir (66pp) of his career in the ranks and as an officer with the Territorial Army, including: service as a private with the Artists Rifles in London, January 1927 - June 1931; as Signal Officer, Adjutant, and Company Commander with the 5th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment (132nd Brigade, 44th Division) in the United Kingdom and France and Belgium, June 1931 - (?) July 1941, notably the evacuation from Dunkirk, May - June 1940; as an instructor at No 13 Infantry Training Centre, Maidstone, (?) July 1941 - November 1943, training recruits for his regiment; with the 1st Battalion The Gold Coast Regiment and the 6th Auxiliary Group, 2nd West African Brigade, 82nd West African Division, in Nigeria, India, and Burma, November 1943 - (?) August 1945, notably in the Arakan, January - (?) August 1945; and with the Kent Army Cadet Force, ultimately as Deputy County Commandant and then County Commandant, 1950 - December 1970; and commenting on life in the TA; the pro-German feelings of some Belgians; conditions in the RWAFF; the qualities of African troops; tribal frictions; pidgin English; shortages of experienced NCOs and officers; padres; the importance of air supply in Burma; infantry weapons; courts martial; and the value of the ACF. Also included are a Field Message Book (Army Book 153, 22pp) containing carbons of orders issued during the retreat to Dunkirk, May - June 1940; a diagram (1p) of the Dunkirk beaches, May 1940; an undated signal (1p) of congratulations from General Sir Philip Christison, XV Corps; a diagram of ground to air communication strips (1p) used in the Arakan; a Special Confidential Report (1p) on his service, June 1945; and photocopies of "An Account of the Airdrops taken by 6th Aux Group on behalf of 2nd (WA) Infantry Brigade during the Arakan campaign, 1944 - 1945" (2pp) and of six Japanese post cards (2pp) captured in the Arakan.
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Catalogue date 1997-07-05
