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Object description
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.
Content description
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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Cataloguer SNR
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Catalogue date 1997-07-05