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Object description
Ten ts and ms accounts (79pp, written in 1999) recording the service of members of the 118th Special Wireless Section, RCS as part of the "Y" Service in the Uk and North West Europe, August 1943 - March 1945, including: the formation of the section and training in the UK near Castletown, Isle of Man, ?August 1943 - February 1944, and then in Hampstead, London, February - ?April 1944, Eastbourne, ?April - June 1944, and Littlehampton, June - July 1944, prior to embarkation overseas to Normandy in July 1944; active service attached to Second Army intercepting German wireless traffic in France, Belgium and Holland, July 1944 - March 1945, when the unit was broken up; and commenting on the duties, the comradeship, off-duty entertainment, the rescue of the crew of a crashed B-17 in Norfolk, intercepting German signals (notably one which resulted in the sinking of the Bismarck), the dislike of their officers and NCOs; V-weapons, US troops, courts martial, the Dutch black market, the Ardennes offensive, army 'spit and polish', training as a special wireless operator, the problems involved in leaving a reserved occupation to join the forces, army sport, attending a War office Selection Board (WOSB) in Chester, strained relations with the RAF over WAAFs, ENSA concerts, the conditions, relations with the Dutch population, and seeing a German jet.
Content description
Ten ts and ms accounts (79pp, written in 1999) recording the service of members of the 118th Special Wireless Section, RCS as part of the "Y" Service in the Uk and North West Europe, August 1943 - March 1945, including: the formation of the section and training in the UK near Castletown, Isle of Man, ?August 1943 - February 1944, and then in Hampstead, London, February - ?April 1944, Eastbourne, ?April - June 1944, and Littlehampton, June - July 1944, prior to embarkation overseas to Normandy in July 1944; active service attached to Second Army intercepting German wireless traffic in France, Belgium and Holland, July 1944 - March 1945, when the unit was broken up; and commenting on the duties, the comradeship, off-duty entertainment, the rescue of the crew of a crashed B-17 in Norfolk, intercepting German signals (notably one which resulted in the sinking of the Bismarck), the dislike of their officers and NCOs; V-weapons, US troops, courts martial, the Dutch black market, the Ardennes offensive, army 'spit and polish', training as a special wireless operator, the problems involved in leaving a reserved occupation to join the forces, army sport, attending a War office Selection Board (WOSB) in Chester, strained relations with the RAF over WAAFs, ENSA concerts, the conditions, relations with the Dutch population, and seeing a German jet.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 2000-01-26