Description
Object description
310 ms letters, 3 postcards and 5 airgraphs written to his wife both before and after their marriage in November 1944, covering the period December 1939 - March 1946 during which time he served with 652 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers, covering his enlistment (December 1939), arrival in and evacuation from France (February - June 1940), various postings in the United Kingdom (July 1940 - August 1941) including Cornwall, Derby, York, and Barnsley, posting to the Shetland Islands (August 1941 - September 1943), more postings in the UK (November 1943 - December 1944) including Dumfries, Hampshire, Southsea, and Kenley, Surrey, where he worked on house repairs in south London, embarkation to India (December 1944 - January 1945), detachment to American Engineers in Tinsukia, Burma (January - February 1945), posting to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (April - November 1945), and demobilisation from India (February - March 1946); the collection covers his general military duties, but also gives good details of his morale and includes an excellent ts copy of his account of the evacuation from France.
Content description
310 ms letters, 3 postcards and 5 airgraphs written to his wife both before and after their marriage in November 1944, covering the period December 1939 - March 1946 during which time he served with 652 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers, covering his enlistment (December 1939), arrival in and evacuation from France (February - June 1940), various postings in the United Kingdom (July 1940 - August 1941) including Cornwall, Derby, York, and Barnsley, posting to the Shetland Islands (August 1941 - September 1943), more postings in the UK (November 1943 - December 1944) including Dumfries, Hampshire, Southsea, and Kenley, Surrey, where he worked on house repairs in south London, embarkation to India (December 1944 - January 1945), detachment to American Engineers in Tinsukia, Burma (January - February 1945), posting to Cocos (Keeling) Islands (April - November 1945), and demobilisation from India (February - March 1946); the collection covers his general military duties, but also gives good details of his morale and includes an excellent ts copy of his account of the evacuation from France.
History note
Cataloguer PJB
History note
Catalogue date 1999-07