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Object description
Ts account (59pp) recording his service (September 1936 - June 1942) as a Boy Soldier and a musician in the ranks of the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers in India and the Western Desert and his capture in North Africa, including joining up (September 1936); the journey in the troopship SS NEVASA to India (December 1936); service in India at Delhi, Bareilly, and Assaye Bararcks, Jhansi (December 1936 - October 1939); the journey to and service in Egypt (October 1939 - December 1939); active service in the Western Desert attacking the Italians at Sidi Barrani (December 1939) and his capture by the Germans (June 1942); and commenting on his background from a poor family in London; life in the army and India; his daily routine; the conditions; his off-duty entertainment; his officers; his rations; the unfairness of the way medals were awarded, his capture and meeting Field Marshal Rommel as a POW.
Content description
Ts account (59pp) recording his service (September 1936 - June 1942) as a Boy Soldier and a musician in the ranks of the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers in India and the Western Desert and his capture in North Africa, including joining up (September 1936); the journey in the troopship SS NEVASA to India (December 1936); service in India at Delhi, Bareilly, and Assaye Bararcks, Jhansi (December 1936 - October 1939); the journey to and service in Egypt (October 1939 - December 1939); active service in the Western Desert attacking the Italians at Sidi Barrani (December 1939) and his capture by the Germans (June 1942); and commenting on his background from a poor family in London; life in the army and India; his daily routine; the conditions; his off-duty entertainment; his officers; his rations; the unfairness of the way medals were awarded, his capture and meeting Field Marshal Rommel as a POW.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 2001-03-14