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Object description
A microfilm of a vivid ms account (44pp, together with a ts transcription, 13pp) recording his experiences serving as a subaltern with D Company, 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry (6th Brigade, 2nd Division) in India and Burma, March 1944 - April 1944, including: serving with his battalion on a jungle warfare training course in Western India, March 1944; being abruptly ordered to return to their base at Ahmednagar and to proceed across India to join 6th Brigade at Dimapur, March 1944 - April 1944; taking part in the advance from Dimapur to Kohima, April 1944, participating in the fighting for Garrison Hill and Terrace Hill until his evacuation wounded by ambulance to Dimapur; praising the 2nd Division and its commander, Major General J M L Grover; and commenting on the conditions; his baptism of fire; the close range and confused fighting; the work of the stretcher bearers; and Japanese resistance. Also included are an undated ms outline (1p) of his movements, March - April 1944, and 2 undated ms maps (2pp) of Kohima and Garrison Hill.
Content description
A microfilm of a vivid ms account (44pp, together with a ts transcription, 13pp) recording his experiences serving as a subaltern with D Company, 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry (6th Brigade, 2nd Division) in India and Burma, March 1944 - April 1944, including: serving with his battalion on a jungle warfare training course in Western India, March 1944; being abruptly ordered to return to their base at Ahmednagar and to proceed across India to join 6th Brigade at Dimapur, March 1944 - April 1944; taking part in the advance from Dimapur to Kohima, April 1944, participating in the fighting for Garrison Hill and Terrace Hill until his evacuation wounded by ambulance to Dimapur; praising the 2nd Division and its commander, Major General J M L Grover; and commenting on the conditions; his baptism of fire; the close range and confused fighting; the work of the stretcher bearers; and Japanese resistance. Also included are an undated ms outline (1p) of his movements, March - April 1944, and 2 undated ms maps (2pp) of Kohima and Garrison Hill.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 2001-03-29