Description
Object description
Photocopy of his well-written ts memoir (215pp with sketch maps, written c.1948) recording his service as commander of B Company, 8th Battalion Royal Scots (44th Brigade, 15th Scottish Division) in the UK and North West Europe, April 1944 - October 1944, including training at Ripon (September 1943 - April 1944) and Worthing (April 1944 - June 1944) prior to D-Day; moving to France (June 1944); operations in the Scottish Corridor (Operation EPSOM) and to cross the Odon (Operation GREENLINE) near Caen (June - July 1944); Mount Pincon and the Break Out from Normandy, including Operation BLUECOAT (July 1944 - August 1944); the advance to the Seine (August 1944); the advance from the Seine to Belgium (August 1944 - September 1944), notably the Battle of the Gheel Bridgehead in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN (September 1944); operations on the Nederrijn in Holland, until he was wounded and evacuated to the UK (September 1944 - October 1944); commenting on the training and preparations for D-Day; his fellow officers; Allied airpower as 'a great uplifter of morale'; the composition of his battalion and 'a very high Divisional spirit' prior to D-Day; the conditions; life with a front-line infantry unit; advancing into battle and the confusion of combat; the heavy casualties; the loss of friends; inexperienced reinforcements; becoming battle-hardened; tactics; American troops; German shelling; being welcomed as liberators; the destruction; the French resistance; problems with straggling German troops in rear areas; and mentioning General Sir Richard O'Connor (p.2); General Sir Gordon MacMillan; Lieutenant General Sir Colin Barber; Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe; and Colonel P R Lane-Joynt. Also included are four appendices (9pp), notably the Citation of the Award of the MC to Major Cooke (3pp) for his bravery during the assault crossing of the Junction Canal near Gheel on 14 September 1944, and the Order of Service (3pp) for his Funeral on 10 November 2000.
Content description
Photocopy of his well-written ts memoir (215pp with sketch maps, written c.1948) recording his service as commander of B Company, 8th Battalion Royal Scots (44th Brigade, 15th Scottish Division) in the UK and North West Europe, April 1944 - October 1944, including training at Ripon (September 1943 - April 1944) and Worthing (April 1944 - June 1944) prior to D-Day; moving to France (June 1944); operations in the Scottish Corridor (Operation EPSOM) and to cross the Odon (Operation GREENLINE) near Caen (June - July 1944); Mount Pincon and the Break Out from Normandy, including Operation BLUECOAT (July 1944 - August 1944); the advance to the Seine (August 1944); the advance from the Seine to Belgium (August 1944 - September 1944), notably the Battle of the Gheel Bridgehead in support of Operation MARKET GARDEN (September 1944); operations on the Nederrijn in Holland, until he was wounded and evacuated to the UK (September 1944 - October 1944); commenting on the training and preparations for D-Day; his fellow officers; Allied airpower as 'a great uplifter of morale'; the composition of his battalion and 'a very high Divisional spirit' prior to D-Day; the conditions; life with a front-line infantry unit; advancing into battle and the confusion of combat; the heavy casualties; the loss of friends; inexperienced reinforcements; becoming battle-hardened; tactics; American troops; German shelling; being welcomed as liberators; the destruction; the French resistance; problems with straggling German troops in rear areas; and mentioning General Sir Richard O'Connor (p.2); General Sir Gordon MacMillan; Lieutenant General Sir Colin Barber; Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe; and Colonel P R Lane-Joynt. Also included are four appendices (9pp), notably the Citation of the Award of the MC to Major Cooke (3pp) for his bravery during the assault crossing of the Junction Canal near Gheel on 14 September 1944, and the Order of Service (3pp) for his Funeral on 10 November 2000.
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Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 2001-09-22