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Object description
Well-written ms memoir (18pp, written 2000) and 211 ms letters to his parents, January 1942 - January 1946, recording his career with the Royal Artillery, including service in the ranks with the 27th Searchlight Regiment RA in Egypt (January 1942 - July 1942); officer training with the Middle East OCTU in Cairo and Acre, Palestine (July 1942 - September 1942), and the RA OCTU at the School of Artillery in Cairo (September 1942 - November 1942); service as an officer at the Base Depot RA in Cairo (December 1942 - January 1943); attached to the 1st Field Regiment RA (4th Indian Division) in Libya and Tunisia (January 1943 - March 1943), notably at Medenine (March 1943); with the 111st Field Regiment RA (April 1943 - January 1946) in North Africa (March 1943 - August 1943), Sicily (August 1943 - September 1943), Italy (September 1943 - October 1943, January 1944 - April 1944), Vis Island, Yugoslavia (May 1944 - September 1944), on attachment to the Signals School in Cairo (October 1943 - January 1944); Intelligence Officer, Adriatic Brigade, in Patras, Greece (October 1944 - November 1944), in Yugoslavia as part of FLOYDFORCE in Montenegro (November 1944 - February 1945) and with the LFNA (Land Forces Northern Adriatic) in Zara (or Zadar) (April 1945 - June 1945), Italy (March 1945, June 1945 - October 1945), and on an Air Liaison Course at Petah Tiqva in Palestine (October 1945 - November 1945); and as GSO3 (Air) at Air HQ Greece in Athens (November 1945 - January 1946) and commenting on army life; his background and early army training; meeting and marrying his wife; relations with Tito's partisans, British policy towards Yugoslavia, his demobilisation, and mentioning briefly a number of other officers, notably Brigadiers G M O Davy, J P O'Brien Twohig and Fitzroy Maclean, and Evelyn Waugh. Also included are ts reports on the HQ Vis Bde in the Peloponnese (36pp) by Roberts, February 1945 and on Military Operations and Political Developments in SE Yugoslavia (36pp), October 1944 - June 1945 by FLOYDFORCE, February 1945; 4 maps (3 of Yugoslavia and 1 of Enfidaville, Tunisia); and 59 photographs of his service in Yugoslavia, 1944 - 1945.
Content description
Well-written ms memoir (18pp, written 2000) and 211 ms letters to his parents, January 1942 - January 1946, recording his career with the Royal Artillery, including service in the ranks with the 27th Searchlight Regiment RA in Egypt (January 1942 - July 1942); officer training with the Middle East OCTU in Cairo and Acre, Palestine (July 1942 - September 1942), and the RA OCTU at the School of Artillery in Cairo (September 1942 - November 1942); service as an officer at the Base Depot RA in Cairo (December 1942 - January 1943); attached to the 1st Field Regiment RA (4th Indian Division) in Libya and Tunisia (January 1943 - March 1943), notably at Medenine (March 1943); with the 111st Field Regiment RA (April 1943 - January 1946) in North Africa (March 1943 - August 1943), Sicily (August 1943 - September 1943), Italy (September 1943 - October 1943, January 1944 - April 1944), Vis Island, Yugoslavia (May 1944 - September 1944), on attachment to the Signals School in Cairo (October 1943 - January 1944); Intelligence Officer, Adriatic Brigade, in Patras, Greece (October 1944 - November 1944), in Yugoslavia as part of FLOYDFORCE in Montenegro (November 1944 - February 1945) and with the LFNA (Land Forces Northern Adriatic) in Zara (or Zadar) (April 1945 - June 1945), Italy (March 1945, June 1945 - October 1945), and on an Air Liaison Course at Petah Tiqva in Palestine (October 1945 - November 1945); and as GSO3 (Air) at Air HQ Greece in Athens (November 1945 - January 1946) and commenting on army life; his background and early army training; meeting and marrying his wife; relations with Tito's partisans, British policy towards Yugoslavia, his demobilisation, and mentioning briefly a number of other officers, notably Brigadiers G M O Davy, J P O'Brien Twohig and Fitzroy Maclean, and Evelyn Waugh. Also included are ts reports on the HQ Vis Bde in the Peloponnese (36pp) by Roberts, February 1945 and on Military Operations and Political Developments in SE Yugoslavia (36pp), October 1944 - June 1945 by FLOYDFORCE, February 1945; 4 maps (3 of Yugoslavia and 1 of Enfidaville, Tunisia); and 59 photographs of his service in Yugoslavia, 1944 - 1945.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 2002-09-02