Description
Object description
An interesting collection of papers comprising ts transcripts of letters (60pp) describing his period of service as a volunteer with the Finnish Army during the Russian invasion of Finland in the winter of 1939 - 1940 and his transit from Finland to Canada via New York (March - December 1940); Two letters (2pp each, ts transcripts) written during his period of service with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) with Jedburgh team HARRY operating in the Saone et Loire region of France (August - September 1944, letter dated 4 September 1944) and his subsequent service in Burma with Force 136 (February - May 1945, dated 30 May 1944); accompanied by a ts report (ca 1944) on Jedburgh team HARRY (11pp) compiled by Duncan Guthrie (under the pseudonym 'Denby') which relates to the activities of his Jedburgh team's operations and gives detailed accounts of the inter-relationships between the various local resistance networks, his own unit and a nearby SAS unit.
Content description
An interesting collection of papers comprising ts transcripts of letters (60pp) describing his period of service as a volunteer with the Finnish Army during the Russian invasion of Finland in the winter of 1939 - 1940 and his transit from Finland to Canada via New York (March - December 1940); Two letters (2pp each, ts transcripts) written during his period of service with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) with Jedburgh team HARRY operating in the Saone et Loire region of France (August - September 1944, letter dated 4 September 1944) and his subsequent service in Burma with Force 136 (February - May 1945, dated 30 May 1944); accompanied by a ts report (ca 1944) on Jedburgh team HARRY (11pp) compiled by Duncan Guthrie (under the pseudonym 'Denby') which relates to the activities of his Jedburgh team's operations and gives detailed accounts of the inter-relationships between the various local resistance networks, his own unit and a nearby SAS unit.
History note
Cataloguer AMB
History note
Catalogue date 2003-07