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Papers relating to his experiences while serving in the ranks of the 1st/4th Battalion KOYLI (1940 and 1944 – 1945), notably the ts transcription of his diary (4pp) recording his active service in Norway (April 1940 – May 1940), including the voyage on the troopship EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA from Gourock to Norway and landing at Namsos (April 1940), clashes with the Germans, the retreat to back to Namsos (April 1940 – May 1940) and his subsequent evacuation in a French ship back to Scotland via Scapa Flow (May 1940), and his ts lecture (3pp, February 1984) of his experiences as a Corporal in Normandy (June 1944 – August 1944) and in the assault on Le Havre in France (September 1944), including clearing mines, being hit by shrapnel in both arms, being evacuated by stretcher bearers and having his left arm amputated in Cendisans field hospital, being flown to the UK and his recovery from his severe wounds at Morrison Hospital, Swansea and Whally Hospital (no dates), being fitted with an artificial left arm (his right arm "would never be straight again") at the Ministry of Pensions Hospital at Chapel Allerton, Leeds [which specialised in the fitting of artificial limbs], being discharged (late 1945), his subsequent career in the Civil Service for 32 years (retired 1978), and commenting on the support of his wife who was "wonderful".
Content description
Papers relating to his experiences while serving in the ranks of the 1st/4th Battalion KOYLI (1940 and 1944 – 1945), notably the ts transcription of his diary (4pp) recording his active service in Norway (April 1940 – May 1940), including the voyage on the troopship EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA from Gourock to Norway and landing at Namsos (April 1940), clashes with the Germans, the retreat to back to Namsos (April 1940 – May 1940) and his subsequent evacuation in a French ship back to Scotland via Scapa Flow (May 1940), and his ts lecture (3pp, February 1984) of his experiences as a Corporal in Normandy (June 1944 – August 1944) and in the assault on Le Havre in France (September 1944), including clearing mines, being hit by shrapnel in both arms, being evacuated by stretcher bearers and having his left arm amputated in Cendisans field hospital, being flown to the UK and his recovery from his severe wounds at Morrison Hospital, Swansea and Whally Hospital (no dates), being fitted with an artificial left arm (his right arm "would never be straight again") at the Ministry of Pensions Hospital at Chapel Allerton, Leeds [which specialised in the fitting of artificial limbs], being discharged (late 1945), his subsequent career in the Civil Service for 32 years (retired 1978), and commenting on the support of his wife who was "wonderful".
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