Description
Object description
Wordprocessed account (37pp), with brief and often anecdotal details covering his joining the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Yeomanry at the age of 17 (July 1939), the Regiment becoming the Signal Unit for the 1st Armoured Brigade, his training as a driver, sailing to Egypt in RMS HIGHLAND MONARCH (October 1940), joining the Army in Libya, withdrawing to Alexandria, the 1st Armoured Brigade sailing to Greece, being pushed back by the Germans and having to destroy his truck and equipment (April 1941), evacuation by boat to Alexandria, his Signal Group joining The Royal Dragoons, 1st Armoured Brigade (an Armoured Car Regiment), brief details of the journey to Syria (May 1941), returning to Egypt (November 1941), being attacked by Stuka dive bombers, joining the 8th Army near Benghazi (January 1942), driving through a German column by accident, driving through the desert to El Alamein, brief details of the battle and of two squadrons of the Royal Dragoons breaking through the German line (October - November 1941), witnessing the results of the battle, brief details of the intervening months including a friendly fire attack by American bombers, moving to Italy (September 1943), returning to the UK (January 1944), stationed at Seaham, Co. Durham, sailing for France (July 1944), driving through France, Belgium and Holland, witnessing planes dropping paratroops at Arnhem, the freezing winter, crossing the Rhine (March 1945), coming under fire, driving across Germany (April 1945), the Armistice and The Royal Dragoons crossing the frontier into Denmark (May 1945), his return to England and then back to Germany, and his transfer to the Army Reserve in May 1946, with details of the Signals trucks and his duties, details of the order of battle and his unit, and some daily routines. The account is illustrated with scanned copies of his photographs as well as printed material, including his TA embodiment notice (1 September 1939), Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve, Christmas cards, photographs of him, his vehicles, and German and Italian prisoners, an account of the battle of El Alamein, a leaflet given to all soldiers by the Freedom Council of Denmark, and an article from a Danish newspaper written by Major Paton of The Royal Dragoons thanking the people of Denmark for their hospitality.
Content description
Wordprocessed account (37pp), with brief and often anecdotal details covering his joining the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Yeomanry at the age of 17 (July 1939), the Regiment becoming the Signal Unit for the 1st Armoured Brigade, his training as a driver, sailing to Egypt in RMS HIGHLAND MONARCH (October 1940), joining the Army in Libya, withdrawing to Alexandria, the 1st Armoured Brigade sailing to Greece, being pushed back by the Germans and having to destroy his truck and equipment (April 1941), evacuation by boat to Alexandria, his Signal Group joining The Royal Dragoons, 1st Armoured Brigade (an Armoured Car Regiment), brief details of the journey to Syria (May 1941), returning to Egypt (November 1941), being attacked by Stuka dive bombers, joining the 8th Army near Benghazi (January 1942), driving through a German column by accident, driving through the desert to El Alamein, brief details of the battle and of two squadrons of the Royal Dragoons breaking through the German line (October - November 1941), witnessing the results of the battle, brief details of the intervening months including a friendly fire attack by American bombers, moving to Italy (September 1943), returning to the UK (January 1944), stationed at Seaham, Co. Durham, sailing for France (July 1944), driving through France, Belgium and Holland, witnessing planes dropping paratroops at Arnhem, the freezing winter, crossing the Rhine (March 1945), coming under fire, driving across Germany (April 1945), the Armistice and The Royal Dragoons crossing the frontier into Denmark (May 1945), his return to England and then back to Germany, and his transfer to the Army Reserve in May 1946, with details of the Signals trucks and his duties, details of the order of battle and his unit, and some daily routines. The account is illustrated with scanned copies of his photographs as well as printed material, including his TA embodiment notice (1 September 1939), Certificate of Transfer to the Army Reserve, Christmas cards, photographs of him, his vehicles, and German and Italian prisoners, an account of the battle of El Alamein, a leaflet given to all soldiers by the Freedom Council of Denmark, and an article from a Danish newspaper written by Major Paton of The Royal Dragoons thanking the people of Denmark for their hospitality.
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Cataloguer SJO