Fox-Pitt, William Augustus Fitzgerald Lane (Oral history)

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British officer commanded 20th Independent Infantry Bde (Guards) in GB and Boulogne, France, 10/5/1940-25/10/1940

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REEL 1 Recollections of period commanding 20th Independent Infantry Bde (Guards) in GB, 10/5/1940-21/10/1940: taking command of brigade at Camberley, 10/5/1940; composition of brigade; providing 2nd Bn Irish Guards for expedition to evacuate the Dutch Royal Family from the Hook of Holland, Netherlands, 12/5/1940-13/5/1940; in tented camp at Camberley; nature of training; character of 5th Bn Loyal (North Lancashire) Regt and anti-tank guns; character of 2nd Bn Irish Guards; absorption of reservists; character of 2nd Bn Welsh Guards; organisation of brigade headquarters. Recollections of operations commanding 20th Independent Infantry Bde (Guards) at Boulogne, France, 22/5/1940-25/5/1940: orders for brigade to move to Boulogne; degree of awareness of situation at Boulogne; voyage aboard HMS Whitshed from GB to Boulogne, 22/5/1940. REEL 2 Continues: reinforcement with anti-tank guns; briefing from Lieutenant-General Douglas Brownrigg at Wimereux; description of situation on arrival at Boulogne, 22/5/1940; orders to hold Boulogne; promise of reinforcements from Calais; reconnaissance and allotment of defensive sectors; deployment of brigade; requisition of civilian vehicles and problems with refugees; absence of French troops; anti-tank guns; lack of air support; character of unit positions; anti-tank positions; logistical organisation. REEL 3 Continues: state of communications and use of liaison officers; stand to, 23/5/1940; appearance of German tanks of 2nd Panzer Div on left flank and consequence withdrawal into town; brigade headquarters; German night-time probing attacks on 2nd Bn Irish Guards; German attacks on 2nd Bn Welsh Guards' positions and their withdrawal into town, 23/5/1940; contradictory orders; preparation of houses for defence; nature of patrols; German Air Force raid on port area, 23/5/1940; withdrawal tactics; opinion of work of Royal Navy destroyers in engaging German positions on shore; casualties and morale; orders to evacuate and embarkation aboard Royal Navy destroyers, 24/5/1940; loss of two companies of 2nd Bn Welsh Guards; embarkation, 24/5/1940. REEL 4 Continues: engagement of German shore positions by Royal Navy destroyers, 24/5/1940; return to GB, 25/5/1940; reassembling of brigade on return to GB; opinion of performance forces; inadequate communications; rearguard action by Major James Windsor-Lewis on quayside, 24/5/1940-25/4/1940; lessons learnt from Battle of Boulogne.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
de Lee, Nigel (Recorder)
Fox-Pitt, William Augustus Fitzgerald Lane (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1983-08-03
Dimensions: whole: Duration 105, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 7038

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