Moore, Peter Neil Martin (Oral history)

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British officer served with 3rd (Cheshire) Field Sqdn, Royal Engineers, 10th Armoured Div in North Africa, 1942; served with Special Operations Executive in Yugoslavia, 1943-1945

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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as officer with 3rd (Cheshire) Field Sqdn, Royal Engineers, 10th Armoured Div in North Africa, 1942: objective to clear passages through minefields on El Alamein line, 23/10/1942; briefing for operation; problem gaining intelligence about minefields; degree of personal contact with General Bernard Montgomery prior to Battle of El Alamein, Egypt; assembling of unit on eve of battle; minefield clearance drill; radio communication problems for Royal Engineers, 10/1942; unit officers; start of Battle of El Alamein, Egypt, 23/10/1942. REEL 2 Continues: start of mine clearing in Boat Gap; move to Ink Gap; starting work on second minefield; falling behind in mine clearing task; impossibility of tanks of 10th Armoured Div making much progress during early hours, 24/10/1942; degree of success of mine clearance work. Recollections of operations as officer with Special Operations Executive in Yugoslavia, 9/1943-1/1945: parachuting into Yugoslavia, 9/1943; journey to Yugoslav Partisan Headquarters in Slovenia; organisation of guides system; arrival at Yugoslav Partisan Headquarters in Slovenia; flight from Germans at Novo Mesto. REEL 3 Continues: his role with partisans; orders to return to Yugoslav Partisan Headquarters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 12/1943; visit to Bosanski Petrovac dropping zone; return to Slovenia, 3/1944; attack by group of possible Chetniks and Germans at Hrvatsko Polje; reporting to Lieutenant-Colonel Vivian Street at British Military Mission at Drvar; flying out to Bari, Italy for briefing, 5/1944; plans to support D-Day landings with attacks on communications in Slovenia; execution of operations to support D-Day landings; flying out to Bari, Italy to plan Operation Ratweek; heavy arms supply drop in Slovenia, autumn 1944; handing over mission, 1/1945.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Moore, Peter Neil Martin (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1991-02-21
Dimensions: whole: Duration 90, Number Of Items 3
Catalogue number: 11890

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