Holdham, Alfred Edwin (Oral history)

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British private served with 70th Bn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt in Dover, GB, 1941-1942; NCO served as wireless operator with Jedburgh Team Jude, F Section, Special Operations Executive in France, 8/1944-9/1944; served with Force 136, Special Operations Executive in Kedah State, Malaya 1945; served with 13 Platoon, D Coy, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regt, 29th British Infantry Bde in South Korea, 11/1950-4/1951.

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REEL 1 Background in Sudbury, GB, 1923-1941: family; education. Aspects of private with 70th Bn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regt in GB, 1941-1942: volunteering of military service, 1941; German shelling of Dover and use of Ordnance BL 14 Inch Mk VII Guns to reply; question of threat of German commando style attacks on Dover area. Aspects of recruitment and training as wireless operator with Special Operations Executive in GB, 1943-1944: volunteering for Special Operations Executive, 1943; aptitude tests and interview; training at Milton Hall Training School, Peterborough and wireless training at STS 54a, Fawley Court, Henley-on-Thames; Jedburgh wireless set used; test transmission from STS 54b, Dunbar; parachute training at No 1 Parachute Training School, RAF at RAF Ringway. Recollections of period as wireless operator with Jedburgh Team Jude, F Section, Special Operations Executive in France, 8/1944-9/1944: formation of team; parachute drop into River Loire area, 14/8/1944; equipment taken; parachute drop and reception committee. REEL 2 Continues: how he got through German roadblock with false papers; work with French Resistance in Colmar area; French Resistance personnel worked with; execution of two French civilians found guilty of spying for Germans; move to Lyon to save bridge at time of liberation, 2/9/1944; fighting in Lyon; period as instructor with cadre school at Saint-Genis-Laval. Recollections of period as wireless operator with Force 136 in Kedah State, Malaya, 1945: volunteering for service in Far East in GB, 1944; parachute drop into Malaya to meet Major James Hislop; nature of parachute drop; dangers of drops into jungle; dropping of platoon of Gurkhas to join his group. REEL 3 Continues: memories of group leader Major James Hislop; reaction to anti-European actions of Chinese Communists after VJ Day, 15/8/1945; avoiding Japanese forces; prior recollection of saving lives of captured German Army troops from French Resistance and subsequent presentation of German soldier's medal. Aspects of operations as NCO with 13 Platoon, D Coy, 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regt, 29th British Infantry Bde in South Korea, 11/1950-4/1951: background to joining regiment; in positions on River Imjin, 4/1951; Chinese People's Volunteer Army attacks on positions, 4/1951. REEL 4 Continues: capture by North Koreans under command of Chinese officer People's Volunteer Army, 4/1951.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), 1945-1989 (content), Second World War (association), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Holdham, Alfred Edwin (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1992-09-22
Dimensions: whole: Duration 105, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 12311

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