Wooldridge, Alan Graham (Oral history)

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British schoolchild in Solihull, GB, 1939-1945; officer served with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt in GB and Austria, 1949-1953; served with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt, 28th Commonwealth Bde1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 1953-1954; served with 3rd Bn Parachute Regt, 16th Independent Parachute Bde Group in Cyprus, 1/1956-10/1956 and during Operation Musketeer at Suez, Egypt, 11/1956; served as adjutant with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt in Northern Ireland, 1957-1959 and Aden Protectorate, 1959-1960; student at Staff College, Cambeley, GB, 1961; served with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, 11th Infantry Bde Group in Germany and Malaysia, Borneo, 1965-1966; commanded 2nd Bn Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Berlin Infantry Bde in West Berlin, 1970-1971; served as Assistant Adjutant General and Assistant Military Secretary, Army Headquarters, Northern Ireland, Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, 1971-1973; served as Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Headquarters, Berlin Infantry Bde in West Berlin, 1973-1976

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REEL 1 Background in Olton and Solihull, GB, 1929-1939: family; education. Aspects of period as schoolchild in Solihull, GB, 1939-1946: use of air raid shelter during German Air Force raids; collecting shrapnel; lack of fear of bombing; lack of dietary privations; attitude towards Germans; hearing news of mining of HMS Valiant and sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, 12/1941; visit to see Victory Parade in London, 8/6/1946. Aspects of period as officer cadet with Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Camberley, GB, 1948-1949: character of education. Aspects of period as officer with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt in GB and Austria, 1949-1952: role training National Servicemen at Regimental Depot, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Budbrooke Barracks, Budbrooke near Warwick, GB, 1949; story of soldier who lost rifle on range; opinion of value of National Servicemen; a mentally handicapped conscript; conditions in Graz, Austria, 1951; relations with Austrian civilians; attitude of unit officers to hearing of posting to South Korea, 1952. REEL 2 Continues: Recollections of period as officer with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt, 28th Commonwealth Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 1953-1954: visit to The Hook; preparation of defensives on Kansas Line; explanation of term KATCOM (Korean Attached Commonwealth Division); character of Korean towns; leave in Tokyo, Japan; opinion of KATCOMs (Korean Attached Commonwealth Division); reputation of Chinese People's Volunteer Army, 1953-1954. Aspects of training as officer with Parachute Regt in GB, 1954-1955: reasons for volunteering for Parachute Regiment; the 'Teddy Bear Club'; nature of P Coy at Regimental Depot, Parachute Regiment, Maida Barracks, Aldershot; parachute training at No 1 Parachute Training School, Abingdon; training with 3rd Bn Parachute Regt on Bodmin Moor. Recollections of operations as officer with 3rd Bn Parachute Regt, 16th Independent Parachute Bde Group on Cyprus, 1/1956-10/1956: cordon and search operations in Nicosia; search for Georgious Grivas in Troodos Mountains; dangers from accidental discharge of weapons; successful ambush in Troodos Mountains; relations with Cypriots; preparations for Suez operation, 10/1956. REEL 3 Continues: Recollections of operations as officer with 3rd Bn Parachute Regt, 16th Independent Parachute Bde Group during Operation Musketeer, the landings at Suez Egypt, 11/1956: arrival at El Gamil Airfield near Port Said, 5/11/1956; equipment used during operation; performance of unit during Operation Musketeer. Aspects of period as adjutant with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt in Ballykinlar, Northern Ireland, 1957-1959: duties as adjutant including clashes with garrison engineer; army presence in province; attitude of civilians towards troops, story relating to catering for Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's teetotalism in Worcester, GB, 1959. Aspects of period as officer with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt in Aden Protectorate, 1959-1960: conditions in Aden Protectorate, 1959; attitude to service in Aden Protectorate, 1959-1960. Aspects of period with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers in Malaysia,, 1966: nature of jungle training. Aspects of period with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, 11th Infantry Bde, Group, British Army of the Rhine, Minden, West Germany, 1965: initial contact with armoured warfare principles; service conditions. REEL 4 Continues: question of avoiding damage during training; contact with German civilians. Opinion of course at Staff College, Camberley, GB, 1961. Aspects of period commanding 2nd Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Berlin Infantry Bde in West Berlin, 1970-1971: attitude to service; kindness of German burgomeister; visits to East Berlin; contact with Soviet Army; conditions Rudolf Hess was kept in Spandau Prison. Aspects of period as Assistant Adjutant General and Assistant Military Secretary, Army Headquarters Northern Ireland, Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, 1971-1973: attitude towards rules of engagement for opening fire; degree of danger serving in province; attitude of British Army troops towards serving in Northern Ireland. REEL 5 Continues: relations with civilians. Duties as Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General, Headquarters, Berlin Infantry Bde, West Berlin, 1973-1976.

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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)
Wooldridge, Alan Graham (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1992-04-28
Dimensions: whole: Duration 150, Number Of Items 5
Catalogue number: 12551

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