Rutherford, Reginald (Oral history)

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British private and NCO with 6th Bn Northamptonshire Regt, 223rd Independent Infantry Bde (Home) in GB, 1940-1942; officer served with B Coy, 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regt (The Duke of York's Own), 8th Infantry Bde, 3rd Infantry Div in GB and North West Europe, 1942-1945

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REEL 1 Aspects of period as officer commanding 10 Platoon B Coy, 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regt, 8th Infantry Bde, 3rd Infantry Div in GB, 1942-1944: reception on joining battalion, 1942; training for amphibious landings in Inverary; training for D-Day landings in Elgin area; role commanding platoon, move into sealed camp at Cowplain. Recollections of operations as officer commanding 10 Platoon, C Coy 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regt (The Duke of York's Own), 8th Infantry Bde, 3rd Infantry Div on Sword Beach, Normandy, France, D-Day, 6/6/1944: embarkation aboard HMS Empire Battleaxe; how his platoon sergeant went Absence Without Official Leave (AWOL) due to domestic problems on eve of D-Day, 6/1944; briefing including strongpoints to be attacked; bombardment of beaches; landing on Sword Beach; assault on and capture of Strongpoint Sole at Ouisterham; absence of British tanks and artillery support on D-Day; attack on Strongpoint Daimler; surrender of German Army troops. REEL 2 Continues: objectives of 8th Infantry Bde on Sword Beach; digging in outside Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer at night on D-Day; arrival of reinforcements. Recollections of operations as officer with B Coy, 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regt (The Duke of York's Own), 8th Infantry Bde, 3rd Infantry Div in Normandy, France, 6/1944-8/1944: role of unit, 7/6/1944; problem of air burst shells and use of corrugated iron sheets for cover; under observation from German artillery command post at Ouistreham; character of regiment on D-Day; company deserters; question of inaccuracy of regimental history of East Yorkshire Regiment with particular reference to actions on River Rhine, Germany, 3/1945; question of unit digging in on Sword Beach, D-Day, 6/6/1944; patrolling prior to attack on Château de la Londe, 18/7/1944; role extending airborne bridgehead towards Troarn. REEL 3 Continues: success of action at Touffrèville; role of unit protecting flanks of United States Army near Saint Lo, 8/1944; reasons why D-Day landings were his worst experience in Normandy; description of German barbed wire on Sword Beach, D-Day, 6/6/1944; rest period on River Seine, 8/1944. Recollections of operations as officer with B Coy, 2nd Bn East Yorkshire Regt (The Duke of York's Own), 8th Infantry Bde, 3rd Infantry Div in North West Europe, 9/1944-5/1945: orders to relieve troops of 82nd Airborne Div, United States Army at Grave, Netherlands, 9/1944; conditions in Maas Pocket in Netherlands, 10/1944; attacks on Overloon and Venray, Netherlands, 10/1944; nature of fighting in Venray, Netherlands, 10/1944; award of Military Cross for action at Venray, Netherlands, 10/1944; relations with Dutch civilians; role of unit in preparations for crossing River Rhine, Germany, 2/1945-3/1945. REEL 4 Continues: attempt to prevent German submarines escaping and capture of large numbers of German prisoners of war at Bremen, Germany, 4/1945; lack of attacks on route to Bremen, 4/1945; behaviour of Displaced Persons and attitude of German civilians towards British troops; duties at gin distillery in Steinhagen, Germany; story of visit with Royal Air Force to Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland; fate of brother Sergeant John Rutherford lost on operation with 217 Sqdn, RAF to Brest, France, 1/2/1941; question of quality of British Army equipment and personal motivation; personal morale prior to and during action; relations with his men; opinion of superior officers. Aspects of period as private and NCO with 6th Bn Northamptonshire Regt, 223rd Independent Infantry Bde (Home) in GB, 1940-1942: family life prior to enlistment; attitude to service in battalion; coastal defence duties on River Orwell, 1940-1941; conditions during German Air Force attack on Coventry, 14/11/1940-15/11/1940.

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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)
Rutherford, Reginald (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1993-05-04
Dimensions: whole: Duration 120, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 13153

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