Noble, John William (Oral history)

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Object description

British NCO served with 1st Bn Suffolk Regt, 2nd Infantry Bde in Federation of Malaya, 1952-1953; served with 1st Bn Suffolk Regt, 24th Infantry Bde in Free Territory of Trieste, 5/1953-8/1954; served with 1st Bn Suffolk Regt, 6th Infantry Bde on Cyprus, 8/1956-5/1959; served with 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regt, Aden Bde in Aden, Federation of South Arabia, 9/1964-8/1965

Content description

REEL 1 Background in Ipswich, GB, 1933-1951: family; education; memories of German Air Force attacks on Ipswich, 1941. Aspects of enlistment and training with Suffolk Regiment in GB, 1951-1952: call-up for National Service, 18/10/1951; attitude towards National Service; abortive attempt to get into Catering Corps; reasons for decision to become regular soldier; basic training. Recollections of operations as NCO with 1st Bn Suffolk Regt, 2nd Infantry Bde in Federation of Malaya, 1952-1953: voyage from GB to Federation of Malaya; issue of weapons on arrival in Singapore; wounding of personnel with accidental discharges; description of ambush on troop train on route to Kuala Lumpur; jungle training. REEL 2 Continues: carrying rations and water on jungle patrols; ambush techniques; degree of intelligence on individual insurgents; insurgent ambush on his comrade; encounter with insurgent during patrol at Kajang; how he took over running of officers' mess; listening to debriefings in officers' mess; patrolling in swamp; problems of navigating in jungle; question of why battalion was successful in Federation of Malaya; attitude towards insurgents; incident of coming under fire in armoured lorry. REEL 3 Continues: question of insurgent violence towards civilians; coping with wildlife in jungle; opinion of Iban trackers; state of troops' health; recreational activities; attitude towards jungle patrolling; organising banquet for Duchess of Kent; opinion of General Sir Gerald Templer. Aspects of operations as NCO with 1st Bn Suffolk Regt, 6th Infantry Bde on Cyprus, 8/1956-5/1959: duties as platoon sergeant; occasion when his platoon was pinned down bye fire in hills; nature of National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA) and their tactics; attitude towards service in Cyprus and Federation of Malaya. Aspects of operations as NCO with 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regt, Aden Brigade in Aden, Federation of South Arabia, 9/1964-8/1965: duties in Aden. REEL 4 Continues: conditions for internees in internment camps; decision of commanding officer to impose curfew; insurgent use of mosques to store arms; attitude towards service in Cyprus and Aden; occasion when he was shot at whilst washing car; attempt by insurgents to blow up senior officers in mess; relations with civilians in Cyprus and Aden. Aspects of period as NCO with 1st Bn Suffolk Regt, 24th Infantry Bde in Free Territory of Trieste, 5/1953-8/1954: internal security duties including description of clearing square of Yugoslav insurgents; nature of civil unrest in Free Territory of Trieste.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), 1945-1989 (content), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Noble, John William (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1997-03-24
Dimensions: whole: Duration 115, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 17333

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