Interview with Edward Stephen Bulley

British civilian schoolchild in Tottenham and evacuee in Shaldon and Brayford, GB, 1939-1945; NCO served with 1st Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea, 12/1951-8/1952

REEL 1 Aspects of period as evacuee from Tottenham to Shaldon and Brayford, GB, 1939-1944: evacuation with school to Brayford; initial evacuation to Shaldon; relations between London and local schoolchildren; United States Army Air Force aircraft which force landed near Brayford; playing with live ammunition; effect of war on education. Aspects of period as schoolchild in Tottenham, London and Edmonton, GB, 1944-1945: German V2 Rocket hit on family home in White Hart Lane, Tottenham, 15/3/1945; quality of life; sight of Allied air armada; armed services presence in area; presence of refugees from Gibraltar; victory celebrations in Edmonton, 1945. Aspects of enlistment and training with British Army in GB, 1951: background to call-up for military service to Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own); basic training at Shorncliffe Camp; volunteering for service in Korean War. Recollection of operations as NCO with 1 Platoon, A Coy, 1st Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 28th Commonwealth Infantry Bde, 1st Commonwealth Div in South Korea 12/1951-8/1952: arrival in South Korea, 12/1951; nature of initial positions on salient; ablution facilities in line; unit casualties; contrast between Bren Gun and Browning Machine Gun; living conditions including dangerous methods of heating bunkers; American rations. REEL 2 Continues: construction of beds in bunkers; propaganda messages left by Chinese People's Volunteer Army forces; humorous incidents in front line; hygiene, vermin and health in lines; Chinese People's Volunteer Army's pattern of artillery shelling; incidents on patrol; question of dangers of patrolling; winter clothing issued; abortive Chinese People's Volunteer Army ground attack; use of air power; role and duties as NCO; incident when he was punched by Regular Army soldier after selecting him for patrol; question of preferential treatment Regular Army troops got over National Service conscripts; other responsibilities as NCO; leave periods in Seoul and Tokyo, Japan; relations with other United Nations' troops; opinion of Communist forces. REEL 3 Continues: use of Korean porters; question of dates of service in South Korea; comparison of conditions of troopship on voyage to South Korea and on return voyage to GB; attitude to having served in Korean War; question of effects of service in Korean War.