Interview with James Maxwell Dunning

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British trooper served with 2nd East Riding Yeomanry, 1939-1940; private served with 10th Bn Green Howards (Alexandra Princes of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regt) in GB, 1939-1942; NCO with 2nd Bn Green Howards (Alexandra Princes of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regt) in India, 4/1942-9/1944; served with 2nd Bn Green Howards (Alexandra Princes of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regt), 7th Indian Infantry Bde, 26th Indian Infantry Div and 82nd (West African) Infantry Div in India and Burma, 9/1944-8/1945

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REEL 1 Background in Bishop Burton, GB, 1922-1939: family; education. Aspects of period as trooper with 2nd East Riding Yeomanry, 1939-1940: reasons for joining Territorial Army, 3/1939; mobilisation of unit, 1/9/1939-2/9/1939. Recollections of period with 10th Bn Green Howards (Alexandra Princes of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regt) in GB, 1940-1942: conversion of East 2nd Riding Yeomanry to 10th Bn Green Howards (Alexandra Princes of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regt) at Tidworth Camp, 1940; memories of Major-General Bernard Montgomery at Folkestone, 1941; German artillery shelling of Folkestone, summer 1941. Aspects of voyage aboard HMT Duchess of York, from GB to India via South Africa, 2/1942-4/1942: impression of ships in River Clyde, GB, 2/1942; embarking on board ship, 2/1942; treatment of British Army troops in Durban, South Africa; arrival in Bombay, India, Easter, 4/1942. REEL 2 Continues: Recollections of period with C Coy, 2nd Bn Green Howards (Alexandra Princes of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regt) in India, 4/1942-9/1944: conditions at Jabalpur, 4/1942; civil disturbances in Jabalpur, 4/1942; move to Razmak, 9/1942; duties on Razmak-Bannu road; life at Razmak, 1942-1943; move to Peshawar, 12/1943; jungle training at Ranchi, 1944. Recollections of operations as NCO with 2nd Bn Green Howards 7th Indian Infantry Bde, 26th Indian Infantry Div and 82nd (West African) Infantry Div in India and Arakan, Burma, 9/1944-8/1945: joining division at Cox's Bazaar, India; medical problems encountered; first action against Imperial Japanese Army at Gopi Bazaar, India, 9/1944; preparations for capture of Ramree Island, 12/1944. REEL 3 Continues: landings on Ramree Island and at Letpan; character of action against Imperial Japanese Army during push towards Taungup; reaction to small scale engagements; Imperial Japanese Army use of 'jittering' tactics; problem of water supply; loss of platoon commander; reason for seconding unit to 82nd (West African) Infantry Div; attitude towards West African troops; capture of Taungup, 5/1945; halt of advance at Sandoway, 6/1945. Return to GB, 1945; attitude to having served with Green Howards (Alexandra Princes of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) during Second World War. Aspects of farming in Yorkshire Wolds during 1930s: landownership; power of local landlords.

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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)
Dunning, James Maxwell (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1999-09-13
Dimensions: whole: Duration 90, Number Of Items 3
Catalogue number: 19665

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