
Object Details
- Category
- Sound
- Related period
- 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content), Second World War (association)
- Creator
- IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Lester, George Leslie (Interviewee/Speaker) - Production date
- 2000-02-15
- Dimensions
whole: Duration 540, Number Of Items 18
- Catalogue number
- 20094
Object associations
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Associated people and organisations
- Lester, George Leslie
- Cunningham, Andrew Browne
- George VI, King
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
- Darlan, Jean Louis Xavier François
- Cassels, Simon Alastair Cassillis
- Wayne, John
- Turner, Lana
- Royal Navy
- Royal Navy, HMS St George, Training Establishment, Douglas, Isle of Man
- Royal Navy, HMS Exmouth, Training Ship, (1905)
- Royal Navy, HMS Nelson, Battleship, (1925)
- Royal Navy, HMS Kingsmill, Frigate, (1943)
- Royal Navy, HMS Morecambe Bay, Frigate, (1944)
- Royal Navy, HMS Eagle, Aircraft Carrier, (1918)
- Royal Navy, HMS Foresight, Destroyer, (1934)
- Royal Navy, HMS Indomitable, Aircraft Carrier, (1940)
- Royal Navy, HMS Quorn, Destroyer, (1940)
- Royal Navy, HMS Bulolo, Headquarters Ship, (1938)
- Royal Navy, HMS Boxer, Tank Landing Ship, (1942)
- Royal Navy, HMS Britomart, Minesweeper, (1938)
- Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard, Battleship, (1944)
- Royal Navy, HMS Defender, Destroyer, (1950)
- Royal Navy, Frigate Sqdn 4
- Royal Navy, HMS Collingwood, Training Establishment, Fareham
- Royal Navy, HMS Terror, Shore Establishment, Singapore
- Royal Navy, HMS Mercury, Shore Establishment, Leydene House, East Meon
- Royal Navy, HMS Grasshopper, Shore Establishment, Weymouth
- Royal Navy, HMS Squid, Shore Establishment, Southampton
- Royal Navy, HMS Mastadon, Shore Establishment, Southampton
- Royal Navy, HMS Royal Arthur, Shore Establishment, Corsham
- Royal Navy, HMS Excellent, Shore Establishment, Whale Island
- Royal Navy, School, Naval, Gunnery, Whale Island
- Royal Navy, Operation, Pedestal
- Royal Navy, Operation, Torch
- Royal Navy, Operation, Husky
- Royal Navy, Operation, Castanets
- Royal Navy, Force, G
- Royal Navy, Force, H
- Royal Navy, Fleet, Mediterranean
- Allied Conference, Yalta, Soviet Union
- Royal Netherlands Navy, HNLMS Flores, Gunboat, (1925)
- Merchant Navy, SS Lancashire
- Merchant Navy, HMT Dilwara, Troopship, (1935)
- British Government, HM Customs and Excise
- Royal Canadian Navy
- Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS Quebec, Cruiser, (1941)
- Royal New Zealand Navy
- Royal Air Force
- British Army
- British Army, Lancers, 17/21
- British Army, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Bn, 1
- United States Navy
- Soviet Army
- German Navy
- German Air Force
- Italian Navy
- Italian Air Force
- Electronics Company, Decca Radar
- Electronics Company, Marconi's Wireless and Telegraph Company
- Electronics Company, Marconi Company Ltd
-
Associated places
- England, United Kingdom
- Sunderland, County Durham, England, United Kingdom
- Torquay, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
- Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
- Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
- Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- Bristol, County of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
- Douglas, Isle of Man, United Kingdom
- Onchan Head, Isle of Man, England, United Kingdom
- Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England, United Kingdom
- Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
- Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
- Wisley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
- River Mersey, England, United Kingdom
- Fareham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
- East Prawle, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
- Totnes, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
- Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
- Tolworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
- Whale Island, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
- East Meon, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
- Corsham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Bass Rock, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
- North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- English Channel
- France
- Normandy, France
- Toulon, Var, France
- Juno Beach, Calvados, Normandy, France
- Southern France
- Mediterranean Sea
- Gibraltar
- Italy
- Reggio di Calabria, Calabria, Italy
- Salerno, Campania, Italy
- Malta
- French Algeria
- Algiers, French Algeria
- Black Sea
- Soviet Union
- Sevastopol, Crimean Oblast, Soviet Union
- Yalta, Crimean Oblast, Soviet Union
- Ceylon
- Colombo, Ceylon
- Hong Kong
- Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong
- Federation of Malaya
- Singapore, Federation of Malaya
- Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Federation of Malaya
- Johore Bahru, Johore, Federation of Malaya
- Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federation of Malaya
- Formosa Strait, South China Sea
- South Korea
- North Korea
- Japan
- Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan
- United States of America
- Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, Hawaii Territory, United States of America
- Kailua Bay, Oahu Island, Hawaii Territory, United States of America
- San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- San Diego, California, United States of America
- Long Beach, California, United States of America
- Mexico
- Acapulco, Mexico
- Guatamala
- Sierra Leone, British West Africa
- Freetown, Sierra Leone, British West Africa
- British West Indies
- Bermuda, British West Indies
- Pacific Ocean
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