Interview with Hazel Edgar Bliss Berryman

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British NCO served as observation post assistant with Royal Artillery attached to No 41 (Royal Marine) Commando, 4th Special Service Bde in Normandy, France, 6/1944

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REEL 1 Background in GB, 1918-1939: family; education; employment; joining Territorial Army in Topsham, 1938; reaction to declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939. Aspects of period as gunner and NCO with Royal Artillery in GB, 1939-1944: call-up, 9/1939; basic training at Larkhill; posting to West Somerset Yeomanry at Shepton Mallet; role as observation post assistant; coastal defence duties at Dungeness and Lydd; listening to radio; reception from civilians in Barnsley, 12/1940; volunteering for Combined Operations; training with Combined Operations at Dundonald; technique of spotting for naval guns; spotter work at Papa Westray in Orkneys; attachment to 41 (Royal Marine) Commando, 4/1944. Recollections of operations as observation post assistant, Royal Artillery attached to 41 (Royal Marine) Commando, 4th Special Service Bde in Normandy, France, 6/1944: crossing English Channel; landing with Willys Jeep on Sword Beach, D-Day, 6/6/1944. REEL 2 Continues: his observation post in church in Douvres-la-Délivrande,/La Déliverande area; reaction to death of his superior Captain Peter Dixon in German Air Force attack, 7/6/1944; observation post work from church tower in Ouistreham; withdrawal from Normandy; story of training to become teacher after Second World War; attitude to having served with Royal Artillery during Second World War.

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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)
Berryman, Hazel Edgar Bliss (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2001-03-05
Dimensions: whole: Duration 45, Number Of Items 2
Catalogue number: 20579

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Interview with Hazel Edgar Bliss Berryman

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