Interview with Alan Middleton Jenkins

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British officer served with 1/1st Bn King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) in India, 10/1946-11/1947; served with 1/7th Bn Gurkha Rifles, 48th and 63rd Gurkha Bdes, Malaya Command in Federation of Malaya, 1948-1959; served with 1/7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, 48th Gurkha Bde in Hong Kong, 4/1959-7/1961; served with 1/7th Bn Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, 99th Gurkha Bde during Indonesian Confrontation in Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, 11/1963-11/1966

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REEL 1 Background in Meliden, GB, 1927-1945: family; education. Aspects of officer training with British Indian Army in India, 1945-1946: background to joining British Indian Army, 1945; voyage from GB to India, 8/1945; move to Bangalore; lack of civil disturbances in Bangalore area; commissioning into 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment), 4/1946; move to depot at Dharamsala; mess life at Dharamsala. Recollections of period as officer with 1/1st Bn King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment) in India, 1946-1947: posting to 1/1st Gurkha Rifles at Nagpur, 10/1946; his role as intelligence officer in Nagpur area; move to Razmak on North West Frontier; function of Razmak Fort; road opening duties. REEL 2 Continues: Fakir of Ipi's forces' artillery shelling of mule lines; award of Military Cross to Lieutenant Peter Davis in action beyond Gardai, 7/1947; story of expedition to Tibet, 4/1947; conditions during Indian Partition, 1947; role escorting Rajputs to India via Razmak, 11/1947; allocating of regiment to serve with Indian Army; character of Gurkha celebration of Dusserah; background to transfer to 1/7th Gurkha Rifles in Rangoon, Burma, 12/1947. REEL 3 Continues: Recollections of operations as officer with 1/7th Gurkha Rifles, 48th and 63rd Gurkha Bdes, Malaya Command in Federation of Malaya, 1948-1959: stationing in Seremban; start of Malayan Emergency and disposition of Gurkha units, 1948; loss of commanding officer Lieutenant-Colonel Alan Forestier-Walker in Malayan National Liberation Army ambush, near Seremban, 2/2/1954; jungle patrolling; sources of intelligence; use of air power; attitude towards service in Federation of Malaya; period on attachment recruiting in Nepal, 1955-1957. Aspects of period with 1/7th Bn Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, 48th Gurkha Bde in Hong Kong, 4/1959-7/1961: duties on border with People's Republic of China; support in aid of civil power; emphasis on 'hearts and minds' policies. REEL 4 Continues: Aspects of operations as officer with 1/7th Gurkha Rifles. 48th and 63rd Gurkha Bdes in Federation of Malaya, 1948-1959: incident in which Malayan National Liberation Army sentry killed and insurgent positions discovered; loss of batman Rifleman Budhiman Tamang in clash with Malayan National Liberation Army insurgents, 19/3/1949. Aspects of operations commanding B Coy, 1/7th Bn Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, 99th Gurkha Bde during Indonesian Confrontation in Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia, 11/1963-11/1966: description of jungle bases; role guarding border in Serikin area; nature of operations including 'claret' operations; dealing with incursion of Lieutenant Sumbi of 600 Raider Company, Indonesian Army in Barkalalan area, 7/1966. Reflections on military service: background to leaving British Army, 1979; character of Gurkha soldier prior recollections of lack of effect of Second World War on Meliden and Prestatyn.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), 1945-1989 (content), 1945-1989 (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Wood, Conrad (Recorder)
Jenkins, Alan Middleton (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2001-03-15
Dimensions: whole: Duration 120, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 21065

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