Interview with Gareth Chapman

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Description

Object description

British private served with A Coy, 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regt in GB and Iraq, 2003-2007; served with A Coy, 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regt during Operation Herrick VI in Helmand, Afghanistan, 4/2007-11/2007

Content description

REEL 1 Background in Barking, GB, 1987-2003: reasons for joining British Army; family; education. Aspects of enlistment and training with British Army, 2003: process of selection; attractions of joining Parachute Regiment; start of Phase 1 training at Bassingbourn Camp; keeping accommodation clean; familiarisation with rifle; pattern of training; weapons training in Phase 2; character of Phase 2 training; throwing hand grenade; change in relations with instructors; preparations for passing out parade. Aspects of period as private with 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regt in GB, 2003-2005: arrival at battalion and allocation to A Coy; relations with platoon members and importance of seniority; start of training; section attacks; defensive positions. REEL 2 Continues: attending Tes-x exercises; exercises to test Bowman Radio system; opinion of Saxon Armoured Personnel Vehicle. Aspects of period as private with A Coy, 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regt in Iraq, 2005: degree of time given to prepare for tour of Iraq; knowledge of situation in Iraq; briefings and code of conduct; rules of engagement; issue of kit including CamelBak Water Bottle; advice on operating in hot weather conditions; description of body armour worn; deployment to Basra Palace; opinion of accommodation and rations at Basra Palace; opinion of Romanian guards; role of unit in Basra area; vehicle patrols; opinion of 'Snatch' Land Rover; threats to vehicle patrols; foot patrols; relations with civilians; opinion of Iraqi Police; dealing with local civilians. REEL 3 Continues: medical reasons for return to GB early; attitude to service in Iraq. Aspects of period as private with 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regt in GB, 2005-2007: recuperation for injury; rumours of deployment to Afghanistan; awareness of Parachute Regiment's role in Afghanistan; physical preparations for deployment; briefings for deployment; intensive training; degree of knowledge of situation in Afghanistan; issue of Osprey Body Armour; water carried; reasons for not going to Kenya for familiarisation training; rules of engagement. Recollections of operations as private with A Coy, 1st Bn Royal Anglian Regt during Operation Herrick VI in Helmand, Afghanistan, 4/2007-11/2007: flight from GB to Afghanistan; move to Camp Bastion and briefings; role as L9A1 51mm Light Mortar operator; deployment of companies; move to Now Zad; patrol into Taliban held territory; description of attack on company patrol by Taliban during patrol from Now Zad. REEL 4 Continues: collecting high explosive bomb from secure location; aftermath of operation and reaction to hearing of death of Private Christopher Gray, 13/4/2007; return to Camp Bastion; description of countryside; question of how there is little to do to prepare for first contact; reaction to first contact; proposed objective of Operation Silicon; travelling in Viking BvS 10 All Terrain Armoured Vehicle; dealing with initial contacts in Sangin Valley during Operation Silicon; reaction to return of civilian population to homes; success of Operation Silicon in removing Taliban from areas of Sangrin Valley; description of firefight with Taliban during Operation Silicon; character of Taliban fighters; physical state after operations; return to Now Zad; description of sangars and rota worked; dealing with casualties from mining of Viking BvS 10 All Terrain Armoured Vehicle during Operation Lastay Kulung, 30/5/2007-14/6/2007. REEL 5 Continues: incident of vehicle turning over during night operation; duties and conditions in Sangin base; reaction to conditions, lack of supplies and personal kit at Sangin base; question of effects of change in rotation; physical condition on return to Camp Bastion; question of reasons for two week rest and recreation period; reaction to hearing of death of Private Tony Rawson in public house during leave in GB, 10/8/2007; return to Afghanistan; work in stores at Camp Bastion; effects of service in Afghanistan.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), 1990 to the present day (content), 1990 to the present day (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
McDonough, Richard (Recorder)
Chapman, Gareth (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2009-01-20
Dimensions: whole: Duration 150, Number Of Items 5
Catalogue number: 32501

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Chapman, Gareth
Gray, Christopher
Rawson, Tony Alan
British Army
British Army, Royal Anglian Regt, Bn, 1
British Army, Parachute Regiment
British Army, Operation, Lastay Kulung
British Army, Operation, Silicon
British Army, Camp, Bassingbourn
British Army, Camp, Bastion, Afghanistan
Insurgent Organisation, Taliban
Associated events

Iraq War 2003-2011
Associated places

England, United Kingdom
Barking, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Republic of Iraq
Basra, Republic of Iraq
Afghanistan
Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Sangin Valley, Helmand, Afghanistan
Now Zad, Helmand, Afghanistan
Kenya
Associated subjects

Armoured Personnel Carrier, British: Saxon
Armoured Personnel Carrier, British: Viking BvS 10 All Terrain Armoured Vehicle
Associated themes

Military Operations, 2000-Present: Afghanistan, 2001-2015
Military Operations, 2000-Present: Iraq, 2003-2011

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