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Description: | Ts memoir (30pp) recording his enlistment and service in the RFC principally at Andover with No 104 Squadron RFC, 1917 - 1918, while also describing his later service career during 1941 - 1945, firstly at the Royal Ulster Rifles depot in Northern Ireland, then with the Corps of Military Police in London, 1942 - 1943, and as provost staff with the King's Royal Rifle Corps in York, 1943 - 1944; transferring to the RAOC he was attached to the 1st Tank Brigade (79th Armoured Division) and served in North West Europe, August - October 1944, describing the battle areas in the aftermath of fighting in Normandy. Until his discharge in November 1945 he served at an RAOC depot in Antwerp where he describes V-weapon attacks, the execution of collaborators and fraternisation with German civilians; his attitude is that of an 'old soldier' contemptuous of most of his officers and of discipline.
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Catalogue date 1978-03 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Peyton, H N | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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