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Description: | Wordprocessed memoir (103pp), written in 1996, covering his early family life in the south of Ireland, latterly during the troubles (1904 - 1922), his training as a cadet at the Royal Naval Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth (1919 - 1921), his decision to transfer to the Army and time as a gentleman cadet at the Royal Military College Sandhurst (1923 - 1924), his commissioning into the Royal Irish Fusiliers and service with the 1st Battalion overseas in Egypt (1925 - 1927), India (1927 - 1933) and the Sudan (1933 - 1934) and also in the United Kingdom (1934 - 1937) and as adjutant of the 2nd Battalion in Malta (1938), his selection for the Staff College (1939) and service as Brigade Major of the 150th Infantry Brigade (50th Division) in France from early 1940 until his evacuation from Dunkirk and then as staff officer at Eastern and South Eastern Commands headquarters (1940 - 1941), his appointment as 2nd in Command of the 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment in the United Kingdom (January - May 1942), his command of the 56th Reconnaissance Regiment during their operations under 78th Division in North Africa, Sicily and Italy (November 1942 - March 1945) with particular reference to the final stages of the North African campaign and the harsh weather in Italy, his appointments as Deputy Chief of Staff (British Increment) at HQ 5th US Army in Italy (March - September 1945), as Commandant of the Reconnaissance Corps Training Centre at Catterick (September 1945 - January 1946) and as GSO I to the 6th Armoured Division in Italy (March - November 1946), and his command of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers in Palestine (December 1946 - November 1947) at a time of Jewish terrorist outrages. The memoir, which includes quotations from some of his contemporary letters, gives useful details of the social and sporting as well as professional activities of a regular officer and also reflects the author's pride in his Regiment and the units under his command.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1998-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Chavasse, K G F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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