DeptName
Documents

IDNO
3582

OtherNumber
85/18/1

ItemName
Private Papers of J F Sweeney

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Photocopy (31pp) of a ts account describing his experiences during the sinking of the SS LANCASTRIA near St Nazaire on 17 June 1940, his rescue, and subsequent escape from St Nazaire in a collier, together with a photocopy (2pp) of a short article describing his involvement in a 60th anniversary pilgrimage to St Nazaire where he met the Irish sailor from HMS HIGHLANDER who rescued him.

MakerName
Sweeney

Forenames
J F

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
6033

OtherNumber
67/256/1

ItemName
Private Papers of P Watson

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
An account of his pilgrimage, June 1990, to St Valery-en-Caux, fifty years after the 51st (Highland) Division was forced to surrender there.

MakerName
Watson

Forenames
P

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
7248

OtherNumber
76/42/1

ItemName
Private Papers of D N Meneaud Lissenburg

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Photocopied memoir (ca 280pp) covering his life over the period 1894 - 1952 and including his enlistment as a boy soldier in India in 1911; service with 97th Battery RFA (29th Division) at Gallipoli, April 1915 - January 1916, and with 147th Battery RFA on the Somme and around Ypres and Bapaume, March - November 1916; a brief period in the United Kingdom recovering from a bout of dysentery; service with the 21st Divisional Artillery at Amiens on the Western Front, July 1918 - 1919; and post-war service in India before his premature retirement in 1931. He was recalled in 1940 for service as an Ordnance Executive Officer until 1946, and the collection includes a photocopied ts account (45pp) co-written by Joseph Murray of a 'pilgrimage' in 1974 to the battlefields and cemeteries of Gallipoli, and a few photographs.

MakerName
Meneaud Lissenburg

Forenames
D N

Style
Captain

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
7913

OtherNumber
99/16/1

ItemName
Private Papers of E A Smith, E A

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Ts account (31pp, with contributions from his comrades, notably extracts from letters written by his Troop Commander, Captain M G T Webster) of his service as the Troop Sergeant of the Reconnaissance Troop, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (5th Guards Armoured Brigade, Guards Armoured Division) in the United Kingdom and North West Europe, May 1943 - May 1945, including: training in the UK, May 1943 - June 1944; embarkation for Normandy, June 1944; active service in North West Europe, June 1944 - May 1945; and mentioning his evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940; baling out of a tank hit by a German 88mm shell during Operation GOODWOOD, July 1944; army life; the food and conditions; low morale after heavy casualties; the liberation of Brussels, September 1944; the advance through Holland and Germany, September 1944 - May 1945; his equipment, notably the Stuart, Honey, and Chaffee tanks; a pilgrimage by survivors of the Troop to Normandy, September 1995; Peter (later Lord) Carrington; Captain (later General Sir David) Fraser; Captain Brian Johnstone, later the cricket commentator; and Colonel Hans von Luck. Also included with the memoir are photographs of Sergeant Smith and his Troop; photographs of the first Trooping The Colour held after the war in Germany; a Roll of Honour (1p), his Army Service Book, the ts citation for his award of the Military Medal, and other papers relating to his service.

MakerName
Smith, E A

Forenames
E A

Honours
MM

RelatedImageFile
SmithEA_007913_7.jpg

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
15/11/2007 05:50:04

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

IndexPlace
UK
Normandy, France
Dunkirk, Nord, France
Brussels, Brabant, Belgium
Netherlands
Germany

IndexEvent
D-Day, Normandy Landing 1944, North West Europe, Second World War
Normandy Breakout, North West Europe, Second World War
Operation Goodwood 1944, North West Europe, Second World War
Defeat of Germany 1945, Second World War

PDF
SmithEA_007913_7.pdf

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
8549

OtherNumber
Misc 210 (3076)

ObjectType
Miscellaneous Documents

ShortSummary
Signed copy of the publication "Gallipoli Revisited" (1934, 64pp plus plates) by W E Stanton Hope, recording the pilgrimage to the Peninsula made by some 720 individuals onboard the Canadian Pacific liner DUCHESS OF RICHMOND in 1934. Affixed inside is an ms letter (3pp, November 1934) from Dick Blackburn who served with Hope in the Royal Naval Division at Gallipoli, while the collection also includes two printed newsletters of the Royal Naval Division Association, the first dated 15 October 1934 (1p) and the second dated February 1982 (5pp).

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
8652

OtherNumber
Misc 30 (541)

ObjectType
Miscellaneous Documents

ShortSummary
Documents relating to the British Legion Pilgrimage of 1928 issued to F J Mutton Esq, consisting of a ticket folder (2pp) with a brief set of instructions concerning the train journey, a torn printed itinerary (3pp) of the trip, a Southern Railway ticket (8pp) for the trip issued on 4 August 1928, a printed timetable (1p) of meals and trains, and an accommodation coupon (1p).

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
9355

OtherNumber
99/62/1

ItemName
Private Papers of H Harris

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Interesting ts account (17pp) written as a veteran of the Dardanelles campaign of 1915 in which he served with the 87th Field Ambulance (29th Division), concerning his involvement in the Second Pilgrimage to Gallipoli, 1 – 23 May 1936, in which he sailed with a group of some 150 fellow veterans including Lord Birdwood, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes and Captain Edward Unwin RN VC (Captain of the SS RIVER CLYDE) aboard the SS LANCASTRIA to Istanbul via Malta, the Dardanelles and the Sea of Marmara, and then along the Turkish coast to the Gallipoli peninsula, describing the state of the battlefields in 1936 and the prevalence of war debris including broken rifles, shells and even unburied dead, visits to the war cemeteries and memorials, and his feelings at returning to the scene of such harsh fighting. The return voyage included a brief stop in the port of Salonika and a visit to Doiran.

MakerName
Harris

Forenames
H

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Sound

IDNO
8567

ProductionDate
1984

ObjectType
Recording

IndexObjects
Music, bugle: Last post

IndexPeople
xxx

IndexPlaces
BE
BE & Ypres

ShortSummary
Music entitled 'Last Post'; recorded at Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium.

ContextDescription
BBC Local Radio Interviews: The Great War
Music: Bugle Calls
Music: First World War

Duration
5

NumberOfParts
E/C

OtherFormats
None

ProductionCompany
BBC Radio

Language
English

RelatedIWMItems
Used in production of BBC Radio series 'The Great War 1914-1918' broadcast 1984

RelatedSoundFile
Lastpost-remembrance.mp3

Weighting
750
900

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
Published

UncatTransferDate
17 November 2006

URLEncodedDeptName
Sound

Access
IWM copyright

Nationality
British

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Sound

IDNO
12698

ProductionDate
6/Jul/1992

ObjectType
IWM interview

IndexObjects
song:

IndexPeople
Campbell, Thalia D xxx
Childs, Thalia D xxx

IndexPlaces
GB, England
GB, England & Berkshire
GB, Wales

IndexUnits
GB.O & Greenham Common Peace Camp

IndexConcepts
Anti war
Nuclear Warfare

ShortSummary
British civilian campaigner for Greenham Common Peace Camp, 1981-1982

FullSummary
REEL 1 Aspects of family and educational background. Aspects of involvement with Anti-nuclear movement. Recollections of march from Cardiff to Greenham Common, 8/1981: leaving Cardiff; making banner for march; hospitality on route; attitude towards press portrayal of march; lack of support from Bristol CND; reception in Marlborough; support from Vicar in Hungerford; increasing politicisation of marchers; singing songs whilst marching; attitude towards men on march; arrival of marchers at base.
REEL 2 Recollections of campaigning for, and periods at Greenham Common Peace Camp, 1981: arrival at Greenham; lack of understanding of purpose of 1981 march; attitude towards portrayal of march by media; reasons for joining march; returning to Wales; publicising and raising money for Greenham camp. Different groups at camp; attitude of women towards men at camp; reasons for exclusion of men; question of Lesbianism at camp; criticism of her selling Greenham badges and postcards; relations between CND and Greenham; visits to Greenham by Glenys Kinnock; story of cutting down of fence on 'Black Cardigans Day' 31/10/82?; support from local people; hostility against Greenham women.
REEL 3 Continues: blockade of camp, spring 1982; later week long blockade of camp; treatment of women by police; injury of police officer during attempt to bring down the fence; story of accidental admittance of Campbell to base by police; decision to avoid arrest; story of attending court for eviction case; lack of organisation of peace camp; concerns over substantial donations to cause.
REEL 4 Continues: difficulties caused by lack of rules and hierarchy at camp; camp symbols and songs; importance of word 'women'; diversity of women at Greenham; attitude towards pacifism; question of missile as phallic symbol; relations between Greenham women; question of use of electromagnetic rays against women at Greenham; living conditions at camp; attitude towards media portrayal of Greenham camp; 'Embrace the Base' event, 12/1982; arrival of cruise missile at Greenham; plans to erect statue to commemorate march from Cardiff to Greenham, 1981.
REEL 5 Continues: plans for commemorative statue; impact of end of Cold War on Greenham; impact of Greenham on her life; story of how Greenham women laid wreath on Cenotaph at Service of Remembrance; impact of Greenham Peace Camp on women's movement and protest movement; question of violence against women during protests; continuing to visit Greenham; sings some Greenham songs

ContextDescription
Anti-War Movement

Duration
145

NumberOfParts
5

OtherFormats
None

MakerName
Campbell, Thalia Delphine

ProductionCompany
IWM

MakerGender
Female

Language
English

RelatedIWMItems
See also IWM interview on 16836 and interview with husband on 12699
Photograph (1992) in file
Leaflets in Department of Printed Books
Banner in Department of Exhibits

RelatedSoundFile
Campbell-remembrance.mp3

Weighting
750
900

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
Published

UncatTransferDate
17 November 2006

URLEncodedDeptName
Sound

Access
IWM copyright

Nationality
British

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Sound

IDNO
13727

ProductionDate
19/Jan/1994

ObjectType
IWM interview

IndexPeople
Kitson, Linda F xxx
Forge, Michael
Weight, Angela
Charles, Prince of Wales
Andrew, Prince
Forge, Michael

IndexPlaces
GB, England
FK

IndexUnits
GB.O & Imperial War Museum
GB.O & Newspaper, Daily Mail
GB.O & Ship, Canberra
GB.O & Ship, Queen Elizabeth 2 <QE2>
GB.N & Ship, Sir Galahad
GB.N & Ship, Sir Tristram
GB.N & Ship, MV Saint Edmund
AR.N & Ship, General Belgrano
GB.F & RAF Brize Norton
GB.O & Government, Ministry of Defence
GB.A & Welsh Guards

IndexConcepts
Combat stress
Artist

ShortSummary
British civilian artist's work as official war artist in Falkland Islands during 1982 conflict

FullSummary
REEL 1 Family background.
REEL 2
REEL 3 Recollections of experiences as official war artist during Falklands war, 5/1982-7/1982: friends' reactions to accepting commission; opinion of role of war artist; Press reactions including harrassment from 'Daily Mail' reporters; reaction to becoming official war artist; being impeded in preparations by Press; opinion of behaviour of Press in war zone; decision not to go into battle alongside soldiers; training of reporters for battle; opinion of being woman on front line; physical hardships; chivalry from troops; being trained for survival on Canberra by Major Mike Forge; acts of bravery witnessed.
REEL 4 Continues: soldiers' reactions to her; being attacked for being part of propaganda; open brief from Imperial War Museum; opinion of need for output to be easily intelligible, therefore visual diary narrative style; IWM displays of Kitson's work; fee received as war artist; conditions in Falklands; fear and nausea; general attitudes towards war art, 1982; artistic influences; reading Edward Ardizzione's diaries, contrast with her own experiences.
R5 Continues: art materials taken; problems of working in wet, cold; amusement caused by her kit, appearance; 'Private Eye' nickname 'Kitbags'; clothing; receiving long johns from quartermaster; being given tights to wear by commandos; physical health; MOD reactions to her.
R6 Continues: first impressions of QE2, adaptions for troop ship; aspects of send-off from Portsmouth including view of soldier in tears, 12/5/1982; contrast between send-off and return with Welsh Guards aboard ferry; atmosphere amongst returning Welsh Guards; reactions to reception for Welsh Guards at RAF Brize Norton; reaction to first aerial view over GB; impact of Prince Charles on morale; reactions to having been Official War Artist, 1982-1987; reactions to reception from Prince Charles.
R7 Continues: opinion of Prince Charles; sense of isolation in Falklands; quantity of art work output; story of nearly losing drawings to 'Daily Mail' journalist Peter Wilson; impressions of women on QE2; nature of working on QE2; view of troops training on board; weight of being overwhelmed with workload; problem with military knowledge; drawing Rapier missile detector; impressions of military training in luxurious surroundings of ship; navigation around ship; opinion of role war artists.
R8 Continues: knowledge amongst soldiers of war artist tradition; reactions to drawings; relations with troops, her alternative role to padres, opposite numbers; demands for artworks from units; comments on drawings from soldiers; benefits of being female as war artist; question of discussions about sinking of General Belgrano (offers military view of justification in war when faced with enemy); question of soldiers' access to information on QE2; stories illustrating problems with intelligence sources, communications from Northwood HQ; reaction to inter-service rivalry, impact on operations; paucity of communications available to Malcolm Hunt for 40 Commando landings; view of command post; question of change in mood among troops, weather during voyage south; cross-decking to Canberra, problems during swell, effect on morale, 28/5/1982.
R9 Continues: weather conditions; role of QE2 civilian crew; accident during cross-decking to Canberra, view of transfer of troops from QE2; behaviour of troops in action; view of soldier about to cross-deck; being instructed to remain on Canberra after San Carlos landings to sketch POWs; impressions of Argentinian soldiers, their belief in British canibalism; equitable treatment of Argentinian wounded; reactions to her drawings; lack of Argentinian markings, charts of mines; work of mine prodders; meeting Captain Blackstone, moving cabin to below waterline.
R10 Continues: anxieties over safety of drawings; cross-decking, 28/May; view of wounded from Atlantic Conveyor embarking QE2; threat of attack to QE2; news of safe arrival of drawings in GB; being landed on wrong beach by islander in dinghy, arriving at special forces post, 3/6/1982; accommodation in estate managers' house; drawings of parts of islands; eclectic nature of stores; death of Major Mike Forge in friendly fire attack on aircraft; reactions to deaths; impressions of Falkland islands.
R11 Continues: view of Port Stanley; areas of deployment, 5/1982-7/1982; view of Fleet Air Arm personnel being taught how to dig in by Marines; dangers of being shot by British patrols, passwords; being visually identified; Army Education Corps' classes for children on islands; opinion of British forces' capabilities of maritime warfare, amphibious landings; asking for suggestions of subject matter to draw; requesting explanantion of war landscape; drawings of command post, quartermaster's store at San Carlos.
R12 Continues: rations, hunger, meal with troops in dark; drawing cookhouse; eating 'A & B biscuits with fruit'; supply of rations; finding enemy food drops; enemy dead in frozen ground; activities of Army Catering Corps; losing weight; question of washing; relations between islanders and soldiers; story of islander's hospitality towards brigadier; importance of spit and polish to morale after ceasefire; extreme weather conditions; difficulties of working in extreme weather conditions; desire not to be an inconvenience; opinion of treatment of Argentinian conscript soldiers by Argentinian military.
R13 Continues: Argentinian soldiers' reactions to returning home, desertion rate; use of white surrender flags; mines, dangerous working conditions; question of treatment of Argentinian POWs; kneecapping of enemy transgressing ceasefires; speaking to traumatised Scots Guard; unit cohesion; opinion of accusations of mistreatment of Argentine POWs; question of battle-hardening of soldiers; appearance of soldiers in battledress.
R14 Continues: impressions of soldiers returning from battle of Mount Tumbledown; stories of hand to hand combat, contrast with Gulf war; post traumatic stress of Scots Guard; post-battle discussions among soldiers including noises, smells of battle; opinion of drawing made of soldiers after battle of Mount Tumbledown; opinion of value of drawings and photographs in war art; appreciation of delicacy of subject matter; story of impact of sketch of Sir Galahad on fire; change in soldiers' attitudes towards her; unwittingly hearing signal of death of Colonel H Jones.
R15 Continues: lack of understanding of intelligence signals; soldiers' interest in drawings; openness, honesty of drawings; signal indicating effect of battle of Goose Green on Argentinian morale; supplies in tin trunk; conditions in which drawings were made; drawing portraits of Gurkhas under threat of air attack at command post, Goose Green; anticipating being killed; behaviour of Gurkhas, islanders; effect on morale of drawing under threat of attack; giving drawings to soldiers; story of sketching next to plastic mines.
R16 Continues: stories illustrating self-censorship including not drawing body bags of British dead; behaviour of Press; lessons learnt about being war artist; moral dilemmas involved in selecting subject-matter; story of photographers' reactions to photographing horror; question of proximity to bombing of Sir Galahad, announcement of 'half battalion dead' by Press; effect of mail on morale.
R17 Continues: bombing of Sir Galahad; views of weather conditions; opinion of precariousness of British victory due to adverse weather; locating bodies under snow; casualties from weather conditions; reactions to ceasefire at base camp, Fitzroy; burying Argentinian dead; morale of soldiers waiting for ships to return from delivering Argentinian POWs; strong emotions at Falklands memorial service; attitude towards red poppies, memorial services; change in attitude towards military personnel; role of padres, war artists; reaction to and view of Welsh Guards on landing craft returning to billets on Sir Tristram; personal morale; being sent to be billetted with Scots Guards.
R18 Continues: demands on drawing capacities, need for other artists; mine prodders; contracting hyperthermia, discharging herself from base hospital, behaviour of nurse, July; being sent to join demoralised Scots Guards at Hill Cove, West Falkland; view of landscape; rotation of troops onto ships to wash, sleep; attitudes towards Prince Andrew, anticipating his visit; story of court martial of Scots Guard for burning colours whilst drunk; decision for her return to GB; flight from Hill Cove to Stanley.
R19 Continues: flight to Stanley then to MV Saint Edmund at Ascension, opinion of heroism of pilot, 7/1982; atmosphere, morale among Welsh Guards on board MV Saint Edmund; inability to draw; need for full watches against suicide attempts on Saint Edmund; nature of return voyage; emotional effects on soldiers after war; demands on being sole war artist in Falklands; opinion of her output from Falklands; opinion of war artists Ronald Searle, Edward Bawden.
R20 Continues: reaction to criticism of work as war artist; reactions of peers, academics; use of work by Angela Weight; aspects of press conference on return at IWM including regret at mentioning '400 squibbles'; opinion of book 'Falklands War: A Visual Diary'; MOD reactions to drawings; effects on being Official War Artist on professional career; work with film director David Putnam on 'Killing Fields.'
REEL 21 Continues: reaction to work on 'Killing Fields'; opinion of profiteering from war art; opinion of political, economic reasons for wars; continued association with title Official War Artist; importance of Official War Artists.

ContextDescription
Military Operations, 1975-2005: Falklands War, 1982
Artists in an Age of Conflict

Duration
620

NumberOfParts
21

OtherFormats
None

MakerName
Kitson, Linda Frances

ProductionCompany
IWM

MakerGender
Female

Language
English

RelatedIWMItems
book: The Falklands war, a visual diary - Dept of Printed Books
drawings in IWM Art Dept
See also interview recorded with British Forces Broadcasting in 1982, SR 6844
Photo 1994 in file

RelatedSoundFile
013727S01.mp3
Kitson-remembrance.mp3

Weighting
750
900

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
Published

UncatTransferDate
25 June 2007

URLEncodedDeptName
Sound

Access
IWM copyright

Nationality
British

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Sound

IDNO
18274

ProductionDate
28/Jan/1999

ObjectType
IWM interview

IndexPeople
Hobby, Iris xxx

IndexPlaces
GB, England
GB, England & London
GB, England & Cheam, Surrey
GB, England & Kent
GB, England & Farnham, Surrey
GB, England & Pyrford, Surrey

IndexUnits
GB.O & Women's Land Army, WLA

ShortSummary
British civilian with Women's Land Army in GB, 1940-1944

FullSummary
REEL 1 Recollections of life, 1930s-1940: contracting bovine TB in leg; treatment of leg; education; work as manageress of confectioners shop; reaction to Munich Crisis, 1938; reaction to outbreak of war, 9/1939; attitude towards war; carrying identity card; volunteering for Women's Land Army, 9/1940; interview. Recollections of period with Women's Land Army, 1940-1944: posting to Halliloo farm, Kent; billet with Mrs Crumett at Bughill Cottages; uniform and kit; proximity of farm to airfields; pay and hours; attitude of Mrs Crumett towards her; living conditions in billet; first day on farm; learning how to milk cows; arrival of second landgirl, Maud; moving to a new billet.
REEL 2 Continues: living conditions in Mrs Crumett's house; having weekly bath; relationship with farmer's family; story of how she and two farm workers protested against sacking of landgirl, Maud; lack of contact with and support from WLA organisation; air raids in area; firewatching duties; living conditions; coping with her disability; daily routine; attitude towards working with cows; social life in local pub; move to Middle Farm, Farnham.
REEL 3 Continues: living and working conditions for farm workers and families; duties; cleaning out Bull's enclosure alone; arrival of Canadian soldiers to help with Harvest; relationship with soldier and farm workers; decision to leave Middle Farm; move to Pyrford, Surrey; attitude towards billets; abortive attempt to move to WLA hostel; move to cottage; harassment by Italian POWs working on farm; marriage to soldier, 7/1943; continuing farm duties until 7 months pregnant; attitude towards period with WLA and work on dairy farms; question of recognition of work of WLA.
REEL 4 Continues: Reflections on WLA experience: story of how WLA hold their own Cenotaph parade each October; attitude towards the book and film 'Land Girls' (1998); attitude towards period with WLA; question of payment for accommodation; question of independence.

ContextDescription
Civilian Life And War Work, 1939-1945: Home Front, 1939-1945

Duration
105

NumberOfParts
4

OtherFormats
None

MakerName
Hobby, Iris Lilian

ProductionCompany
IWM

MakerGender
Female

Language
English

RelatedIWMItems
Photographs (1940s & 1999) in file

RelatedSoundFile
018274S01.mp3
Hobby-remembrance.mp3

Weighting
750
900

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
Published

UncatTransferDate
17 November 2006

URLEncodedDeptName
Sound

Access
IWM copyright

Nationality
British

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Sound

IDNO
18772

ProductionDate
8/Apr/1999

ObjectType
IWM interview

IndexPeople
Thompson, Donald Frederick xxx

IndexPlaces
GB, England
GB, England & Birmingham, Warcs]
GB, England & Hall Green, Birmingham, Warks
GB, England & Smethwick, Birmingham, Warks
GB, England & Shirley, Birmingham, Warcs
GB, England & Solihull, Birmingham, Warcs
GB, England & Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, Warcs
EG
EG & Suez Canal Zone
PI
PI & Beersheba
HK
HK & New Territories
KR
KR & Pusan
KR & Hill 217
KR & Hill 317
KR & London Ridge

IndexUnits
GB.A & BA, Blackdown Camp
GB.A & Depot, Guards, Caterham
GB.A & Sherwood Forester, Bn 2, Coy 3
GB.A & Leicestershire Regt, Royal, Bn 1, Platoon Signals
GB.A & Dragoon Guards 5
GB.A & Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Bn 1
GB.A & Parachute Regt
GB.O & Ship, Devonshire
GB.O & Air Raid Precautions
GB.A & Bde Midland
GB.A & Depot, Midland Bde, Strensall
GB.A & BA, Woodfield Barracks, Hong Kong
GB.A & BA, Norwegian Farm Camp, Hong Kong
GB.A & BA, Brittania Camp, Korea

ShortSummary
British civilian schoolchild in Birmingham, GB, 1940-1941; private served with Parachute Regt in GB, 1945; served with 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters in Palestine, 1945-1946; NCO served with 1st Bn Leicestershire Regt in Hong Kong and Korea, 1948-1952

FullSummary
REEL 1 Background in Hall Green, Birmingham, 1927-1939: family; education. Recollections of Birmingham Blitz, 1940-1941: bombing of city, 11/1941; incident of land mine tangled in tram wires; sight of German Air Force circling over Birmingham before attacking Coventry, 11/1940; father's record as soldier in Second World War; bombs which fell on Hall Green; period as ARP messenger at Sparkhill, 1942-1944; German Air Force attacks on 'shadow factories' in Shirley, Solihull and Castle Bromwich areas; destruction of city centre; public morale; co-operation with neighbours. Memories of declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939. Question of effect of war on his schooling. Enlistment and period of army training in GB, 1944-1945: enlistment, 1944; role of young soldier battalions; barrack room 'bull'; nature of training at Blackdown, 1944; wish for active service in Second World War; benefits of training; emphasis on self-reliance.
REEL 2 Period of training with Parachute Regt in GB, 1945: volunteering for unit; nature of training; plans for airborne attack on Japan, summer 1945; abortive voyage from GB to Far East aboard HMT Devonshire; reasons for return to Suez Canal Zone, Egypt. Recollections of period with 3 Coy, 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters in Palestine, 1945-1946: joining unit at Beersheba c8/1945; opinion of regular army life in Palestine; attitude of local populations towards troops, 1945-1946; question of degree of danger; lecture on Zionist nationalism and threat to British troops; attitude to divisional exercises in desert; return to GB, 1946.
REEL 3 Continues: Period as training instructor in GB, 1946-1948: orders to train Danish conscripts and impression Danish platoon made on him; composition of Midland Bde, 1947; promotion to sergeant and reaction to drill course at Guards Depot, Caterham; opinion of drill instructors Sergeant McQueen and RSM Brittain; period at Midland Bde Training Depot, Strensall, 1948; decision to send forces to Hong Kong. Recollections of period as NCO with 1st Bn Royal Leicestershire Regt in Hong Kong, 1948-1951: membership of advance party; move from Woodfield Barracks to the New Territories; arrival of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at Norwegian Farm; dealing with riot in Nathan Road, early 1949; anti- refugee patrols in New Territories, 1949;sight of Chinese Communist aircraft attack on oil tanks over Chinese border; character of climate including coping with insects; news of outbreak of war in Korea, 7/1950.
REEL 4 Continues: preparations of Signal Platoon to move from Hong Kong to Korea, 8/1951-9/1951. Recollections of operations with Signal Platoon, 1st Bn Leicestershire Regt in Korea, 1951-1952: reception on arrival in Pusan, 9/1951; nature of train journey to Britannia Camp; move into reserve positions behind lines, 10/1951; Chinese attacks on Hills 317 and 217; role of unit as counter-attack battalion; role as platoon sergeant with brigade headquarters; Chinese ground attack on Hill 217; attitude towards killing; tactics employed by Chinese on Hill 217; use of Bren gun fire on Hill 217; Chinese infantry tactics and use of artillery and mortars; relief of unit by US troops; question of performance of unit, autumn, 1951.
REEL 5 Continues: performance of Sergeant Phillips during fighting for Hill 217; return of unit to defensive positions in front-line, c12/1951; plans for 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards to capture London Ridge; US Marine Corps aircraft napalm attack on London Ridge; witnessing helicopter rescue of pilot; work of medivac helicopters; question of unit's role in United Nations' last offensive operation of Korean War; handing over to Australian unit; memorial service at Pusan; effects of war on Korean civilians; use of Korean porters; rigid formulae used by Koreans in conversation about war; question of lack of long term effects of war on him; maintaining telephone line contact with platoons; provision of wireless spares to platoons; question of worthwhileness of war; question of regimental loyalty; living conditions in Korea; weather conditions.
REEL 6 Continues: effects of winter weather; use of drip-feed jerrycans as heaters; incident when signal office set on fire and injuries to signaller; winter clothing issue; lack of army hygiene in field.

ContextDescription
Military Operations, 1945-1975: Korea, 1950-1953

Duration
160

NumberOfParts
6

OtherFormats
None

MakerName
Thompson, Donald Frederick

ProductionCompany
IWM

MakerGender
Male

Language
English

RelatedIWMItems
Photographs (1952, 1997) in file

RelatedSoundFile
018772S01.mp3
Thompson-remembrance.mp3

Weighting
750
900

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
Published

UncatTransferDate
17 November 2006

URLEncodedDeptName
Sound

Access
IWM copyright

Nationality
British

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Sound

IDNO
21614

ProductionDate
8/May/2001

ObjectType
IWM interview

IndexObjects
anti-tank rifle, British: Boyes
artillery, German: 88mm

IndexPeople
Loffman, Phil xxx

IndexPlaces
AU
AU & Perth
AU & Sydney
EG
EG & Suez Canal
EG & El Alamein
EG & Ruin Ridge
EG & Cairo
PI
PI & Jerusalem
LY
LY & Tobruk
LY & Benghazi
IT
IT & Brindisi
IT & Bari
IT & Trieste
DE
DE & Dresden
GB, England
GB, England & Eastbourne, Sussex

IndexUnits
AU.A & Bn 2/28
AU.O & League, Son's of Soldiers
AU.O & League, Returned Serviceman
AU.O & Museum, War Museum of Western Australia
AU.O & Association, 2/28th
AU.A & Militia
AU.A & Citizen's Military Force
AU.A & Australian Div 9
AU.A & Camp, Northam
GB.A & Royal Tank Regt 50
GB.O & Merchant Ship, Acquitainia
GB.O & Merchant Ship, Stirling Castle
NL.O & Merchant Ship, Nieuw Zeeland
DE.O & POW Camp, Moosburg
DE.O & POW Camp, Lansdorf

ShortSummary
Australian NCO served with 2/28th Bn Australian Imperial Forces in North Africa, 1941-1942; POW in Italy and Germany, 1942-1945

FullSummary
REEL 1 Background in Perth, 1920-1939: family; father's military service in First World War; membership of Son's of Soldiers League; membership of military cadets; nature of community prior to Second World War; personal motivation towards enlistment; reading copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf; degree of knowledge of events in Europe. Aspects of period as driver in militia, 1939-1940: job as driver; opinion of equipment; attitude towards declaration of Second World War and enlistment; character of national spirit; process of enlistment into Australian Army at Northam Camp. Aspects of period with 2/28th Bn Australian Army, 1940-1941: method of joining up; attitude towards pay; age of volunteers; character of recruits.
REEL 2 Continues: Aspects of voyage from Australia to Egypt aboard, 1/1941-3/1941: travelling up the Suez Canal; sight of Italian POW Camps and opinion of Italian troops; speed of convoy; attitude to leaving Australia; conditions on board Acquitainia; lack of knowledge of destination; transfer to Nieuw Zeeland in Columbo; hygiene lectures and recreation on board ship; opinion of Suez Canal. Aspects of period as corporal with 2/28th Bn Australian Army in Middle East, 1941: reception on arrival in Palestine; leave in Jerusalem; impressions of Middle East; wish to get into action; attitude towards Italians; lack of political debate amongst troops; training; conditions in camp in Palestine.
REEL 3 Continues: question of sorting out level of command not in training but in action. Recollections of operations as corporal with 2/28th Bn Australian Army in Tobruk, 1941: story of Rommel's attitude towards Australian POWs; effect of sand storm on weapons; sight of retreating Allied troops; defensive positions and equipment including opinion of Boyes anti-tank rifle; character of the 'Bush Artillery'; naval supply of Tobruk; unloading ships in Tobruk harbour; description of port of Tobruk; use of concrete bunkers and psychological problem of leaving bunkers; defensive positions; patrolling; use of mines; resting in daytime; water shortages; rations available; state of health; leave in Cairo after leaving Tobruk; lack of mail in Tobruk; state of morale after six months.
REEL 4 Continues: organisation of patrols; problems of firing Bren gun from hip; reaction to being fired at and causalities; degree of isolation in positions at Tobruk; impression of Rommel; question of age of commanding officer; Australian troops' motivation; period out of front-line; lack of air support; morale during siege; importance of patrolling; leaving Tobruk by destroyer; diet during siege. Aspects of period as private with 2/28th Bn Australian Army in Middle East, 1941-1942: move to Tripoli in Syria; shooting of Arab labourer whilst stealing equipment.
REEL 5 Continues: contrast between training in Western Desert and Syria; conditions in Syria; question of degree of threat from Germans in Syria; reaction to Japan's entry into Second World War; opinion of Axis troops; attitude on return to Western Desert; need to disguise brown boots. Recollections of operations as private with 2/28th Bn Australian Army in Western Desert, 1942: attitude of retreating South Africans; description of being under fire from German 88mm guns; digging in at El Alamein; arrival of 50th Royal Tank Regt, 7/1942; opinion of 50th Royal Tank Regt in facing 88mm guns; panic in Cairo and attitude of Egyptians towards Allies; German defensive minefields at El Alamein, 1942; attacks on Ruin Ridge; loss of platoon commander during attempt to retrieve lost map case; advice he gave to new platoon commander; soldier who managed to get back from attack at Ruin Ridge.
REEL 6 Continues: barrage prior to El Alamein; reasons for not taking POWs; initial night time attack on Ruin Ridge; loss of supporting vehicles and artillery to German counter barrage; opinion of British armour and tank crews; loss of unit's anti-tank guns. Aspects of period as POW in North Africa, 1942: circumstances of capture; loss of platoon officer and NCOs; reaction to loss of comrades; loss of camera to German soldier; contrast in treatment between German and Italian captors; move to Benghazi; rations available. Aspects of voyage from Libya to Italy, 1942: conditions on board ship; torpedoing of ship carrying POWs.
REEL 7 Continues: fate of POWs on torpedoed ship; degree of knowledge of destination; reaction to becoming POW; conditions in hold of ship. Recollections of period as POW in Italy, 1942-1943: condition on arrival in Brindisi; reception from Italian civilians; move to Bari; clearing lice from clothing; move to POW camp near Trieste; mass escape of POWs; emphasis on escaping; character of POW camp; membership of working party in rice fields; collapse of Italian regime, 7/1943; attempt to escape to Switzerland and recapture on border; need to travel in small groups; relations with Italian civilians during escape attempt; method of travelling; attitude of German troops towards Italian civilians; recapture by Caribineri; opinion of Italian partisans.
REEL 8 Continues: story of murder of comrade captured with partisans; role of partisans; reasons for leaving Italian farm; degree of security in partisan unit; partisan weapons; shooting up of German convoy; crossing rivers; border defences; handing over to German Army; German collection of Italian forced labourers. Recollections of period as POW in Germany, 1943-1945: move to Moosburg POW Camp; story of capture by German Army; obtaining clothing in stores; initial allocation to Russian compound; move to US Air Force compound.
REEL 9 Continues: attitude to period in solitary confinement; impressions of German POW camp guards; German treatment of Russian POWs; degree of knowledge of Geneva Convention; rations available and importance of Red Cross parcels; listening to stories from US airmen; opinion of US boots; move to Lansdorf POW Camp; use of toilet block; condition of POWs captured at Dunkirk; character of camp; accommodation; attitude to being confined in large camp; reasons for lack of escapes in Germany in comparison with Italy; attitude to being placed on working party; character of work camp.
REEL 10 Continues: character of accommodation in work camp; effect of Allied bombing; daily routine; self inflicted wounds to get off work party; threat from unexploded bombs; state of morale; character of German guards; question of payment; destruction of accommodation, 25/12/1944; character of work and camp's production; reasons for leaving camp, 4/1945; question of sabotaging German war effort; behaviour of Hitler Youth guarding POWs.
REEL 11 Continues: character of air raid shelters; method of moving cement; obtaining role as diesel engineer; work as diesel engineer; character of US air raids; treatment of Allied airman by German guard; under Allied bombing; hearing the bombing of Dresden; character of German guards; treatment by SS guard in brickworks; treatment of German civilian prisoners.
REEL 12 Continues: working conditions in winter; coping with winter conditions; industrial activity in area surrounding camp; leaving camp, 4/1945. Aspects of liberation in Germany, 1945: arrival of Russian troops, 4/1945; reception by Russian troops; joining Russian horse drawn transport; acquiring German vehicle; heading west to American lines; arrival in American lines; transfer to Belgium; delousing process; flight to GB; reception in Eastbourne; social life in GB, 1945; memories of VE Day, 5/1945.
REEL 13 Continues: Reflections on period as POW and return to Australia, 1942-1945: attitude towards Germans troops and civilians; question of Germans not wanting to taken by the Russians; memories of VJ Day in Perth; state of German cities; voyage from GB to Australia on board Stirling Castle; reception in Sydney; train journey from Sydney to Perth; reaction to return to Australia; adjusting to civilian life; return to employment; joining Returned Serviceman's League; ambitions on return to civilian life; increase in use of cars during war; use for back pay; reasons for rejoining Citizen's Military Force, 1948.
REEL 14 Continues: role with Citizen's Military Force and opinion of 17 Pounder; training cadets with Citizen's Military Force; role as president of 2/28th Association; question of role of army in peacetime; question of changing face of remembrance; need for preparation for future wars; role in establishing War Museum of Western Australia.

ContextDescription
Military Operations, 1939-1945: North Africa, 1940-1943

Duration
420

NumberOfParts
14

OtherFormats
None

MakerName
Loffman, Phil

ProductionCompany
IWM

MakerGender
Male

Language
English

RelatedSoundFile
Loffmann-remembrance.mp3

Weighting
750
900

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

WebStatus
Published

UncatTransferDate
17 November 2006

URLEncodedDeptName
Sound

Access
IWM copyright

Nationality
Australian

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Sound

IDNO
23173

ProductionDate
8/May/2002

ObjectType
IWM interview

IndexPeople
Williams, Sonia xxx
Bech, Sonia xxx
Ryder Richardson, Colin
Davies, Eric
Partridge, Barbara
Bech, Barbara

IndexPlaces
GB, England
AC, North

IndexUnits
GB.O & Merchant Navy & City of Benares

IndexConcepts
Evacuee

ShortSummary
British civilian schoolchild survivor of torpedoing of evacuee ship SS City of Benares, 9/1940

FullSummary
REEL 1 Aspects of family and educational background. Recollections of life in Sussex, 1939-1940: memories of outbreak of war; arrival of Canadian troops; preparations for war; impact of war on father's work; plans for her and her siblings to go to Canada with mother; preparations for evacuation; journey to Liverpool; air raids. Recollections of period on board SS City of Benares, 13-17/9/1940: impressions of ship; relations with Indian crew; lack of contact with evacuees on ship; lifeboat drills. Recollections of torpedoing of City of Benares and rescue, 9/1940: sounding of alarm; preparing to evacuate ship; sister's descent into lifeboat.
REEL 2 Continues: jumping onto raft; witnessing sinking of ship; story of how Eric Davies pulled their raft away from sinking ship; people on raft; clinging on to raft; falling from raft and near death experience; rescue by sailor; rescue from raft by lifeboat from sunk SS Marina; arrival of HMS Hurricane; treatment by crew of Hurricane; fate of other passengers from City of Benares; fears for sister Barbara; reunion with Barbara; story of how one lifeboat spent a further 7 days at sea; life jackets; conditions on raft; arrival in Scotland; acquiring new clothes; telling her story to journalists; story of how her father learnt of the disaster; media interest in City of Benares.
REEL 3 Continues: reunion with sailor on their raft, Mr Lewis, post-war; remembrance of disaster; memories of Colin Ryder Richardson; reunion with other survivors; experiences of Colin Ryder Richardson; media coverage of sinking of City of Benares in Denmark; return to Bognor Regis; talking about her experiences; impact of experience on her life; reunion with sailor on their raft, Mr Lewis; reasons why their escape from the ship was delayed.
REEL 4 Continues: mother's reaction to seeing stunned mother and young girl during escape who were later drowned; memories of Eric Davies; physical effects of period on raft; description of raft.

ContextDescription
Civilian Life And War Work, 1939-1945

Duration
120

NumberOfParts
4

OtherFormats
None

MakerName
Williams, Sonia

ProductionCompany
IWM

MakerGender
Female

Language
English

RelatedIWMItems
Interview with Sonia Williams' sister, Barbara Partridge, on 20490
Interview with Colin Ryder Richardson on 20805
Recording (1940) of Eric Davies on
Photograph of Sonia Williams with siblings, mother and Colin Ryder Richardson in file
Photograph (2002) in file
Memoir of childhood, in file

RelatedSoundFile
WilliamsS-civilians.mp3
WilliamsS-remembrance.mp3

Weighting
750
900

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration
CivilDefence

WebStatus
Published

UncatTransferDate
17 November 2006

URLEncodedDeptName
Sound

Access
IWM copyright

Nationality
British

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
FLA 559

ItemName
flag, national, British, Union Flag

ObjectType
flag

FullSummary
One of the National flags hung from the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Day ceremonies in Whitehall. These ceremonies, to honour the British and Commonwealth dead of the two world wars and subsequent conflicts, are normally held on the nearest Sunday to 11th November - the date of the Armistice in 1918. The start of the ceremony, timed to coincide with 11 o'clock in the morning, the hour at which the guns fell silent along all fronts in 1918 is heralded by the firing of `maroons'. This is followed by the `Two Minutes Silence' which ends with a Bugler sounding Reveille. This is then followed by the laying of wreaths and a Religious Service, normally conducted by the Bishop of London after which there is a march past by representatives of ex-servicemen's associations and civilian organisations. The ceremony held at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday is regarded as an extremely important occasion in the British national calendar and is attended by the Reigning Sovereign, other members of the Royal Family, the Prime Minister of the day, members of the Cabinet, leaders of other political parties, the Chiefs of Staff, Commonwealth High Commissioners or their Representatives and the leaders of most the major religious groupings within the United Kingdom.

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
Union flag made of bunting and measuring 10ft broad and 6ft wide.

Access
Access by prior appointment

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
EPH 2313

ItemName
poppy

ObjectType
misc

IndexPeople
Wilson (Colonel)

IndexUnits
GB.O & Salvation Army

IndexHistPeriod
Interwar

FullSummary
Interwar period British 'Remembrance Day' poppy which belonged to Colonel Wilson of the Salvation Army.

RelatedIWMItems
PHOTOS

RelatedImageFile
EPH_002313.jpg

Weighting
1000
900

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
26/10/2007 05:50:18

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
poppy (95 mm in diameter) made of cloth strengthened with wire at the stem. Embossed in the centre is the inscription 'HAIG'S FUND'. A tag attached to the poppy bears the inscription 'EARL HAIG'S APPEAL For Ex-Service Men of all Ranks and their Dependents BRITISH LEGION 'REMEMBRANCE DAY (Reg. No 689 752)'.

Access
On display at IWM North

IndexEvent
Remembrance Sunday, Ceremonies

Theme
Great Britain 1919-1939

CoLStatus
Published

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
EQU 2834

ItemName
pair of Identity Discs, officer's, British Army

ObjectType
personal equipment, British

IndexPeople
Bowles, H T (Lieutenant)

IndexUnits
GB.A & Royal Army Pay Corps & RAPC

FullSummary
Lieutenant Harold Thomas Bowles was born on 6 Sept 1916 at the Military Hospital Poona, India. He died in London on 27 Nov 2000. Three previous generations of his family had been professional soldiers, but poor eyesight prevented Bowles from following the family tradition and joining the King's Own Royal Regiment. However, he was eventually called up for service in the Pay Corps on 2 April 1940 and commissioned in June 1942 after 3 months at an OCTU (Officer Cadet Training Unit). Bowles served in Ashford, Middlesex, then in London with units of RAPC. He transferred to War Office (F9) and worked there until 1946. Following a further transfer, this time to the Intelligence Corps, he was demobilised in June 1947. While with the War Office, he also did duty in Hyde Park on an Anti-Aircraft Gun site. Bowles was later called up for 'Z' training in the RARO (Royal Army Reserve of Officers) from 30 June to 14 July 1951. Identity Discs: serving troops of all ranks were issued with a set of identity discs. This set consisted of a red and a green disc together with a 38 inch length of of thin cord. Both discs were worn suspended on the cord around the wearer's neck and beneath the uniform. The No 1 green disc was tied to the suspension cord 6 inches apart from the No 2 red disc, and an additional red disc was issued to mark the anti-gas respirator. The ID discs (although not the one issued to mark the ant-gas respirator), showed the soldier's army number, his initials and surname in full and his religious denomination. The official abbreviations were as follows:
CE - Church of England
CI - Church of Ireland
Pres - Church of Scotland and Presbyterian
RC - Roman Catholic
Meth - Methodist
BAP - Baptist
Cong - Congregationalist
J - Jewish
SA - Salvation Army
CSci - Christian Scientist
U - Unitarian
PB - Plymouth Brethren
Q - Quaker
For soldiers who declared themselves to be of a denomination not on the list, or who professed no religious affiliation, no entry was stamped on the disc. On being commissioned officers were allocated a personal number, and this number was inscribed on the officer's ID disc in the same manner and with similar information as for the ID discs of other ranks.
The green identity disc was left with the body or remains and the red disc removed. Where only one disc was found on a body regulation stated that it should on no account be removed. For a number of reasons, including the heat in the desert and the humidity in the jungle areas, these composite fibre discs suspended on what amounted to a piece of string, proved far from durable. In the event, for jungle scales, metal ID discs were introduced with a nylon, rotproof, cord.

RelatedIWMItems
UNI 11462 to UNI 11471, EQU 2822 to EQU 2834, some INS and pamphlets.

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
One circular red composite fibre disc and one octagonal dark green composite fibre disc linked by thin cord.

Access
Access by prior appointment

DeptName
Film

IDNO
MGH 4241

ProductionDate
1943

ItemName
[HEROES REMEMBRANCE DAY, ENTRAINMENT EXERCISES, DECORATION CEREMONY, 1943] [Allocated]
[BECKER COLLECTION] [series, allocated]

IndexObjects
ceremonies, German - event-related: Heldendenktag
ceremonies, German - event-related: [investiture]
armour, German - SPG: ~~FCM 10.5cm leFH 16
armour, German - SPG: 7.5cm PAK 40 (sf) auf Geschutzwagen Hotchkiss H-39 (f)
armour, German - SPG: 10.5cm leFH 18 auf Geschutzwagen Hotchkiss H-39 (f)

IndexPeople
Becker, Alfred
Feuchtinger, Edgar

IndexUnits
~~Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 200
~~15/AR 227
~~Panzer-Grenadier Regiment Nr. 125

ShortSummary
Remembrance ceremony for men of Becker's old unit killed in action in Russia; entraining vehicles with improvised ramps; decoration of the commander of Panzer-Grenadier Regiment Nr 125.

FullSummary
(Section 1) On 15 March 1943 a Wehrmacht band leads a parade of Major Becker's unit (the 'gepanzerte Artillerie Brigade' of Schnelle Brigade West, later to become Sturmgeschütz Abteilung 200). They form up around a memorial to the men of 15 Batterie Artillerie Regiment 227 killed in action during the Leningrad siege of 1941-42. Becker and his officers lay wreaths. The film intercuts the names of the men killed and includes a flashback shot of the 227. Infanterie Division cemetery at Mga on the perimeter of the Leningrad siege.
(Section 2) A title "Monatschau" suggests that Becker's film maker presented a monthly film to Sturmgeschütz Abteilung 200. A further title dates the following sequence as December 1943, in which the men of the unit assemble loading ramps from logs somewhere in northern France. Becker is seen lending a hand in the construction work in what are clearly very cold and snowy conditions. Hotchkiss 7.5cm PAK and 10.5cm leFH 18 self-propelled guns are successfully driven on to railway flatcars using the log ramp. In the nearby field a lone sentry on anti-aircraft duty stands by an MG34 flak mounting.
(Section 3) Decoration of Oberst Maempel with the Knight's Cross in December 1943(?) probably in Brittany. The divisional commander, Generalmajor Feuchtinger, inspects troops from Maempel's regiment, Panzer-Grenadier Regiment Nr 125, and from Sturmgeschütz Abteilung 200, before presenting the award. The ceremony continues with addresses to the troops, further inspections and a march past.

ContextDescription
Acquisition: see note to MGH 4237
Title: title on original film can "Heldendenktag - Rampenbau - Ritterkreuz".
Summary: for more detailed synopsis see James Barker's notes.

Duration
15 mins

Format
P 1/16/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
Mute

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
360 ft

ProductionCountry
Germany

Language
none

LanguageMainTitles
German

LanguageSubtitles
German

OtherReferences
Barker, P J : 1995 : Becker's Monsters : Imperial War Museum Review : No 10

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
08/01/2009 05:50:22

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
MGH 682

ProductionDate
1969

ItemName
RETURN TO FLANDERS : the story of a pilgrimage [Main]

IndexPlaces
Belgium

ShortSummary
Short film about the visit of a group of First World War veterans to Flanders in 1969.

FullSummary
The film follows the last visit by the Norfolk and Norwich Ypres Association to Ypres and other Belgium battle sites, in 1969. There are shots of Ypres Cloth Hall; the Burgomaster of Ypres and the Aide-de-Camp of the Belgian King formally welcome the veterans. There are shots of the Menin Gate Memorial, the Tyne Cot Cemetery and of Century Wood. The last post is played over slow pans across acres of British war graves.

Duration
12 mins

Format
P 1/16/A

Colour
Colour

Sound
Comopt

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
420 ft

ProductionCompany
Norfolk and Norwich Ypres Association

ProductionTeam
Kenten, David C: director
Kenten, David C: producer

ProductionCast
Robson, Michael: commentary

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
25/04/2007 05:50:17

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
NON-IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
WIF 466

ProductionDate
9/1948

ItemName
[WELT IM FILM UNEDITED MATERIAL : 'Ploetzensee Prison Ceremony' story] [Allocated]

ShortSummary
Unedited film of a wreath-laying ceremony, in commemoration of the victims of Fascism, at Plötzensee Prison.

FullSummary
The film shows the arrival of the relatively small procession at the gaol in Berlin (the place of execution for the July "Bomb Plot" conspirators against Hitler). Several wreaths are carried; close up of the ribbon on one, reading "Sie starben fuer die Freiheit" from the Berlin SPD. Speeches are made from a small stand, by a city assembly delegate, Frau Ehlert, the writer Hilde Körber, a former prison inmate Wilhelm Löffler and SPD leader and council-speaker Otto Suhr. The wreaths are carried into the building and arranged in the execution chamber. Film closes with long shots of the gathering, and film of a small band playing. (Material used in Item a of WIF 415)

Duration
4 mins

Format
P 1/35/N

Colour
B&W

Sound
Mute

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
404 ft

ProductionCountry
Allied Military Government

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
None

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
30/01/2009 05:50:10

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
NTB 224-2

ProductionDate
11/12/1915

ItemName
TOPICAL BUDGET (item) [Main]

IndexObjects
ceremonies, French - event-related: memorial service

IndexPeople
Barres, Maurice

IndexPlaces
France & Champigny, Marne <cemetery>

ShortSummary
Patriotic pilgrimage in France.

FullSummary
'PATRIOTS AT CHAMPIGNY: The annual pilgrimage at Champigny la Bataill organised by M. Maurice Barres to honour the Patriots who have died for their Country'. The procession makes its way past the cemetery at Champigny. Umbrellas are much in evidence, since it is raining, and many people are carrying wreathes. Three men (one of the presumably M Barres) give speeches.

ContextDescription
Summary: single item from newsreel issue. Details of contents derived largely from work by Luke McKernan of the NFTVA, to whom much of the credit must go.

Duration
1 min

Format
P 2/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
Silent

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
61 ft

ProductionSponsor
War Office

ProductionCompany
Topical Film

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
None

LanguageSubtitles
English

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
FAL 16933

ProductionDate
10/9/1982

ItemName
[FRIGATES RETURN HOME FROM THE FALKLANDS] [Allocated]
[FALKLANDS CONFLICT] [series, allocated]

ShortSummary
The frigates «HMS Avenger», «HMS Penelope» and «HMS Andromeda» sail into Devonmouth port after service in the South Atlantic; wife of Chief Petty Officer Wilson comments on their return; families go on board; commemoration service at Plymouth Hoe.

ContextDescription
Production: Broadcast on News at Ten.

Duration
2 mins 1 sec

Format
U-matic (Hi-Band)

Colour
Colour

Sound
Sound

NumberOfParts
1

ProductionCompany
ITN

ProductionTeam
[Borer, Mike]: [cameraman]

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
none

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
30/01/2009 05:50:10

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
NON-IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
MGH 4399

ProductionDate
1963

ItemName
[COLONEL HARRY PORTER'S TOUR OF FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLEFIELDS IN FRANCE, 1963: VIMY RIDGE, THIEPVAL] [Title, allocated]
[AMATEUR FILM - HARRY J PORTER] [Title, alternative]

ShortSummary
Amateur film shot by Colonel Harry Porter of 245 (Ulster) Regiment Royal Artillery (after renaming in 1955) shows towns, battlefields and memorials visited with Captain Roland Sinton and Colonel Jack Bailie on pilgrimage tour of First World War sites in Northern France: Dunkirk, Ypres, Menin Gate, Canadian front line at Vimy Ridge and Memorial, with family where billeted in 1940, Arras, Thiepval Memorial and Helen's Tower on Somme, showing route taken by Ulster Division on 1 July 1916, ending with sights of Paris.

Duration
13 mins

Format
P 1/16/A

Colour
Colour

Sound
Silent

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
298 ft

ProductionTeam
Porter, Harry J (Colonel): cameraman

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
NON-IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
MGH 2825

ProductionDate
1935

ItemName
PILGRIMAGE TO GALLIPOLI
[AMATEUR FILM BY MAJOR G B HORRIDGE] [Alternative]

ShortSummary
Amateur film shot by Major G B Horridge (who fought with 5th Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers at Cape Helles from 5 May to 15 September 1915) records sites visited during the Gallipoli Pilgrimage organised by the Royal Naval Division in 1935.

FullSummary
Reel 1: Tourist shots of Gibraltar, Pompeii, Vesuvius, Athens and service on board «SS Duchess of Richmond» for Gallipoli veterans.
Reel 2: Shots of ANZAC and Helles battle sites.
Reel 3: Shots of Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Fusilier Bluff and other battle sites.

ContextDescription
Summary: full details of sites visited in Acquisition file.

Format
16mm

Colour
B&W

Sound
Silent

NumberOfParts
3

ProductionTeam
Horridge, G B (Major): cameraman

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
None

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
BFA 634

ProductionDate
11/11/1996

ItemName
[HONG KONG, NOVEMBER 1996 (TAPE 1)] [Allocated]
[BRITISH ARMY IN HONG KONG PRIOR TO THE HANDOVER TO CHINA] [Allocated Series]

ShortSummary
The last Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph in Hong Kong before the handover to China, 11 November 1996: wreath-layings and Last Post. Governor Chris Patten is among those attending

FullSummary
ARMY MOBILE NEWS TEAM SHOTLIST
(The following data has been copied, without amendment, from Army Mobile News Team computer discs.)
01-00-30-00 BARS
01-04-55-00 Cenotaph GV, march on Gurkha band, staff's guard, Gurkha cenotaph guards and VIP's
01-05-42-00 CU Gurkha adopting reverse arms
01-06-19-00 Governor Chris Patten, wreath party, CBF
01-07-58-00 Various salutes, GVs
01-09-34-00 Governor laying wreath, judges
01-10-24-00 CBF lays wreath (Maj Gen Bryan Dutton)
01-19-57-00 Various wreath laying, civilians and military
01-21-36-00 Cutaways of crowd and press, GV's
01-22-30-00 Governor and CBF meet crowd
01-23-47-00 POW veterans looking at wreaths
01-28-25-00 IV - Lt Col Jim Tanner - CO 1st Staffords - Stanley cemetery
01-33-10-00 IV - Cpl Ian (Des) O'Connor - Bugler, 1st Staffords - Smethick, Birmingham
01-34-10-00 Bugler enacts Last Post
01-34-49-00 GV's Stanley cemetery
01-36-31-00 Cutaways, cemetery sign (Chinese writing), silhouette of cross, wreath and cross, map HK and cross and sign

Format
Beta SP

Colour
Colour

Sound
Sound

Dimensions
30

ProductionSponsor
Headquarters Land Command

ProductionCompany
Headquarters Land Command Mobile News Team

ProductionCountry
GB

LanguageSubtitles
English

OtherReferences
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Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
RemembranceCommemoration

UncatTransferDate
29/10/2007 05:50:20

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
To be established