I enlisted in the T.A. at Caister on 3 July 1940 and, after three months in Cambridgeshire doing medical work and unloading railway wagons, I went to Church Stretton for training in the Royal Army Medical Corps before a posting to the 1st Armoured Division, which was based in Surrey to defend London against invasion; then Brecon Beacons, Craven Arms, and Chester in a variety of units including a light field ambulance, casualty reception station, the Army School of Hygiene (where I volunteered as a "guinea-pig" for the development of a 'flu vaccine) , Royal Herbert Hospital and HQ Western Command. Finally I went to Leeds before embarkation at Liverpool aboard "Stirling Castle" at the beginning of 1944.
1940
3 Jul. Enlisted in the Territorial Army
8 Jul Non-combatant Corps, Caister.
5 Aug. attached Royal Engineers,Gamlingay
7 Oct. Royal Army Medical Corps, Church Crookham
15 Nov.Light Field Ambulance, 1st Armoured Div.
1941
20 Feb.Casualty Reception Station, Rudgewick
14 Mar.Light Field Ambulance, Holmbury St Mary
5 Apr. admitted to hospital
25 " 12 Coy. Royal Herbert Hospital Woolwich
11 Sep.Army School of Hygiene, Ashvale
1942
Brecon Beacons, Wales
Casualty Reception Station, Craven Arms
HQ Western Command, Chester
1944
6 Jan. Draft RCOZH, APO 5825 Leeds
Sailed from Liverpool to Said on board
the "Stirling Castle"
4 Feb. RAMC Base Depot & OCTU, Cairo
8 " HQ Force 133, MEF
18 Apr.HQ Force 266, CMF
3 May admitted to 98 General Hospital, Bari
9 " Force 266, CMF
10 " SO(M) Admin. Ech. CMF
attached to 576 SSD, CMF
Oct admitted to 98 British General Hospital,
1945
1 Jan. SO(M), CMF
8 Feb. Rear HQ, 37 Military Mission, CMF
17 Jun.at sea Brindisi to Ancona
18 Jun.In camp with Russian ex POW
? " Resting in luxury hotel near L'Aquila
28 " 31 British General Hospital
7 Jul. 71 Sub-area, CMF
8 " 31 General Hospital, Arezzo to Klagenfurt
16 Aug.31 In former SS Barracks
21 Nov.Villach, Austria
23 " Milan, Italy
Dec.Christmas leave at home in England
30 " Calais transit camp
1946
1 Jan. Villach, Austria
2 " 31 General Hospital
28 Apr.Formation College in Universita per
Stranieri, Perugia, Italy
22 May 315 Transit Camp, Villach, Austria,
on the way to England via Switzerland by
train.
18 Aug.End of leave
Service with the colours 5 years 317 days +
Service with the reserve 7 years 7 days
Total service in Army 12 years & 324 days
(See also U1103694 & A7726511)
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