A Time in the Sand (Draft)
memoir, autobiographical, memoir
Accession Number

NAM.2014-03-30-1

Description

Memoir: A Time in the Sand (Draft). Autobiographical memoir written by J D P Graham, a Medical Offficer in the Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the 3rd County of London Yeomanry. The memoir is a copy of a typescript which has been annotated and revised by hand. Graham was stationed in North Africa during World War Two from 1941-1943 and the memoir includes details of daily life in the army, army medical practices, military engagements, including the battles of Sidi Rezegh (1941), Gazala (1942) and El Alamein (1942), and Graham’s personal opinion of the war. Associated with World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943).

Events

CRUSADER, Operation, 1941 (World War Two, North Africa 1940-1945), Gazala, Battle of, 1942 (World War Two, North Africa 1940-1945), El Alamein, 1st Battle of, 1942 (World War Two, North Africa 1940-1945), Sidi Rezegh, Battle of, 1941 (World War Two, North Africa 1940-1945), El Alamein, 2nd Battle of, 1942 (World War Two, North Africa 1940-1945)

Associated collection