NAM.1994-04-4-1

First of six sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj Roy St Andrew Rutherford, recalling his service in 1/16th Punjab Regiment, 1943-1946, and 1st Bn The Loyal Regiment, 1946-1968. Rutherford served in 70 (YS) Bn The Black Watch before attending the IMA 1942-1943 and joining 16th Punjab Regiment, with whom he served in Burma. On the partition of India he transferred to the British Army and joined the Loyal Regiment, serving with them in Eritrea, Somalia, Cyprus, Trieste, Germany, Kenya, Swaziland, Singapore and Malaysia, and Thailand. He was an instructor at Eaton Hall, and held staff appointments at the War Office and elsewhere prior to leaving the Army in 1968. The interview closes with an account of his visit to Pakistan in 1990.Interviews conducted on 18 June 1993 and 1 March 1994. (Transcript Available)

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)