memoir (photocopy), memoir
Accession Number
NAM.1983-01-11-1
Description
Photocopied typescript memoirs of A Shoosmith, a senior non-commissioned officer in the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), November 1941-May 1945, written in early 1946. After capture near Tobruk the author spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner in Greece, Italy and Germany. He was liberated from Mulberg in eastern Germany by the Red Army in April 1945. Associated with, World War Two, Middle East (1940-1943), and Prisoners of War (1939-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, POWs (1939-1945), World War Two, Middle East (1940-1945), World War Two, North Africa (1940-1945)
People
Associated collection