NAM.2018-02-7-1

Oral history interview with Alexander ‘Alec’ Campbell Borrie, 1st Special Air Service Regiment, conducted by Justin Saddington for the National Army Museum’s Special Forces exhibition project, 5 Feb 2018. Interview covers Borrie’s army service, 1940-1947, with the Home Guard 1940-1942, the Highland Light Infantry, 1942-1944 and 1945-1947, and the Special Air Service 1944-1945; interview mainly concerns his SAS training and service with C Squadron, 1 SAS behind enemy lines in the Morvan Forest, France, August and September 1944, notably describing an ambush of a German column and working alongside the French resistance fighters known as the Maquis; also covers his unit’s advance into Germany, April 1945, including an incident when he was wounded when his jeep struck a mine; digital audio file, duration: 1 hr 21 mins 24 sec. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945).

World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)