papers, papers
Accession Number

NAM.1994-05-25-138

Description

Papers relating to service with the RAOC in India, Nov 1942 to 12 May 1946, including posting orders; the handing over of his charge of the Margaretting sub-depot; court of enquiry into a motor accident 23 Dec 1943; court martial of Havildar Allah Ditta for being absent without leave, with a memo to Holmes reprimanding him for his leniency Aug-Sept 1945; court martial of Corporal A W Port and Private S R Dye, 1st Bn Royal Berkshire Regiment of army vehicles and impersonating an officer, Feb 1946; handover, demobilisation and resettlement . From a collection of papers of Major O Wright Holmes, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1939-1982, chronicling in detail his career, most of which was spent in India.

Campaigns

World War Two (1939-1945)

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