NAM.1991-04-4-2

Second of two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Maj R E Wigram, recalling his service with 2nd Bn South Staffordshire Regiment 1935-1936, 19th Lancers 1936-1945 and 7th Light Cavalry 1945-1947. Wigram served his ULIA year with the South Staffordshire regiment at Bangalore, before transferring to the 19th King George V's Own Lancers at Delhi in 1936. He remained with the regiment until 1945, though as a Staff Officer he did not see active service with them. In 1945 he transferred to 7th Light Cavalry and went to Japan as part of Brindjap. In 1947 he elected to transfer to the British Army and joined the Royal Artillery, with whom he served until 1948. Interviewed by Marion Harding, 4 April 1991.

World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)