NAM.1991-02-104-2

Second of two sound cassettes. Oral history interview with Lt Col John Russell Lindsay Roberts, 1931-1948, covering his service in World War Two, Middle East and World War Two, India. Having passed out from Sandhurst Col Roberts arrived in India in 1930 and did his ULIA year with the East Lancashire Regiment at Bombay. He discusses the training of officers in the Indian Cavalry, which he was able to develop during a course at the Cavalry School at Saugor in 1936. Riding and hunting were important recreational pastimes for him, and while the regiment was at Kohat in 1934-1940 he was master of the pack hounds. Interview conducted 7 February 1991 by Dr Peter Boyden.

World War Two, India (1939-1945), World War Two, Middle East (1940-1945), World War Two, Far East (1941-1945)