NAM.1991-10-58-2

Second of eight sound cassettes: oral history interview with Lt Col Cecil John Michael Weippert recalling his time with the 1st Bn the Devonshire Regiment at Dover Castle in 1936 before joining the Indian Army Unattached List and sailing to India on the Neuralia early in 1937. Intially in India 2/Lt Wieppert served with the 2nd Bn the Worcestershire Regiment for a year, but then joined the Poona Horse in 1938. The regiment was mechanised in January 1941, but in July 1940 Capt Weippert had been attached to the 5th Indian Division at Secunderabad, and sent to the Sudan in September. Here, as Staff Captain Motor Transport in Frank Messervy's Brigade, Capt Weippert took part in the Abyssinian Campaign 1940-1941. Interview conducted on 27 September 1991. (Transcript Available)

World War Two, Middle East (1940-1945)