NAM.1993-03-65-2

Second of two sound cassettes: oral history interview with Capt R P E Ascham, Royal Artillery, Royal Deccan Horse, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1939-1946. Interview conducted on 22 February 1993. Ascham was called up in 1939 and posted to 4th Bn Gloucestershire Regiment, serving on the anti-aircraft defences of Bristol in the Cheddar Gorge area. In 1941 he went to India and after trainin was commissioned into the Royal Deccan Horse, serving with them in Sind and Madras, before transferring to Indian Electrical Mechanical Engineers in 1942. He served with 89 Indian Infantry Brigade Mobile Workshop in 7th Indian Division in Burma 1942-1945, including the Battle of the Admin Box 1943, and the subsequent drive south. Returning to the UK he transferred to REME, and served with the 6 Command Workshop at Colchester 1945-1946 until he left the Army. Interviewed by Peter Boyden, 22 February 1993.

World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945)

Admin Box, Battle of the, 1944 (World War Two, Far East 1941-1945)