NAM.2000-02-99-3

Third of five cassette tapes: Oral history interview with Maj Peter Henry Bolton MBE, A Military Knight of Windsor, on his military career, 1941-1971. He joined the army in 1941 and served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders until commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders in 1943; in Italy he joined the 9th Commandos and served in Italy, Greece and Yugoslavia; at the peace Bolton was sent to Burma to nursemaid the 81st West African Division back home; he then served with 1st Division Provost Company in Palestine and afterwards with the Royal Military Police in Libya; in 1949 Bolton went back to Nigeria with the 1st Bn Royal Nigeria Regiment, then back to the Seaforths and service with the British Army of the Rhine on the intelligence side; he served with the 3rd Bn Malay Regiment in Perak against the Communist Terrorists, 1955-1959; 1960-1963 in Aden with the Intelligence Branch; 1964-1965 with the 2nd Bn Malaysian Rangers in Borneo; 1966-1970 with the Royal Signals, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) and finally a posting in Hong Kong as Staff Officer 2 (Public Relations). Interview conducted on 8 February 2000. (Transcript Available)

World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945)