Typescript copy of account entitled 'The five years of 345 Coy RASC (Royal Army Service Corps), from Baquba to Trieste, 1940-1945', written in Apr 1990 by Edgell, Officer Commanding 345 Company, 1940-1941, with additional notes by Lt Col D S L Rolph, Officer Commanding 345 Company, 1942-1945. Typescript copy of account entitled 'Convoy 343. Carrying aid to Russia across the Persian mountains in midwinter', written by Capt A G Wallis, Officer Commanding C Platoon, 204 General Purpose Transport Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, relating to the first truck convoy, driven by Indian troops, from Persia to the USSR, Jan 1944.
Lt Col Philip Mawbey (1906-1997)
This material is held atLiddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London
- Reference
- GB 99 KCLMA Edgell P M
- Dates of Creation
- 1944, 1990
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 file
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Born 1906; served in World War Two, 1939-1945; Maj, 1940; Officer Commanding 345 Reserve Motor Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps, 1940-1941; service in North Africa, 1940-1943, including siege of Tobruk, Libya, Apr-Jul 1941; Headquarters, Suez Canal Area, 1941-1942; retired from Reserves, 1962; County Councillor, Surrey, 1967-1974; died 1997.
Arrangement
1 file
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Acquisition Information
Presented to the Centre by the family in 1997.
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