Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
COLCHESTER RECALLED
Scope and Content:
Title: FRED RAMPLIN, CHIMNEY SWEEP; PART THREE
Speaker: Fred Ramplin
Addl. documentation: Transcript
Length of tape: 45 MINS
Depositor: COLCHESTER RECALLED
Restrictions: COLCHESTER RECALLED
Synopsis of tape: Army and wartime memories - training, D Day, experiences in France, Belgium and Holland, VE Day in Hamburg; Posted to North West Frontier of India; demobilisation; memories of father distributing parish relief, soup kitchens; visits by royalty; evacuation, air raids, Home Guard; more memories of father and reflection on own life.
Publication Notes:
Extracts from this recording were used for the book 'The Occupied Coast: Living in the Shadow of the Atlantic Wall' by Aline Sax, Hannelore Vandebroek, Jonas Raats and Maarten Mahieu, researchers from the Geheugen Collectief, commissioned by the Province of West Flanders (Hannibal Publishing, 2014) ISBN: 978 94 9137 686 3

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TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Charities FRED RAMPLIN, CHIMNEY SWEEP; PART THREE
Subjects Second World War FRED RAMPLIN, CHIMNEY SWEEP; PART THREE
Document Types Sound recording FRED RAMPLIN, CHIMNEY SWEEP; PART THREE