Speelman, Edward Joseph (Oral history) (Q61740484)
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historical document, oral history of Edward Speelman at the Imperial War Museum
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| English | Speelman, Edward Joseph (Oral history) |
historical document, oral history of Edward Speelman at the Imperial War Museum |
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Object descriptionBritish officer served with Field Security Police, Royal Military Police in GB, 1939-1941; served as liaison officer with 23rd Liaison Headquarters attached to Princess Irene Brigade in GB and North West Europe, 1941-1945Content descriptionREEL 1 Background in London, GB, 1910-1939: family; employment. Recollections of period as officer with Field Security Police, Royal Military Police in GB and North West Europe, 1939-1945: reaction to declaration of Second World War, 9/1939; call up to Field Security Police, Royal Military Police, 1939; appointment as intelligence officer to Guards Brigade, 5/1940; work as interpreter in internment camps, 1940. Recollections of period as liaison officer with 23rd Liaison Headquarters attached to Princess Irene Brigade in GB and North West Europe, 1941-1945: posting to unit; arranging for brigade to cross to Normandy, 6/1944; problems with mosquitoes in Normandy, summer 1944; liberation of Brussels, Belgium, 9/1944; Dutch troops attitude towards Germans; German artillery bombardment of Beringen Bridge, Belgium, 9/1944; hunger amongst Dutch civilians in The Hague, 1945; V1 attack on Antwerp, Belgium, autumn 1944; visit to painter van Megeren; arrest of Gauleiter Seyss-Inquart in Netherlands, 1945. REEL 2 Continues: joining British Military Mission in The Hague; capture of German midget submariner off Walcheren Island (English)