A Reminiscence of War: The Memoir of James Glass

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:20 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

A Reminiscence of War - the memoir of James Glass from Currie, Edinburgh, who volunteered in 1939 and served in the 552 Co of the RASC as a driver, in Palestine, the Western Desert and, as part of Kingston's column "Kingcol", relieved RAF Habbaniya in Iraq. Later that year, they were sent to Tehran before being recalled to the Western Desert where the army was retreating to Alamein. Afterwards, he served in the workshops at Abbassia Garrison in Cairo until being posted home in December 1944.

History

Item list and details

A memoir written in the late 1980s when my father was 70 years old.

Person the story/items relate to

James Glass, born 29 December 1917, died 21 October 1998

Person who shared the story/items

Jim C Glass

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

My father

Type of submission

Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

Record ID

97970

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Keywords

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CC BY 4.0