david charles money (2 Ergebnisse)

HARDCOVER. Zustand: GOOD. 1960-01-01. University tutorial Press. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Gilt titles, blue boards. Previous Owners Name. 8x5.

Unbound. Zustand: Very Good. A collection of 170 letters and V-mail, 1 photo album, 2 scrapbooks, 36 booklets and manuals, and 4 medals compiled by Major David Money while serving with the Royal Engineers in India during World War II. All items are very good or better with some wear. An archive of material compiled by Major David Money during World War II. Money was stationed in India with the Royal Engineers specially the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners between 1942 and 1945. During his time in India he wrote numerous letters home and documented his time with photo albums and scrapbooks. Throughout his letters and photographs Money's tour of duty is seen in extreme detail including dealing with the weather, especially monsoon season, interracial soldier interactions between the British and the Sikh soldiers; and world events such as the arrest of Gandhi. In a letter from June of 1942 he writes that he was "detailed for a secret job of preparing Aga Khan's palace at Yerovda near Poona to receive Gandhi." They worked for weeks wiring the house and outer perimeter where Gandhi would be held for over two years. The palace and vicinity are featured in Money's photo album. Money writes of his responsibilities and new jobs and status he's given throughout his time in India. In a 1942 letter to his parents he writes, "I have been given command of a company, a quite large one, about 500 men." By 1943 he has taken a job as a supervisor of Tactical Training where he "gives occasional lectures." His photos show Money and his team during construction and training including building bridges, wiring, and other tactical responses. Over the course of two scrapbooks Money details his assignments and leisure activities including military orders, tickets to shows, and newspaper clippings. By 1944 their objective was to deal with Japan and numerous mimeographed manuals here discuss the Japanese Army. One page is entitled "Japanese Mines and Booby Traps" and discusses techniques to help sappers as they encounter these issues including detailed instructions for defusing certain types of mines. Money stayed in India through the end of the war and remarks on celebrating V.E. Day with "extra beer issued at the mess" and listening to both Churchill and the King's speech. After the war Money married Midge Matthews, who he refers to throughout his letters and finished his studies at Oxford University. He taught geography at Bedford School and instructed as part of Officer's Training Corps. He was later made a lieutenant. Through all this he continued to play competitive cricket, which had been a passion before the war and he discusses throughout his letters. He became a first-class cricketer playing for Oxfordshire as a wicket-keeper. An extensive collection of ephemera and photography detailing a British soldier's tour of duty in Burma during World War II.