RAYMOND, Maj. Leslie R., ERD (Army Emergency Reserve Decoration), c. 1977-1983

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Comprises:

(fols. i-xx) address card, details of military career, correspondence with the Oxford Development Records Project (ODRP) and list of photographs retained by Raymond
(fols. 1-136) autobiographical account of military service, including (fols. 28-46) details of service in Sudan Defence Force; and (fols. 65-103) details of service in the Nigerian Army.

Dates

Creation: c. 1977-1983

Extent

136 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 1734 (341)

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Maj. L.R. Raymond, born in 1920, son of an estate agent. Educated at University College School, London. Obtained a commission in the King's Regiment, 1938, and served in the Indian Army, 1942; in the Seychelles, 1942-1944; in Greece and Italy, 1944-1945; and in the Sudan Defence Force and the Camel Corps, 1947-1948. Worked in the War Office, 1948-1950, and the Regiment Depot, 1950-1953. Served in Korea, 1953; in Singapore, 1953-1956; and in West Germany, 1956-1958. Served on the British Military Mission to Libya, 1958-1960, and with the Nigerian Army, 1961-1953; served in Berlin, 1963-1967; and in Aden, 1967.

Sudan Defence Force, 1946-1948; Nigerian Army, 1961-1963.