| Title |
Leslie Eric Teasdale, Sandy, Utah: an interview by Winston Erickson, August 16, 2001: Saving the legacy tape no. 285 and 286 |
| Alternative Title |
Leslie Teasdale, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Teasdale, Les (Leslie Eric), 1920-2006 |
| Contributor |
Erickson, Winston P., 1943-; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2001-08-16 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
England, United Kingdom; Egypt; Italy; Germany |
| Subject |
Teasdale, Les (Leslie Eric), 1920-2006--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British; Veterans--Utah--Biography; Prisoners of war--Great Britain; Prisoners of war--Italy; Prisoners of war--Germany |
| Keywords |
POWs |
| Description |
Transcript (55 pages) of an interview by Winston P. Erickson with Leslie Eric Teasdale on August 16, 2001. This is from tape numbers 285 and 286 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Leslie Teasdale (b. 1920) was born in a suburb of London. He recalls his boyhood and education prior to getting a job with a passenger liner. He was conscripted into the Royal Artillery Coastal Defense Regiment and later served in Egypt, where he was taken prisoner in June 1942. He was subsequently transferred to prisoner of war camps in Italy and Germany. His camp was liberated by the Americans in January of 1945. 55 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
55 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6q54nvb |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--British; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Prisoners of war |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022828 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q54nvb |
| Title |
Page 13 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1022783 |
| OCR Text |
Show LE LIE ERI TEA DALE load shells and cartridges and ... WIN: In the big artillery guns? ugu t16,2001 LES: Yeah artillery. It was the 8-inch naval guns. And they were-you know, you had to lift the cartridges on the crook of your arm to lift them up and put them in the breech. And then the rammers would ram them up. We trained for three months, and not only the guns. We had to march, and march in a rifle drill, and small arms- because machine guns, and that, we had to know about those. But it was mainly the artillery guns that we were concerned with. But I wasn't very happy. I wanted to drive. So I applied to the Transport Section. And then the three months ended, and they sent us to- not very far away; only about five miles away-to a battery called Bouldnor. It was right on the So lent, just in-between the island and South Hampton. And we were an examination battery. We took over from the navy. And we were supposed to examine all the boats that go through the So lent to make sure that nobody else has crept in. And we had a battery observation post there, what we called a BOP. And I've got to tell you this story because it was the funniest thing that ever happened; and yet, it was serious. We had a lookout on duty on the cliff top looking out over the So lent. And we were supposed to-if the boats didn't give the right signal back again, we were supposed to fire a bring to round; one round over the bows. And my job-! was trained as a rocking bar layer, the layer for elevation. And I had to be up in my post with this turning the gun to bring it up, or bring it down. And then there was another one. There was another guy that did the horizontal part. 11 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6q54nvb/1022783 |
