Graham, Howard D.: my Army recollections (September 24, 1970)

Rank: Lieutenant-General. Medals and Honours: Order of Canada (OC); Order of the British Empire (CBE); Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Interviewee: Graham, Howard D., b. 1898

ABSTRACT: Lt-Gen H.D. Graham, 24 September 1970. 29pp. Impressions (1933) of Maj-Gen Pearkes. He was able to enthuse the troops in the pre-war militia. Exercises in England. The Dieppe controversy. Pearkes as G.O.C. Pacific Command. Politics in Ottawa during the conscription crisis. Efforts by the military to obtain overseas volunteers. Trouble when some officers spoke to the Press in Vancouver. Pearkes as an M.P. and Min. of National Defence. Equipment problems.

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

An interview/narrative of Howard D. Graham's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Lieutenant-General Graham served with Pearkes before and during World War II. Interview took place on September 24, 1970.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Roy, Reginald H.
• Graham, Howard D., b. 1898

Subject

• World War (1939-1945)
• Military history
• Dieppe Raid (1942)
• World War (1914-1918)
• Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984

Language

• eng

Date created

• September 24, 1970

Relation

• Part of the Social Sciences Research Centre collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic coverage

• England
• Ontario--Ottawa

Coordinates

• 45.41117, -75.69812
• 52.16045, -0.70312

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 70 min.) : 1 7/8 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 1 sound cassette copy : standard, mono. in Special Collections.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• sound recordings
• reminiscences
• oral histories (literary genre)
• interviews

Archival item identifier

• GHD_220

Fonds title

• Reginald Herbert Roy fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC104

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/reginald-herbert-roy-fonds

Date digitized

• October 8, 2010

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .wav format at 16 bits and 44 kHz. In .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Transferred from audio reel to audio cassette between 1987-1997. Interview migrated to digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2010. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/m60m-9v96

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