Price, Charles Basil: my Army recollections (June 12, 1966)

Rank: Major-General. Medals and Honours: Companion of the Bath (CB); Distinguished Service Order (DSO); Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)

Interviewee: Price, Charles Basil, b. 1889

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

An interview/narrative of Charles Basil Price's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Major-General Price and Pearkes were both brigade commanders in the 1st Canadian Division in England. Interview took place on June 12, 1966.

ABSTRACT: Maj-Gen. C.B. Price, 12 June 1966. 21pp. First met Maj-Gen Pearkes in the 1930's in Ottawa. Some friction with Pearkes when they were brigade commanders in the 1st Canadian Div. in England. Traits of Pearkes' character.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Price, Charles Basil, b. 1889
• Roy, Reginald H.

Subject

• Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984
• Military history
• Personal narratives--Canadian

Language

• eng

Date created

• June 12, 1966

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

• Ontario--Ottawa
• England

Coordinates

• 52.16045, -0.70312
• 45.41117, -75.69812

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 52 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

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

Archival item identifier

• PCB_242

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

• June 27, 2011

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 2011. 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/10.58066/0cbx-k453

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