Spry, Daniel Charles: my Army recollections (June 15, 1967)

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

Interviewee: Spry, Daniel Charles, b. 1913

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

An interview/narrative of Daniel Charles Spry's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Major-General Spry trained under Pearkes. Interview took place on June 15, 1967.

ABSTRACT: Maj-Gen. D.C. Spry, 15 June 1967. 22pp. Met Pearkes in Calgary while still a boy. As a young officer Spry studied the current military writers, encouraged by Pearkes, as Director of Military Training. In England 1939/40. Training still Great War vintage but gradually became modernized in the 1st Cdn. Div. Comments on the difficulties of training in England. General remarks.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Roy, Reginald H.
• Spry, Daniel Charles, b. 1913

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• June 15, 1967

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

• Alberta--Calgary
• England

Coordinates

• 52.16045, -0.70312
• 51.05011, -114.08529

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 55 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)
• reminiscences
• interviews
• sound recordings

Archival item identifier

• SDC_246

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

• July 11, 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/ecw1-yd46

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