ABSTRACT: Major James Geoffrey Costeloe Costeloe_G_0567_01.mp3 (First Interview) Family background-Father Church of England Parson Commissioned in 1940-Border Regiment Aldershot Liverpool - 100 men fire watching Spent time in different locations around Britain before being sent to North Africa to launch into Sicily-glided in Landed in the Sea - picked up and taken back to North Africa to prepare for invasion of Italy in Toranto Arnhem (1st Airborne Division on reserve for D- Day) Morale very strong but lucky to get out of Arnhem alive-sent back to England Volunteered to go to Burma - 1st Airborne Division so depleted obvious not going to go back into action. Describes time in Burma Burma got independence in 1948 so went to manage Rubber estate in Malaya Came to Canada and in 1951 joined the Canadian Military and went to Korea Clarify about earlier info Rations in England during the war Morale and relations between soldiers and other ranks Compared time in War to time in Korea Difference in fighting conditions and style of fighting in Sicily and Italy versus Arnhem Comparison between Canadian and British Armies Felt what they were doing in Second World War was worth while Costeloe_G_0567_02.mp3 (Second Interview) Cadet summer camps 1st Airborne Division training (parachute) Process of House to house fighting Would like to be remembered for the actions in Second World War Refers to Remember Arnhem by John Fairley in interview

Interviewee: Costeloe, James Geoffrey

Rank: Major.

An interview/narrative of James Geoffrey Costeloe's experiences during World War II and the Korean War. Interview took place on November 9 and 16, 2008.

Interviewer: Campbell, Heather

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Campbell, Heather
• Costeloe, James Geoffrey

Subject

• World War (1914-1918)
• Military history
• World War (1939-1945)
• Korean War (1950-1953)

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 9, 2008 to November 16, 2008

Relation

• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.
• Title of paper: "World War II: Army Operations on the Western Front". Link:  http://rusiviccda.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/World_War_II-Army_Operations_on_the_Western_Front.pdf

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• Korea (South)
• Korea (North)

Coordinates

• 36.5, 127.75
• 40, 127

Additional physical characteristics

• Original sound recordings (MP3) also available.

Physical Repository

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

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

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

Genre

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

Archival item identifier

• CJG_567

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• October 19, 2009

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 24 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview recorded in digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2009. 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/sh1s-c032

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