Kendall, F. W.: my Army and Special Operations Executive recollections (July 16, 1968)

ABSTRACT: Lt. Col. F.W. Kendall, 16 July 1968. 19pp. Worked in Hong Kong for the British Secret Service in the pre-war period. Mining engineer by profession. Organized the escape of some important people from Hong Kong in 1941. Escaped to India and established a guerrilla training school at Poona. Part of the S.O.E. (Special Operations Executive). Describes students, training. Established training camp in Canada. A civilian, promoted himself to a Major when he reported to Pearkes' headquarters and then to Lt. Colonel. Camp opposite Summerland, B.C. Practised covert operations on the B.C. coast. Claims that Pearkes had a wonderful time when he visited their camp. The trained group was originally to be infiltrated into Hong Kong, but ended in Borneo. Roger Cheng (Vancouver) became officer commanding the operation. Comments on present day Hong Kong.

An interview/narrative of F. W. Kendall's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Lieutenant-Colonel Kendall established an espionage training camp in Canada reporting to Pearkes. Interview took place on July 16, 1968.

Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel.

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

Interviewee: Kendall, F. W.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Roy, Reginald H.
• Kendall, F. W.

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Date created

• July 16, 1968

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

• India

Coordinates

• 22.20775, 76.97021

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 42 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
• oral histories (literary genre)
• interviews
• reminiscences

Archival item identifier

• KFW_225

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 18, 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/k9b1-yx37

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