Interviewee: Pearkes, George Randolph, 1888-1984. Interviewer and date of interview is unknown.

Rank: Major-General. Medals and Honours: Victoria Cross (VC); Order of Canada (CC); Companion of the Bath (CB); Distinguished Service Order (DSO); Military Cross (MC); Canadian Forces Decoration (CD)

ABSTRACT: Maj-Gen. G.R. Pearkes, n.d. 49pp. C.B.C. programme, "Canada in Flanders". Experiences in trench warfare, as bombing officer, Regina Trench, Passchendaele, etc.

An interview/narrative of George Randolph Pearkes's experiences during WWI recorded for the CBC programme "Canada in Flanders". Major-General Pearkes, V.C., C.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., C.D. was a Canadian politician, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984

Subject

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

Language

• eng

Relation

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

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 1 transcript (50 pages)

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155

Additional physical characteristics

• No audio recording held.

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
• transcripts

Archival item identifier

• PGR_232

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

Technical note

• Technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. WWI Migration metadata by KD and MT. PDF. Technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. 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/kxvb-q553

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