Interviewee: Kidd, George and Norman Ross

An interview/narrative of George Kidd and Norman Ross's experiences during World War II. Interview took place in 1979.

ABSTRACT: (Reel 1, Side 2) The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada July 1944 operations. Unusable lead in. Setting the stage with a map. Battalion in a position overlooking the Orne River. Attack, Company positions, continuous small-arms fire. Attempts to disable German tanks which dominated the battle-field whenever used. Ross wounded 27 July. Details of some confused fighting. Wireless communications interrupted. Casualties. Little involvement by our tanks. The Battalion held an orchard and one-half of a village. Tank movements are read from the war diary. Fire at German tanks was effective. General comments regarding the orchard position. Casualties and assorted battle anecdotes.

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Kidd, George and Norman Ross
• Roy, Reginald H.

Subject

• Military history
• Tanks (Military science)
• World War (1914-1918)
• World War (1939-1945)

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1979

Relation

• Sometimes difficult to understand what was being said due to both interviewer and interviewees speaking at the same time--and not necessarily into the microphone.
• Part of the Reginald H. Roy collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• France--Orne River (Orne and Calvados)

Coordinates

• 49.28771, 6.18177

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 40 min.) : 1 7/8 ips., 2 track ; 1 audio cassette copy (ca. 80 min.) 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

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

Archival item identifier

• KG_430

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

• January 16, 2013

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 2013. 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/wn52-mt67

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