Potts, Arthur Edward: my Army recollections (October 15, 1971)

ABSTRACT: Maj-Gen A.E. Potts, 15 October 1971. 27pp. Posted to Victoria in 1942. Military preparedness more in order to placate the civilian population than due to real military danger. Comments on training in general. Cancelled the armoured train at Terrace. Critical of Ottawa "Brass". N.M.R.A. problems. McNaughton, Mackenzie King. In his opinion the "Zombies" were badly treated, but were, in fact, only doing what the government told them to do. McNaughton tried very hard to get senior officers to obtain more "active" soldiers - a lost cause. Mentions training in England to 1942, Pearkes, Crerar, and others.

Interviewee: Potts, Arthur Edward, b. 1890

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

Interviewer: Roy, Reginald H.

An interview/narrative of Arthur Edward Potts's recollections of Major-General Pearkes. Major-General Potts was a Canadian General officer, active in World War II. Interview took place on October 15, 1971.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Roy, Reginald H.
• Potts, Arthur Edward, b. 1890

Subject

• World War (1939-1945)
• World War (1914-1918)
• Pearkes, G. R. (George Randolph), 1888-1984
• Military history

Language

• eng

Date created

• October 15, 1971

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

• England
• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4359, -123.35155
• 52.16045, -0.70312

Additional physical characteristics

• One original sound tape reel (ca. 60 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)
• reminiscences
• interviews

Archival item identifier

• PAE_241

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

• June 23, 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/fwzn-5x08

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