HOWELL, John Noel
Imperial War Museum Collection,
Accession Number E000119
- Imperial War Museum
Source
- 6
Total Reels
- IWM
Interviewer
- 02:41:10
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 2 of 6
Metadata
- 5 Sep 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:11
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Citation/reproduction requires written permission from the source
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Synopsis is taken from the source:
Continues: action against Bismarck, 5/1941; German hits on ship and discovery of 15 inch shell lodged on board; Atlantic gale on way to Placentia Bay, summer 1941; memories of Winston Churchill aboard; burial of shipmate at sea after action against Bismarck, 5/1941. Recollections of operations aboard HMS Prince of Wales in Far East, 1941 including sinking, 12/1941: arrival in Singapore, 1941; Japanese air attack on ship, 12/1941; Captain Leech's call for volunteers to steam ship back to Singapore; renewal of Japanese attacks and strafing of personnel engaged in aiding wounded; abandoning ship; transfer to HMS Express; shipmate who died aboard HMS Express.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 6
Metadata
- 5 Sep 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:08
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Citation/reproduction requires written permission from the source
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Synopsis is taken from the source:
Continues: conditions in captivity in Palembang; work carried out in Palembang; concealing Japanese army meat supplies; methods of pilfering from Japanese; how Japanese guard's opinion of English sense of honesty plummeted; beatings he and others received from Japanese; liberation of drugs from Japanese; attitude to unloading cement bags; attempts to trade and exchange money with Chinese civilians; work building airfield; discovery of supplies of tea; work regime on airfield work-site.
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