The item consists of 5 audio recordings of an interview with Henry Thuillier.
T0501:0001: Lt. Col. H.S. Thuillier discusses his childhood in India; his family background; idea of "service"; military academy in England; enlistment; preparations for mid-east campaign; Egypt. Describes Gallipoli experience: landing; operations; evacuation; observations of Gallipoli events. Discusses views on general strategy of WW I.
T0501:0002: Lt. Col. H.S. Thuillier discusses German strategy, WW I; evaluation of Gallipoli campaign; shift to Mesopotamia; campaign along Tigris and Euphrates; meeting Cossack column; pacifying Kurdish tribesmen. Comments on Mesopotamia theatre. Discusses T.E. Lawrence and the Arab world.
T0501:0003 track 1: Lt. Col. H.S. Thuillier discusses being a gunnery instructor in England 1920s; being posted to southern India; comments on inter-war politics between major powers. Discussion of Indian affairs and British presence. T0501:0003 track 2: Discusses artillery weaponry; returning to England, 1939; being in France during the "phoney war"; French defeatism; Belgium; Blitzkrieg; retreat to Dunkerque.
T0501:0004 track 1: On the "mole" at Dunkerque. Deters German fighter planes. Defense of Britain. Assessment of "Battle of Britain". Secret mission in Ireland.
T0501:0004 track 2: In North Africa with 51st Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Military significance of North Africa. Landing in Tunisia. Views on Kasserine Pass. Retreat of Afrika Corps.
T0501:0005 track 1: Surrender of Afrika Corps. Italian campaign: Anzio, Cassino, Florence. Meeting Churchill. End of Italian campaign.
T0501:0005 track 2: Assessment of Italian campaign. Opinions on WW II strategy. Post-war world. Retiring on Vancouver Island. Proposed book. Assessment of WW II leaders.

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Norman Evans-Atkinson : life and placer mining in the Cariboo RECORDED: [location unknown], 1973 SUMMARY: Norman Evans-Atkinson was born in 1893 in England. He discusses mining in Australia pre-1919; WWI injury; Canada 1921; mining exploration; Cariboo rush of 1921-1922; and Welsh songs.;

CALL NUMBER: T3096:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Experiences in the British Army and R.F.C., 1912-1918 PERIOD COVERED: 1895-1918 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Richard Horsfield gives a biographical sketch of his early life: explanation of the origin of the Horsfield name; story of the enlistment procedure 1914. London Regiment comrades. Army food in WW I. Problems of supply during warfare. Anecdote about Women's Air Corp. Supply problems. Experiencing combat for the first time. The second battle of the Somme, 1916. The soldiers concerns in the trenches: morale, food, lice, shelter. Being wounded. An all meat diet in the hospital. The Portuguese Division. Transfer to the Royal Flying Corps. TRACK 2: Training for the Royal Flying Corps, 1917. 188th Night Fighter Squadron. Getting outfitted for the Flying Corps. Initiation rites into the squadron. Learning to fly as an apprentice pilot. Instrumentation error in a night fighter. Locating the aerodrome and landing an aircraft at night, 1917. Night flying tactics. Flying by the seat of your pants. Improvising a 'superior' aircraft and the consequences. Practical jokes. The great aces -- Bishop, Ball et al. American influences. CALL NUMBER: T3096:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): With the RCMP in northern British Columbia, 1925-1930 PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Reasons for emigrating. Joining the Manitoba Provincial Police, 1925. Joining the RCMP as a champion pistol shot. The lack of national support for the team. Transfer north to Telkwa, 1926. The Carrier Indians on the warpath. Explanation of the name "Carrier". Gun-na-noot organizes a massive war dance. A near fatal incident at Kitwancool. TRACK 2: Organizing a three-man posse. The war dance at Takla Landing. Apprehending Gun-na-noot and holding court in the Hudson's Bay Store. Gun-na-noot gets the 'dry spit'. Description of Gun-na-noot. Horsfield meets Stuart Henderson. First time Horsfield received the 'dry spit'. Omineca Za-mo-ree gives Horsfield the 'dry spit'. CALL NUMBER: T3096:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Life in the RCMP (cont'd) PERIOD COVERED: 1925-1930 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1978-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Frontier medicine. Omineca Za-mo-ree apologizes. TRACK 2: blank. (End of interview)