Bill Sparks WW2 memories

Title

Bill Sparks WW2 memories

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Nov 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:05:54

Description

Remembrance Day special with Cockleshell Hero Bill Sparks recalling the Royal Marine canoe raid on enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour during the Second World War. On the raid, his escape across France and Spain with expedition leader Major Herbert Blondie Hasler and the fate of his other ten companions. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Bill Sparks

Keywords

Deaths; France; Spain; Military personnel; Second World War (1939-1945); Reminiscence; Ships; Executions; Oral history; Marines; Remembrance day; Veterans (Armed Forces); Maritime warfare; Bill Sparks; Herbert Hasler; Bordeaux

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