Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 2017-2020 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 file, 18.8MB
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Harriett was a PhD candidate at University of York between 2017 and 2020. As part of her PhD research, she carried out face to face interviews with a number of Second World War veterans.
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Bert joined the army on 1st July 1943 after receiving his conscription letter on his 18th birthday. He was in the 2nd Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment, and was based in Richmond, York for his training. He landed on Sword beach at Normandy on 6th June. During the war, he was sent on 3 wireless training courses, and spent 3 weeks in Brussels as part of the training before returning to his battalion. After the war, Bert remained in Germany for 2 years working as a clerk in the army headquarters. Upon returning to England in 1947, Bert completed a teacher training course, and then worked for 9 months in a Catholic school. Later, he and his wife moved to Ireland, where he worked with deaf people.
Barritt died in November 2019 at the age of 94.
Institución archivística
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Interview with Albert 'Bert' Barritt.
Parent folder: 2020/008
MD5 Checksum: 15d2a2b2e2b70f84fa28298d0ea5547d
Original Creation date: 25/07/2017
Last-modified date: 09/04/2020. Altered during digital preservation activities by Frances Bell.
Original last-modified date: 25/07/2017
File size: 18.851
File format: Not determined by DROID. Thought to be MPEG-4 Audio File
File extension: m4a
Backup storage location:
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
The parent folder (2020-008) contains eighteen audio files (constituting ten interviews) and one Microsoft Word document.
Arrangement intervention is level 1 (no intervention by the archivist). The original material has been retained without any intervention by the archives staff. This does mean that the collection may include filenames containing spelling mistakes and duplicate files that were placed in the wrong folder(s) by the creator.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Open
Material is available subject to the usual terms and conditions of access to Archives and Local History collections.
Condiciones
Images are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Instrumentos de descripción
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Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
See also York Normandy Veterans archive (NVA).