Interview with General Stanley Menezes [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with General Stanley Menezes [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Menezes; Stanislaus Francis Leslie (1922-2012); Indian army officer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Menezes, Stanley, 1922-2012 ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:44:35

Notes

Abstract:
Stanley Menezes interviewed about Baramulla and Kashmir in 1947. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: General Stanislaus Francis Leslie (known as Stanley Menezes) was born in Bombay [Mumbai] into an Indian Catholic family in 1922. He was educated at St George's College, Mussoorie. He joined the British Indian army in 1942 and commissioned as an officer in 1943. He was an acting Major in the 3rd Battalion Indian Grenadiers which was attacked by irregulars in the North-West Frontier as it travelled by train from Thal Fort in the Kurram Valley to newly designated Indian Territory. Menezes was awarded the Shaurya Chakra award for his actions in commanding the Battalion following the attack. He was later a staff officer at General Headquarters in 1947. He was posted to Baramulla, Kashmir following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. He later served as Vice-Chief of Staff of the Indian army. In retirement he was a historian of the Indian army. He died in 2012. See also: Obituary: Lt-Gen Stanley Menezes. The Telegraph, 11 July 2012 (last seen online at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/9393214/Lt-Gen-Stanley-Menezes.html)
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
General Note:
Conditions governing reproduction: The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 50 words) can be published with an appropriate acknowledgement. Any publication of longer extracts or use of interviews for broadcast requires the prior written permission of Andrew Whitehead
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Duration: Duration: 00:44:35
General Note:
Recording no.: Additional 15
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Date of Interview: 5 October 2001
General Note:
Related material: Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
General Note:
Publication note: Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
General Note:
Order with this reference: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/303972108

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
Special Collections
Rights Management:
All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
Resource Identifier:
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4 ( Order with reference )
OA3/01/18/15 ( CALM Reference number )