Interview with Major Ben Suter & Marguerite Suter [sound recording]
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Title:
Interview with Major Ben Suter & Marguerite Suter [sound recording]
Series Title:
India: A People Partitioned Oral Archive
Creator:
Suter; Frederic Benjamin (1920-2013); British army officer
Suter; Marguerite (1921-2009); née Ireland, Auxiliary Territorial Service officer ( contributor )
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian ( contributor )
Suter, Frederic Benjamin, 1920-2013 ( contributor )
Suter, Marguerite, 1921-2009 ( contributor )
Whitehead, Andrew (Journalist) ( contributor )
Copyright Date:
© 2018 Andrew Whitehead and the interviewee(s). All rights reserved. Used here with permission.
Language:
English
Measurements:
00:49:54

Notes

Abstract:
Ben Suter & Marguerite Suter interviewed mainly about Lt. Col. Tom Dykes and Biddy Dykes. ( en )
General Note:
Biographical history: Major Frederic Benjamin ('Ben') Suter was born in London in 1920. He was the son of Albert Frederick Suter (1882-1966) and Ethel Beatrice Powlowski (1881-1944). He attended Sandhurst in 1939 and was commissioned into the British Indian Army in 1940. He served during the Second World War with the South Waziristan Scouts (NW Frontier Corps) & 3rd Battalion Sikh Regiment (Rattrays Sikhs). Suter learnt Urdu and Pushtu. In 1947, Suter transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. He married Junior Commander Marguerite Ireland, Auxiliary Territorial Service in January 1946. He was later Secretary of Sikh Regimental Association. He died 13th June 2013.
General Note:
Biographical history: Marguerite ('Brigit') Suter (née Ireland) was born in Southsea in 1921. She was the daughter of Col. G. Ireland, British Indian Army and she lived in India until aged nine. She was commissioned into the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1943. She married Frederick Benjamin Suter, British Indian Army in January 1946. She died in 2009.
General Note:
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the Suter's home in Worplesdon, Surrey, 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
General Note:
Duration: 00:49:54
General Note:
Recording no.: Additional 17
General Note:
Date of Interview: 4 August 2002
General Note:
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 )
OA3/01/18/17 ( CALM Reference number )