Jervis Royalton Roe collection
Extent and Medium
1 folder
Biographical History
Jervis Royalton Roe (1909-?), was a young man working in Vienna in 1938 at the age of 19. He kept a record of the key political events in Austria during this period. Later he was a member of the British Expeditionary Force, during which time he kept a diary documenting his retreat to Cherbourg in 1940. By the end of the war he was a member of the Royal Engineers, during which period he kept a diary documenting his movements through France and Holland etc.
Acquisition
Donated 11.10.2022
Donor: David Roe
Scope and Content
Jervis Royalton Roe: personal account of political events in Austria, 1938; two diaries documenting his war-time experiences
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Subjects
Places
- Vienna
- Third Reich [1933-1945]
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