Interview with General Stanley Menezes [sound recording]

Stanley Menezes interviewed about Baramulla and Kashmir in 1947.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/18/15 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 5 October 2001
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
Main author: Menezes; Stanislaus Francis Leslie (1922-2012); Indian army officer
Other authors: Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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title Interview with General Stanley Menezes [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 5 October 2001
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author Menezes; Stanislaus Francis Leslie (1922-2012); Indian army officer
author_facet Menezes; Stanislaus Francis Leslie (1922-2012); Indian army officer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Menezes; Stanislaus Francis Leslie (1922-2012); Indian army officer
author_letter Menezes; Stanislaus Francis Leslie (1922-2012); Indian army officer
author2 Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
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scb_admin_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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
description Stanley Menezes interviewed about Baramulla and Kashmir in 1947.
scb_access_status Open
scb_conditions_gov_access MP3 audio file can be accessed on CD-R in Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Users must bring their own headphones and computer to consult material.
scb_copyright Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead
scb_use_restrictions The recording is available for consultation without restriction, and short extracts (up to 200 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
language English
language_search English
scb_copies Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections.
scb_related_material Partial transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03
scb_publications Research for broadcast of the BBC Radio 4 programme 'An Incident in Kashmir' (2003); and Andrew Whitehead, 'A Mission in Kashmir' (Viking Penguin, 2007)
scb_url https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all
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