| Order number: |
OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
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| Summary: |
Ben Suter & Marguerite Suter interviewed mainly about Lt. Col. Tom Dykes and Biddy Dykes.
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| Main author: |
Suter; Frederic Benjamin (1920-2013); British army officer |
| Other authors: |
Suter; Marguerite (1921-2009); née Ireland, Auxiliary Territorial Service officer, Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian |
| Extent: |
00:49:54
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| Admin 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. |
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, Auxi ... View more |
| Custodial history: |
Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the Suter's home in Worplesdon, Surrey, United Kingdom |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
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.
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| Copyright: |
Copyright held by Andrew Whitehead |
| User 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
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| Copies: |
Digital version of sound recording is available via SOAS Digital Collections. |
| Related material: |
Transcript with notes compiled by Andrew Whitehead available at SOAS Library. Reference: OA3/02/03 |
| 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)
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| Format: |
Archive
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