Interview with Major Ben Suter & Marguerite Suter [sound recording]

Ben Suter & Marguerite Suter interviewed mainly about Lt. Col. Tom Dykes and Biddy Dykes.

Archive & Special Collections OA3/01/18/17 Open

Order number: OA3, India: A People Partitioned, DVDs & CDs, Box 4
Date(s) of creation: 4 August 2002
Level: Item
Format: Archive           
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
URL: https://digital.soas.ac.uk/oa3/all

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title Interview with Major Ben Suter & Marguerite Suter [sound recording]
scb_date_creation 4 August 2002
scb_level Item
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scb_extent 00:49:54
author Suter; Frederic Benjamin (1920-2013); British army officer
author_facet Suter; Frederic Benjamin (1920-2013); British army officer
Suter; Marguerite (1921-2009); née Ireland, Auxiliary Territorial Service officer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
authorStr Suter; Frederic Benjamin (1920-2013); British army officer
author_letter Suter; Frederic Benjamin (1920-2013); British army officer
author2 Suter; Marguerite (1921-2009); née Ireland, Auxiliary Territorial Service officer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
author2Str Suter; Marguerite (1921-2009); née Ireland, Auxiliary Territorial Service officer
Whitehead; Andrew (fl 1974-2014); journalist and historian
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scb_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.
scb_custodial_history Interview by Andrew Whitehead at the Suter's home in Worplesdon, Surrey, United Kingdom
description Ben Suter & Marguerite Suter interviewed mainly about Lt. Col. Tom Dykes and Biddy Dykes.
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 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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