Item is an interview/narrative of George Randolph Pearkes' political recollections. Major-General Pearkes, V.C., C.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., C.D. was a Member of Parliament from 1945-1960. Interview took place on May 1, 1968.
This is an important subset of the Reg Roy Collection of military oral histories and consists of extensive interviews with Major-General George R. Pearkes and other interviews with his family and a number of personal and professional associates for his biography entitled "For Most Conspicuous Bravery: A Biography of Major-General George R. Pearkes, V.C., Through Two World Wars" (1977). All 74 interviews are also available as transcripts.