PCH - Patricia Chadwick.Papers relating to 1967 Comex (Commonwealth Expedition) II. - 1967
Patricia Chadwick represented the University of Liverpool on the 1967 Comex 2 trip. She was a dental nurse at the University Dental Hospital at the time. She was one of the two Chief Cooks on the trip. The material that she collected during the commonwealth expedition includes 35mm slides, route map...
| Archive level description: | Sub-sub fonds |
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| Physical Description: | 1 box |
| Summary: | Patricia Chadwick represented the University of Liverpool on the 1967 Comex 2 trip. She was a dental nurse at the University Dental Hospital at the time. She was one of the two Chief Cooks on the trip. The material that she collected during the commonwealth expedition includes 35mm slides, route maps, notes and pamphlets. |
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| Date: | 1967 |
| Reference Number: | PCH |
| Biographical/Administrative Information: | The Commonwealth Expedition or Comex started in 1965 as an expedition from Britain to India in support of the multicultural ideals of what was then called the British Commonwealth. The idea was conceived by Lt Colonel Lionel Gregory, OBE, late of Queen's Gurkha Signals, who attributes some of the ideas to conversations he had with Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru invited young people "to organise a new consciousness in the Commonwealth through cultural and intellectual activities as well as common adventure." Nehru's death in 1964 led to the cancellation of the project, but at the invitation of the Government of India, an expedition of 204 young people set out from London on 30 July 1965. This was Comex 1. Comex 2 set off from London on 19 July 1967, with around 330 students from 11 universities on 11 coaches. The overland expedition travelled to India and Pakistan. Unfortunately, Comex 2 was marred by tragedy. On the return journey the Durham coach was involved in a tragic accident near Zagreb in Yugoslavia with the loss of 14 young lives.
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