Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

Beatrix. Potter

Children's Books

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Derek Bond is better remembered as an actor then a soldier and certainly deserves a measure of immortality for his portrayal of Nicolas Nickleby. His career as an actor, however, was very much in its infancy when Hitler invaded poland, and Bond abandon the boards for the drill square. His height naturally propelled him towards the Brigade of Guards and he was soon bulling his boots with the best of them. Though his background was not such as is normally associated with Officers in the Brigade, he was judged to be Officer material, commissioned into the Grenadier Guards and posted to the Third Battalion. More intensive training followed before the Battalion was sent to North Africa invalided home, earning an MC for his pains. Recuperation was followed by a spell as an instructor before he was reunited with the Third Batalion in italy. An unlucky swan into Florence, which he had mistakenly been led to believe the Germans has evacuated, resulted in his capture and he spent the rest of the war as a prisoner. This is not a book which sets out to expound the glories of war, nor does the author pretend that these were the best years of his life. He wrote it, as he says, because so many of his younger friends, to whom the war is a matter of history rather then memory, kept asking him what it was like. Whatever the reason, he tells the story of his military career with a degree of charm, wit and modesty which will come as no surprise to those familiar with the work of this highly talented actor- and writer.

Steady, Old Man! Don't You Know There's a War On? (Famous Regiments)

Biographies & Memoirs

Bond, Derek

Crew, Graeme Campbell Eley

Historical

In this anthology of military history the author uses extracts from the diaries of soldiers from the time of the American War of Independence up to the Falklands War to reveal their thoughts and attitudes to facing up to the cannon, under shellfire and going over the top in World War I.

Sword and the Pen

The story of POW John Fletcher-Cooke's horrifying treatment at the hands of the Japanese. Based on a diary he kept throughout his captivity, this story, told without bitterness, reveals a man who refused to give way to despair. He also recounts how he revisited Japan and met his former captors.

Emperor's Guest (3rd Edition)

FLETCHER-COOKE,John

Community & Culture

In this 5th volume, Lord Anglesey tells of the spectacular exploits of the yeomanry of Britain, the Australasian and Indian mounted forces in the Middle East between 1914-1918. He establishes that the Light Horse of Australia and New Zealand proved themselves to be perhaps the most skilful and effective soldiers on horseback in British history.

A History of the British Cavalry 1914-1919, Volume V

History

Marquess, Of Anglesey

Anglesey George Charles Henry Victor Paget

Europe

For the air forces, D-Day was the culmination of many months of preliminary operations; this illustrated account profiles the actions of RAF Bomber and Coastal Commands and USAAF bombers.

Air War Normandy

Richard Townshend Bickers

Military

The author explains how the tradition of loyalty to the regiment has served the British Army so well over the past 350 years and, in his vivid description of some of the major campaigns in which it has fought, shows what it was like at various times to have been an officer or a soldier in the British Army.

For Love of Regiment: 1915-1994, Volume II

MESSENGER,Charles

The 1914-1918 war was the first truly World War and the vast and devastating operations on the Western and Eastern Front dominate the history books. However, by the standards of previous military conflicts, the Palestine and Mesopotamia campaigns against the Turks were on an unprecedented scale.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY, VOL 6: 1914-1918 , MESOPOTAMIA

Ancient Civilizations

In Volume VII it is shown how superior the British Cavalry was to those of the French and German in the first five months of the Great War. A major factor in their success was their skill in dismounted firepower and their capacity to move speedily from one point to another.

A History of the British Cavalry the Curragh Incident and the Western Front 1914, Volume VII

Anglesey, Marquess Of

This is the last volume of his monumental chronicle. The author examines the cavalry's role in trench warfare and shows how at the worst crisis moments, the cavalry's superior mobility saved the day.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH CAVALRY, VOL 8: THE WESTERN FRONT 1915-1918; EPILOGUE 1919-1929 (v. 8)

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