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David Twiston Davies's latest and highly entertaining collection of 100 Daily Telegraph military obituaries from the last fifteen years, include those celebrated for their great heroism and involvement in major operations. Others have extraordinary stories barely remembered by their families.Personalities who feature include the Canadian Sgt Smoky Smith who was locked up after winning the VC in Italy to ensure he would be sober at Buckingham Palace; Obergefreiter Henry Metellman, a Panzer driver brutally frank about his Eastern Front experiences, who later became a groundsman at Charterhouse School; Private Harry Patch, the last man to go 'over the top' in the First World War; Sgt Tiny Brice who rescued two wounded men under fire, pulling them to safety on a farm gate; Penny Phillips, an ambulance driver caught up in the retreat from France in 1940; Armedeo Guillet, an Italian officer who led the last cavalry charge against the British in 1941; Australian General Sir Frank Hassett who commanded a textbook operation in Korea; and Lt-Col David Garforth Bles who was pig sticking in India when a friend disappeared only to be found at the bottom of an enormous well accompanied by his horse with a pig trying to bite both of them.Product Identifiers
PublisherGrub Street Publishing
ISBN-139781909808317
eBay Product ID (ePID)223015259
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Daily Telegraph Military Obituaries Book Three
Publication Year2015
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid Twiston Davies
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height210 mm
Item Width138 mm
Additional Product Features
EditorDavid Twiston Davies
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom