Cockleshell commando
Sparks, William, 1922-20022009
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One of only two survivors of the famous Cockleshell Hero raid, Bill Sparks' war and post-war career is told here in full. The memoir describes not only his military career, but also his postwar life as a police officer in Malaya, including the Emergency. One of only two survivors of the famous Cockleshell Hero raid, Bill Sparks' war and post-war career has never before been told in full. In this gripping book, he describes not only his part in Operation FRANKTON, the daring Gironde raid, and his escape back to Britain, but how he fought with the Greek Sacred Squadron thereafter. Operating in small groups they raided and liberated islands in the Aegean Sea. After the war, bored with life as a bus driver, he joined the Malayan Police and saw action aplenty during the Emergency. Always something of a military maverick, Bill's memoir is truly action-packed. The book benefits from the inclusion of the official German investigation report into the Cockleshell Raid.
Main title:
Cockleshell commando / by Bill Sparks.
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Imprint:
Barnsley : Leo Cooper, 2009.
Collation:
146 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2002.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781844158942 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.545941092940.5459
LC class:
D736
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain. Royal MarinesWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, BritishWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, BritishEscapes -- France -- History -- 20th centuryWarfare and DefenceBiography: generalMemoirsEuropean historyHistorySecond World WarBiography: historical, political & militaryNaval forces & warfareGeneral & world historyMilitary history
BRN:
940104