Entry Text: | BENNETT, Chipps Selby. Seahorse! Between the Sea and the Saddle. An Adventurous and Exhilarating Life at Sea and in the Saddle. 480p., illus., index. Tiverton: Halsgrove, 2005. ISBN: 1841144819.
His autobiography. He joined as a Special Entry Naval Cadet in 1943 and spent twenty-seven years in the RN. After a quiet period as a midshipman in battleships at Scapa he had an active war running supplies to Cretan guerrillas then serving in the Pacific. An engaging tale. |
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