| Entry Text: | HOPTON, Richard. A Reluctant Hero: The Life of Captain Robert Ryder, VC. xvi, 224p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2011. ISBN: 9781848843707.
The first biography of an officer who won his VC in the St Nazaire Raid. Although forever associated with this, his active war included service in Q Ships, Combined Operations, at D-Day and commanding an Arctic convoy's destroyer |
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