| Entry Text: | SIMPSON-JONES, Peter. Nine Lives, or the Felix Factor: the Story of a Naval Officer in SOE in World War II as Told to Peter Brutton. 176p., illus. London: Elliott & Thompson, 2005. ISBN: 1904027393.
His career began in the Royal Navy, surviving the Portsmouth Blitz and an attack by sharks off Reunion, both vividly described, before he joined the SOE. His role as off-shore navigational lead marker was crucial to the Anzio operation's success. |
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