| Entry Text: | LAYARD, A.F.C. Commanding Canadians: The Second World War Diaries of A.F.C. Layard edited by Michael Whitby. xv, 383p., bibliog., illus., index. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005. ISBN: 0774811935.
Layard was a complex character who led an RCN escort group although an RN officer. The diary is eloquent in its own right and is lightly edited and has good introductory essays. The diary covers the period 1943-45 when his group was active in the inshore waters of the UK. |
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