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| 1842 | EDGE, Spence, & HENDERSON, Jim. No Honour, No Glory. 192p., illus. Auckland: Collins, 1983. ISBN: 0002172089. The little-known tragedies of the Italian merchantmen Jason, sunk by Porpoise in December 1941, and the Nino Bixio, sunk by Turbulent, both off Greece and with the loss of hundreds of British and Dominion POWs. Edge was one of the New Zealand survivors. |
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| 1843 | STRACHAN, Tony. In the Clutch of Circumstance: Reminiscences of the Canadian National Prisoners of War Association. 285p., illus. Victoria, B.C.: Cappis, 1985. ISBN: 0919763103.
Three dozen brief reminiscences, some of naval relevance. |
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| 1844 | STUBBS, Pam. Unsung Heroes of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines: The Far East Prisoners of War 1941-1945. 144p. Lincoln: Tucann, 2011. ISBN: 9781907516115. A Roll gives the full name and service number of each of these Far East Prisoners of War (FEPOW's) and the countries in which they were held. Included for those who did not survive is the place and date of death and where buried - or, for those with no known grave, the memorial where commemorated. |
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| 1845 | STUBBS, Ray S. Prisoner of Nippon. [xii], 276p., illus. Upton upon Severn: Square One, 1995. ISBN: 1872017886.
He was called up in 1940 and by the end of the year joined Encounter at Gibraltar. In December 1941 he transferred to the shore signal station at Singapore. In February 1942 he escaped in a small minesweeper which was captured near Palembang. Most of the book concerns three-and-a-half grim years then spent as a POW in Sumatra. |
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| 1846 | TETT, David. A Postal History of the Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees in East Asia During the Second World War. 2 vols. Bristol: Stuart Rossiter Trust Fund, 2002-3. ISBN: 0953000451.
A detailed work on a very detailed topic, with some naval interest. Volume One covers Singapore and Changi, while Volume Two covers the Dutch East Indies |
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| 1847 | THOMAS, Gabe. MILAG: Captives of the Kriegsmarine. Merchant Navy Prisoners of War, Germany 1939–1945. xii, 320p., bibliog., illus., index. Pontardawe: Milag Prisoner of War Association, 1995. ISBN: 0952549808. A full but scrapbook-like account of a neglected area |
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| 1848 | UNDERWOOD, George. "…And Some Were Lucky." 160p., illus., index. Corby: Linwood, 1996. ISBN: 0952913208.
The author was a stoker who volunteered for submarines in 1940. After training he joined Otway then moved to Sahib as she completed in May 1942. He served with her in the Mediterranean in April 1942. He was taken prisoner but later escaped and much of the book covers this period in Italy. He met the advancing Allies in late 1944 and after repatriation joined Tuna based in Scotland for the rest of the war. |
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| 1849 | VARLEY, Edwin. The Judy Story: The Dog with Six Lives [by] E. Varley, edited by Wendy James. 163p., illus. London: Souvenir, 1973. ISBN: 0745103723.
The story of a dog called Judy. She was a pet on the RN river gunboats on the China Station and was sunk with Grasshopper during an attempted escape from Singapore. The bulk of the book is concerned with her prisoner of war experiences, which led to the award of the Dickin Medal, the animal VC. |
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| 1850 | A, J. E. Geoffrey: Major John Geoffrey Appleyard, DSO, MC and Bar, MA, Being the Story of "Apple" of the Commandos and Special Air Service Regiment. [6], 191p., illus. London: Blandford, 1946.
The biography of one of the first of the raiders, killed in North Africa in 1943 after much active service. |
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| 1851 | BAILEY, Roderick. Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations During the Second World War. xi, 383p., illus., index. London: Ebury, 2008. ISBN: 0091918502.
Short reminiscences arranged chronologically. Some limited naval material. |
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| 1852 | CABELL, Craig. The History of 30 Assault Unit: Ian Fleming's Red Indians. xvi, 170p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley; Pen & Sword Military, 2009. ISBN: 1844159507.
The author has trawled archives and interviewed veterans in order to piece together the history and record of this elusive special forces unit which fought with great distinction and achieved results disproportionate to its size. |
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| 1853 | COURTNEY, G. B. SBS in World War II: The Story of the Original Special Boat Section of the Army Commandos. xxi, 242p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hale, 1983. ISBN: 0709012918. The brother of the founder of the SBS writes authoritatively on their wartime career prior to absorption by the Royal Marines. The book concentrates on the Mediterranean but has sections on the rest of Europe and the Far East. Founded in 1940, they never numbered more than 100 men and specialised in reconnaissance and sabotage. |
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| 1854 | DUNSTAN, Simon. Commandos: Churchill's 'Hand of Steel' (Spearhead, 11). 96p., bibliog., illus., index. Hersham: Ian Allan, 2003. ISBN: 0711029776.
Mainly a guide to the insignia, clothing and equipment, with brief accounts of some memorable actions. |
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| 1855 | GALLEGOS, Adrian. And Who Are You? 406p., illus. London: Adelphi, 1992. ISBN: 1856540669. An autobiography, which is in effect a substantially expanded second edition of his earlier book From Capri into Oblivion, the tale of a young RNVR officer captured and made a POW in Italy. |
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| 1856 | GALLEGOS, Adrian. From Capri into Oblivion. 254p., illus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1959.
The Italian adventures of a young RNVR Lieutenant in Special Forces. Mainly concerned with his capture, escape, and adventures in Italy, Germany, and Austria. |
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| 1857 | GLEESON, James, & WALDRON, Tom. Now It Can Be Told. 188p. London: Elek; New York: Philosophical Library, 1952.
Seven tales of bravery from the war. One of them tells of the Cockleshell Heroes Raid on Bordeaux. |
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| 1858 | HAMPSHIRE, A. Cecil. On Hazardous Service. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1974. ISBN: 0718302532.
Records the activities of four special service units: MGBs running supplies from Sweden; a converted fishing boat picking up refugees from occupied France; Q Ships; a Royal Marine Force in Burma. |
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| 1859 | HAMPSHIRE, A. Cecil. The Beachhead Commandos. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1983. ISBN: 0718303199.
The author describes yet another little known unit, in this case the RN Commandos whose job was to make the beachhead secure and to direct and control the arrival of landing craft. |
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| 1860 | HAMPSHIRE, A. Cecil. The Secret Navies. 272p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1978. ISBN: 0718301951.
Describes three irregular naval units. They were concerned with the landing of agents in and out of occupied Europe; Marines undertaking special operations from cockles - including the "Cockleshell Heroes"; and an Intelligence Assault Unit which aimed to capture enemy documents while moving with or ahead of assault troops. |
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| 1861 | HAMPSHIRE, A. Cecil. Undercover Sailors: Secret Operations of World War II. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1981. ISBN: 0718303687.
Another description of some secret operations. This tells of raiding forces in the Aegean, the Sea Reconnaissance Unit in Burma, the tragedy of a raiding party landed in Norway to attack shipping which was captured by the Germans and later executed in Sachsenhausen and Belsen, and finally the African Coastal Flotilla whose task was to land agents and equipment on the Mediterranean coastline. |
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