Derek Law's Bibliography

Category: Coastal Forces

Name:	Coastal Forces
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Documents: 14

795	ARMSTRONG, Warren. HM Small Ships: Written with the Authority and Assistance of the Admiralty. ix, 199p., illus. London: Muller, 1958. A freely dramatised history of Coastal Forces, concentrating heavily on WWII.	view
796	BENNETT, A. S. Tide Time. [6], 165p., illus. London: Allen & Unwin, 1949. Just under half of this autobiography concerns the author's wartime service in Coastal Forces.	view
797	BOTT, L. F. Coastal Forces and Communications with France Before D-Day 1944 (Monograph 16). 11p. Sydney: Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1991. A personal account of the role of light coastal forces in the lead up to the invasion.	view
798	COOPER, Bryan. The E-Boat Threat. 138p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Macdonald and Jane’s, 1976. ISBN: 0356081443. Describes the development of these craft, crew training, and the gradual evolution of tactics. It is concerned principally with operations off the east and south coasts of England.	view
799	DICKENS, Peter. Night Action: MTB Flotilla at War. xiii, 242p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Davies, 1974. ISBN: 0432027653. The memoirs of the commander of the 21st MTB Flotilla. His previous war service in Somali at Norway, the command of a schuyt at Dunkirk and with Cotswold on the East Coast is also briefly described. Reprinted by Seaforth in 2008.	view
800	GRANVILLE, Wilfred, & KELLY, Robin A. Inshore Heroes: The Story of HM Motor Launches in Two World Wars. 320p., illus., index. London: W. H. Allen, 1961. This is the story of a group of unsung and largely unrecorded heroes. Good and extensive coverage, mainly on WWII.	view
802	HOBDAY, Geoffrey. In Harm’s Way: A RNVR Officer at War 1940-1944. 224p., illus., index. London: Imperial War Museum, 1985. ISBN: 0901627305. Hobday served on the Armed Boarding Vessel Maron and in Contraband Control until 1941 when he moved to Coastal Forces. He gives a good account of small boat warfare in the North Sea, Channel and Mediterranean where he commanded MGB 643 in 1943-44. He was briefly Directing Officer of Stayner in home waters in 1944 before taking command of MTB 725.	view
803	JEFFERSON, David. Coastal Forces at War: Royal Navy 'Little Ships' in World War 2. 208p., bibliog., illus., index. Sparkford: PSL, 1996. ISBN: 1852604999. A study of the ships, the crews, and the actions. A well-researched and readable account. A second edition was published by Haynes in 2008.	view
804	MACNEE, Patrick. Blind in One Ear [by] Patrick Macnee and Marie Cameron. [iv], 298p., illus., index. London: Harrap, 1988. ISBN: 024554674X. The autobiography of an actor. Two chapters cover his war in MTBs.	view
805	PICKLES, Harold. Untold Stories of Small Boats at War: Coastal Forces Veterans Remember. xii, 232p., illus. Bishop Auckland: Pentland, 1994. ISBN: 185821176X. A collection of anecdotes, articles and stories from the newsletter of the Coastal Forces Veterans Association. Covers all theaters, but dominated by home waters.	view
806	SCOTT, Peter. The Battle of the Narrow Seas: A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea 1939-1945. xii, 228p., illus., index. London: Country Life, 1945; New York: Scribner's, 1946. The author was a distinguished participant in this bitterly fought campaign. This is a full, authorised and semi-official account of the work of Coastal Forces. Reprinted by White Lion in 1974.	view
807	SCOTT, Peter. The Eye of the Wind. xxii, 679p., illus., index. London: Hodder; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. An autobiography with 250 pages on WWII. Scott was a RNVR officer who served on Broke during the Fall of France and then in the Atlantic (including the Comorin rescue). Early in 1942 he moved to Coastal Forces in Steam Gun Boat 9. He took part in the Dieppe Raid, then in 1944 moved to the staff as an organiser of Coastal Forces operations. In 1945 he moved to the then building Cardigan Bay. He wrote the official history of Coastal Forces. The rest of the book charts his subsequent fame.	view
4946	O’FLAHERTY, Chris. Crash Start: The Life and Legacy of Lieutenant Richard Guy Ormonde Hudson DSC Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. xii, 125p., bibliog., illus. Gloucester: Choir Press, 2019. Hudson joined the RNVR in 1940 and after service in Home Waters, including the Bismarck action, he joined Coastal Forces and served in the Mediterranean and the Channel with distinction.	view
801	HICHENS, Robert Peverell. We Fought Them in Gunboats. 152p., illus. London: Joseph, 1944. A lively picture of the author’s career in Coastal Forces. It was cut short by his death in action off the Dutch Coast in May 1943. A second edition edited by David James was published by Badger Books in 1957.	view