| Name: | Operation FRANKTON (The Cockleshell Heroes) |
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Documents: 9
| 1891 | ASHDOWN, Paddy. A Brilliant Little Operation: The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of WW2. xxvii, 420p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Aurum, 2012. ISBN: 9781845137014.
The seventieth anniversary of the raid is marked with yet another definitive account. In this case Lord Ashdown is a former member of the SBS and writes fluently and using new sources. |
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| 1892 | DOWNTON, Roger & DOWNTON, Sandra. In War Heroes Wake. 144p., illus. Poole: Traveller's Joy Publishing, 2005. ISBN: 0955016606.
The story of the raid intermingled with the authors attempts to retrace the journey of the raiders by canoe. |
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| 1893 | LYMAN, Robert. Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid. xxii, 346 p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Quercus, 2012. ISBN: 9780857382405.
From a respected historian this claims to be the first full account of the raid for fifty years. |
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| 1894 | PHILLIPS, C. E. Lucas. Cockleshell Heroes. ix, 252p., illus. London: Heinemann, 1956.
The story of Operation Frankton, the raid on enemy shipping in Bordeaux Harbour by a small party of Royal Marines in 1942. |
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| 1896 | SPARKS, William. Cockleshell Commando. [x], 146p., illus., index. Barnsley: Cooper, 2003. ISBN: 0850522978.
There is a brief account of the famous raid on Bordeaux, including an appendix giving a contemporary German view of the raid. However the bulk of the book is made up of his memoirs of service with the SBS in the Aegean and his post-war career in the Malayan police and in retirement. A lively memoir. Reprinted by Seaforth in 2009. |
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| 1897 | SPARKS, William, with MUNN, Michael. The Last of the Cockleshell Heroes: A World War Two Memoir. 152p., illus. London: Cooper, 1992. ISBN: 0850522978.
Sparks joined the Marines in 1939 and spent two years on Renown. After a spell of illness and the death of his brother on Naiad he joined the Commandos. He was in the cockle with the leader of the raid on Bordeaux Harbour, Major Hasler. The raid and their escape to Spain are described. |
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| 4437 | OLDFIELD, Paul. Cockleshell Raid. 240p., illus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2012. ISBN: 1781592551. Looks at the whole sequence of events from the planning of the raid to its aftermath, including the escape of Haslar and Sparks across occupied France. |
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| 5077 | KEMP, Ross. Warriors: British Fighting Heroes. viii, 328p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Century, 2010. ISBN: 9781846057991. A personal tribute which provides eleven brief biographies of men of courage and their sacrifices. It covers all of the armed services. This includes “Blondie” Haslar from the Royal Marines who led the Cockleshell Heroes, Captain Edward Fegen of the completely outgunned Jervis Bay who saved his convoy when it was attacked by the Admiral Scheer, and Malcolm Wanklyn, the submariner captain of Upholder who was lost in action in the Mediterranean. |
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| 1895 | REES, Quentin. Cockleshell Heroes: The Final Witness. 320p., bibliog., illus., index. Stroud: Amberley, 2010. ISBN: 184868861X. Claims to be the definitive account of the mission. Republished in 2013 by Amberley to mark the 75th anniversary of the raid with the new sub-title, The Definitive History (ISBN: 9781445616898). |
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