Guardsman and Commando : The War Memoirs of RSM Cyril Feebery, DCM
Published by Pen & Sword UK, 2008. ISBN 9781844158119.
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Seller: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, AustraliaAlexander Fax Booksellers
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"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Hard cover dust wrapper, viii/148pp, b&w plates. Light wear to dw/board edges; a near fine copy. Memoir of service with the British Army between 1937 and 1945. Feebery served with the Grenadier Guards in the British Expeditionary Force, was evacuated wounded from Dunkirk, completed Commando training in Scotland and joined the Middle East Commando (Layforce). On the disbandment of Layforce, he joined the Folboat Section, later the Special Boat Section, and trained as a canoeist under Captain Roger Keyes VC to conduct commando operations from submarines. When the SBS was later absorbed into the Special Air Service (SAS), Feebery took part in raids on Benghazi and Tripoli. With the creation of the Special Boat Squadron (SBS), Feebery served as Squadron Sergeant Major under Major the Earl Jellicoe. He was captured by Italian forces after a raid on airfields in Sardinia, and later escaped from POW camp in Italy to regain the Allied side. After recovering from malaria, Feebery became Squadron Sergeant Major, Headquarters Squadron, 1st SAS Regiment in 1944. He participated in SAS operations in the Dijon area of France, then in Northern France and Belgium. His memoir ends with SAS operations to obtain the surrender of German occupation forces in Norway.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Guardsman and Commando : The War Memoirs of RSM Cyril Feebery, DCM
- Author
- Feebery DCM, RSM Cyril (edited by Feebery, David)
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword UK, 2008. ISBN 9781844158119.
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
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