COCKLESHELL COMMANDO The Memoirs of Bill Sparks DSM

SPARKS Bill

ISBN 10: 0850529298 / ISBN 13: 9780850529296

Published by Leo Cooper, 2002. 9780850529296, 2008

About this Item

1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 146, illus with b&w photos and maps (no inscriptions).

Seller Inventory # 182286

Bibliographic Details

• Title: COCKLESHELL COMMANDO The Memoirs of Bill Sparks DSM
• Publisher: Leo Cooper, 2002. 9780850529296
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850529298
• ISBN 13: 9780850529296
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military History-WW2

About this title

Synopsis

One of only two survivors of the famous Cockleshell Hero raid, Bill Sparks' war and post-war career has never before been told in full. In this gripping book, he describes not only his part in Operation Frankton, the daring Gironde raid, and his escape back to Britain, but how he fought with the Greek Sacred Squadron thereafter. Always something of a military maverick, Bill's memoir is truly action-packed. Sadly this great character has now died.

Synopsis

One of only two survivors of the famous Cockleshell Hero raid, Bill Sparks' war and post-war career has never before been told in full. In this gripping book, he describes not only his part in Operation Frankton, the daring Gironde raid, and his escape back to Britain, but how he fought with the Greek Sacred Squadron thereafter. Operating in small groups they raided and liberated islands in the Aegean Sea. After the war, bored with life as a bus driver, he joined the Malayan Police and saw action aplenty during the Emergency. Always something of a military maverick, Bill's memoir is truly action-packed. The book benefits from the inclusion of the official German investigation report into the Cockleshell Raid.