NO BRYLCREEM NO MEDALS: Memoirs of an RAF MT Driver

Hambleton, Jack

ISBN 10: 1873203462 / ISBN 13: 9781873203460

Published by Woodfield Publishing, Bognor Regis, 2000

About this Item

This new copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. The contents are bright, tight, white and square. This copy has been signed 'With Best Wishes Jack Hambleton' on the half title with no other dedication. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Jack ?Hamby? Hambleton?s World War 2 memoir recalls the antics of young ?erks? at war. Jack, an MT driver with the RAF, was involved in many misadventures. Escapades as diverse as carousing with the crew of a Russian submarine in the Shetlands, ?nobbling? a donkey derby in Egypt and being a patient at an RAF hospital filled with outrageous malingerers are all amusingly related here, and much else besides. This is a great book describing what it was like to be an average serviceman in the British forces, in this case the Royal Air Force. No dashing fighter pilot, determined Bomber crew member, air gunner or navigator just a truck driver. The book takes you through the daily routines, humour, tragedy and idiosyncrasies that these men and women went through. From typically mundane working class backgrounds and being whisked off to exotic far off battlefields. Ref UU 6.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NO BRYLCREEM NO MEDALS: Memoirs of an RAF MT Driver
• Publisher: Woodfield Publishing, Bognor Regis
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1873203462
• ISBN 13: 9781873203460
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Jack ‘Hamby’ Hambleton’s World War 2 memoir recalls the antics of young ‘erks’ at war. Jack, an MT driver with the RAF, was involved in many misadventures.

Escapades as diverse as carousing with the crew of a Russian submarine in the Shetlands, ‘nobbling’ a donkey derby in Egypt and being a patient at an RAF hospital filled with outrageous malingerers are all amusingly related here, and much else besides.

Very entertaining!