Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Book of SAS Obituaries written by The Daily The Daily Telegraph and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2020-10-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its somewhat inauspicious early days in North Africa in 1941, the Special Air Service went on to become one of the most respected and elite military formations in the world. Its activities during the Second World War, and after, have become the stuff of legend and numerous books have been dedicated to the astonishing exploits of the men in its ranks.No more so is the case then for Colonel Sir David Stirling, whose obituary understandably features in this book. The creator of the SAS, Stirling was nicknamed the 'Phantom Major' by the Germans for his remarkable exploits far behind their lines in the Western Desert. In the fifteen months before he was captured, he and his desert raiders destroyed aircraft, mined roads, derailed trains, fired petrol dumps, blew up ammunition depots, hi-jacked lorries and killed many times their own number. Rommel admitted that Stirling's men caused more damage than any other British unit of equal strength.In 1942 the SAS was given the status of a full regiment. Montgomery said of its creator: 'The boy Stirling is quite mad. However, in war there is a place for mad people.' Whilst Stirling was awarded a DSO in 1942 and was appointed OBE in 1946, he was once described as 'one of the most under-decorated soldiers of the Second World War'.Stirling himself designed the Regiment's cap badge, which carries the world-famous motto, 'Who Dares Wins'. These words not only summed up Stirling's philosophy perfectly, but also that of many of the men who served in the regiment.The individual members of the SAS have generally kept a low profile while serving with the regiment, which makes their obituaries so interesting - revealing much about the men whose actions are as relevant in the dangerous world of today as they have been throughout the decades since the Second World War.
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Book of Obituaries written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by Pan Macmillan Adult. This book was released on 1995 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title gathers together some of the, often amusing, obituaries that have appeared in The Daily Telegraph.
Download or read book The Very Best of the Daily Telegraph Books of Obituaries written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by Pan Macmillan Adult. This book was released on 2001 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five Daily Telegraph Books of Obituaries have been both a critical and a popular success, winning plaudits from readers and reviewers alike. Here, gathered in one volume, is the very best of the witty, waspish and often wildly funny biographical short stories that are the mark of a Telegraph Obituary. Together they offer a richly unpredictable medley of twentieth-century lives, a deliciously idiosyncratic study in miniature, reflecting the last century at its most picturesque, poignant and absurd.
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Book of Military Obituaries written by David Twiston Davies and published by Daily Telegraph Book of Obitua. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 17 years since The Daily Telegraph started to take its obituaries seriously by allotting them a special section in the paper, it has published around 1,000 obituaries of soldiers, as well as almost equal numbers of sailors and airmen. The 100 to be found here, which have never before been collected in book form, were chosen to show the widest range of military experience. They include those who performed astonishing acts of bravery, such as the New Zealander Charles Upham, who won the Victoria Cross twice in North Africa, the commando leader "Mad Jack" Churchill and Drum Major Buss, the bugler who rallied the Glosters and the Imjin river in Korea. Among the senior figures are General Mazek, who commanded the Polish 2nd Corps in Normandy, the rigorous Field Marshal Lord Carver and General Sir Walter Walker, who won three DSOs and remained an unflinchingly outspoken critic of Britain's postwar society. But not every soldier is called upon to concentrate on fighting. Kenneth Merrylees spent his career searching for water on behalf of the Army. James Drew was General Montgomery's postmaster. Among those who enjoyed the high noon of British India are Tony 'Raj' Fowler, who was engaged in operations against the Fakir of Ipi on the border of Afghanistan, and that great character Sir 'Honker' Henniker, Bt, who remembered being smartly saluted by elephants. David Twiston Davies, is the Chief Obituary Writer of The Daily Telegraph.
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Book of Military Obituaries written by David Twiston Davies and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the seventeen years since The Daily Telegraph started to take its obituaries seriously by allotting them a special section in the paper, it has published around 1,000 obituaries of soldiers, as well as almost equal numbers of sailors and airmen. The 100 to be found here, which have never before been collected in book form, were chosen to show the widest range of military experience. They include those who performed astonishing acts of bravery, such as the New Zealander Charles Upham, who won the Victoria Cross twice in Crete and North Africa, the commando leader "Mad Jack" Churchill and Drum Major Buss, the bugler who rallied the Glosters at the Imjin River in Korea. Among the senior figures are General Mazek, who commanded the Poles in Normandy, the rigorous Field Marshal Lord Carver and General Sir Walter Walker, who won three DSOs.
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Fourth Book of Obituaries written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Fifth Book of Obituaries written by Hugh Massingberd and published by Pan Macmillan Adult MM. This book was released on 1999 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the DAILIY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF OBITUARIES series. A selection of obituaries from the DAILY TELEGRAPH. The obituaries are a sympathetic and often hilarious celebration of individual human diversity. Includes a medley of larger-than-life characters whose largely unsung contribution deserves to be recorded.
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Second Book of Obituaries written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by Pan. This book was released on 1997 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Book of Imperial and Commonwealth Obituaries written by David Twiston Davies and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For this new collection, David Twiston-Davies has selected the most fascinating Imperial and Commonwealth obituaries published in The Daily Telegraph over the last twenty years. The stories of these characters beautifully illustrate the way the Imperial influence spread British culture around the world in the form of practices, traditions and history, sometimes positively and deliberately, often unconsciously and sometimes even in the face of considerable hostility. This compilation is divided up by regions, beginning with India, followed by the dominions Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and concluding with the individual colonies in Africa and the South Seas, as well as the North and South Poles."--Jacket.
Download or read book Daily Telegraph Book of Military Obituaries Book Three written by David Twiston Davies and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Twiston Davies's latest and highly entertaining collection of 100 Daily Telegraph military obituaries from the last fifteen years, include those celebrated for their great heroism and involvement in major operations. Others have extraordinary stories barely remembered by their families. Personalities who feature include the Canadian Sgt Smoky Smith who was locked up after winning the VC in Italy to ensure he would be sober at Buckingham Palace; Obergefreiter Henry Metellman, a Panzer driver brutally frank about his Eastern Front experiences, who later became a groundsman at Charterhouse School; Private Harry Patch, the last man to go 'over the top' in the First World War; Sgt Tiny Brice who rescued two wounded men under fire, pulling them to safety on a farm gate; Penny Phillips, an ambulance driver caught up in the retreat from France in 1940; Armedeo Guillet, an Italian officer who led the last cavalry charge against the British in 1941; Australian General Sir Frank Hassett who commanded a textbook operation in Korea; and Lt--Col David Garforth Bles who was pig sticking in India when a friend disappeared only to be found at the bottom of an enormous well accompanied by his horse with a pig trying to bite both of them.
Download or read book Military Obituaries written by David Twiston Davies and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-19 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “classic compilation” (The Field) of newspaper death notices “includes the great, the brave, the adventurous, and the eccentric” (Soldier Magazine). Part of the unique series compiled by Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper, this volume collects one hundred recent obituaries of military figures. Some have been celebrated for their great heroism and involvement in major operations, while others have extraordinary stories barely remembered even by their families. Those featured include Pte. Harry Patch, the last survivor of those who went “over the top” on the Western Front in 1917; Lt. Col. Colonel Eric Wilson of the Somaliland Camel Corps, who learned he had been awarded a “posthumous” Victoria Cross in a prison camp; and Col. Clive Fairweather, who organized the SAS attack on the terrorists who seized the Iranian embassy in London in 1980. These tributes and miniature biographies make fascinating reading for those interested in history and the military. As Andrew Roberts wrote of the first collection: “They evoke swirling, profound, even guilty emotions. . . . To those Britons who have known only peace, these are thought provoking and humbling essays in valor.”
Download or read book Closing Balances written by Hugh Massingberd and published by White Lion Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Daily Telegraph's' trademark obituary style, created by Hugh Massingberd, is distinguished by the quality of the writing, humour and focus on the individuality and character of subjects. This collection is devoted to the business world, it is divided into nine sections, each concentrating on a particular group.
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Third Book of Obituaries written by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected obituaries of entertainers from 1986-1994.
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Third Book of Obituaries written by Group Limited Telegraph and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'a splendid anthology, both hilarious and melancholy' Spectator Witty, enchanting, engaging and moving, Hugh Massingberd's third collection of Daily Telegraph obituaries ranges in scope from well-known entertainers like Liberace and Kenneth Williams to more obscure characters such as the one-time world's fattest man and a little-known pantomime dame. This wonderfully varied, rich and humorous book will appeal to all tastes. 'a funny and moving collection' Paul Bailey
Download or read book The Daily Telegraph Airmen s Obituaries written by Jay Iliff and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Priests and Prelates written by and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-06-23 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Daily Telegraph has a reputation for outstanding obituaries. This book contains the best and most colourful obituaries of clergyment in recent years, selected and introduced by Trevor Beeson, former Dean of Winchester. Ranging from Monsignor Alfred Gilbey who weekly rode to hounds in frock coat and gaiters to Brian Brindley who died surrounded by his acolytes in the midst of a five course dinner at The Atheneum. This book is highly entertaining but Trevor Beeson's extended introduction also evaluates the clerical tradition and make some fairly piercing comments about the state of the Churches today.
Download or read book Secret Forces of World War II written by Philip Warner and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2004-01-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the lasting legacies of World War 2 was the proliferation of what today are known as Special Forces. At the time many soldiers, often of high rank regarded these units as nothing short of ill-disciplined cowboys or worse! However desperate times called for desperate measures and there were those in high places who were prepared to take risks. As specially recruited units such as the LRDG, SAS and SBS earned their spurs and scored significant victories, at high cost both to the enemy and themselves, so faith in the concept grew
