Major Ernest Barker BEM

Gebundenes Buch

Behind Enemy Lines with the SOE

Beschreibung

A previously unpublished wartime SOE autobiography - the author wrote the manuscript before he was killed whilst serving in the SAS.

Autor

ERNEST CHARLES ROLAND BARKER enlisted as a Boy soldier in 1934, going on to serve in the Western Desert and in Greece in 1941. As a Sergeant in the Royal Corps of Signals, Barker was assigned to the Special Operations Executive and underwent parachute training. After the war Barker opted to remain in the Army, at which point he took a commission. Promoted to Major, Barker became the Officer Commanding 22 SAS in Malaya. He was killed in a helicopter crash in Malaya in 1953, before he could see through his plan to have his memoir published.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 165mm x 240mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9781526779748
• ISBN-10: 1526779749
• Artikelnr.: 60142407