C K Smith

Gebundenes Buch

With the SBS and SAS in WW2

Corporal Ken Smith's Wartime Service from the Royal Marines to the Special Forces

Beschreibung

From a choirboy on HMS Victory to a Royal Marine and then an early recruit of the Special Boat Service and Special Air Service, Ken Smith was a witness to many of the key events of the Second World War. Not for nothing was he often heard to say, 'I never expected to see the end of the war.

Autor

COLIN K. SMITH, one of Ken Smith's ten children, now retired and living in North Devon, made a promise to record his father's stories before they were lost. Colin has led a full and adventurous life including, an Arctic survival expedition; serving with Desert and Mountain rescue in the Persian Gulf and as a surf lifeguarded in Australia, New Zealand, S. Africa and on North Devon beaches. He has also climbed Africa's second highest mountain, Mount Kenya. Colin has competed in Hawaii in the world's longest ocean kayak race and has twice been a World Master's ocean kayak champion. He is a qualified electronics engineer, carpenter and joiner, stone mason, builder and fireman. He credits his father's Genes/DNA and upbringing for any achievements.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781036140823
• ISBN-10: 1036140822
• Artikelnr.: 74446887