Reference
Z1584/1
Title
George's War - a book written by Cranch Lamble
Date free text
2014
Production date
From: 1942 To: 1947
Scope and Content
Details the service of his grandfather, George Frederick Bailey, with 419 Heavy Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) from April 1942 to January 1947. The book also includes details of the subject's early and later life and has numerous photographs and maps. Photographs include those taken on campaign showing military hardware and personnel as well as those of named individuals, comprising: George's father George Alfred Bailey; G. A. Bailey's greengrocer's cart in Ilford [Essex]; members of George's family including his mother May and brother Don; sketches of various subjects made by George; George's wife Trudy; Captain Bingham; Lieutenant Todd Slaughter; Lieutenant Robbie Robinson; Medical Officer Bill Jardin; Major Ronnie Palmer; Lieutenant Arthur Nightingale; Lieutenant Jock Cochrane; Major Cox; Lieutenant Johnny Martin; Lieutenant Jack Tyre; Lieutenant Alan Wood; Captain Bryn Abbott; Major Wilkes; Lieutenant Owen; Lieutenant Cann; Lieutenant Robert Dudley Stewart-Pettigrew, Lieutenant C A Reynolds; Lieutenant Thomas; Gunner Markham; Battery Sergeant Major Hastings; Gunner Greenslade; General Brian Horrocks; Major-General Stuart Rawlins; Major-General Roy Urquhart. The volume is desktop published.
Level of description
item