Books featuring the exploits of former Army & Navy personnel

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World War II memoir 
ISBN 1-873203-11-X

2297 - A POW's Story

by John Lawrence


A compelling story of five years spent as a POW in Eastern Europe after capture at Dunkirk
World War II memoir 
ISBN 1-903953-86-3

A Boy from Soho

by Frank Gianotti
A London boy's wartime experiences at home and abroad, in the London Blitz and in Italy with the RASC
Naval memoir 
ISBN 1-84683-001-X

A Corkhead's Chronicle

by David J. Lott
Experiences of a Royal Navy Clearance Diver 1955-76
World War II memoir 
ISBN 1-873203-28-4

A Long Way from Blandford

BA Jones tells of his wartime misadventures as a motorcycle dispatch rider

World War II memoir 
ISBN 1-903953-28-6

A Passage to Peshawar

by Bill Precey


Misadventures of a British officer in the Indian Army in WW2
World War II memoir 
ISBN 1-84683-021-4

A Tankie's Travels

by Jock Watt
WW2 action with 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3RTR) in North Africa, Greece & mainland Europe
WW2 memoir 
ISBN 1-903953-87-1

Achtung Minen! Guernsey

by Henry Beckingham
The history of the German minefields on Guernsey 1940-45, told by the man in charge of removing them
Aviation memoir 
ISBN 1-84683-014-1

Adventures of a Flying Dutchman

by Rudolf J Idzerda
Autobiography of a WW2 pilot in the Netherlands Naval Air Service who went on to become a Rear Admiral and later a Director of the World Wildlife Fund
Army history 
ISBN 1-84683-029-X

Armoured Farmer - A Tankie's Tales

by Malcolm Cleverley
Amusing recollections of a tankie with 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3RTR) during the Cold War years
ISBN 0-9525650-0-5

Duncan of Camperdown

by Neil Duncan


Biography of Admiral Adam Duncan, victor of the battle of Camperdown in 1797
World War II memoir 
ISBN 1-903953-33-2

Espionage Behind the Wire

by Howard Greville


The secret history of intelligence gathering by Allied prisoners of war during World War II and how they passed it on to their spymasters
Military memoir 
ISBN 1-873203-17-9

From Horses to Chieftains

by Richard Napier


From boy soldier to battle-hardened veteran with the 8th Hussars 1935-1959
military/civilian memoir 
ISBN 1-903953-91-X

Inside and Out

by Robert Cosh
Entertaining memoir featuring the author's experiences in the wartime Royal Navy and postwar in HM Prison Service
Naval history 
ISBN 1-84683-020-6

Intercepted at Sea

by Leslie Howson
& John Nixon
The human cost of insecure Royal Navy signals during two World Wars
Military memoir 
ISBN 1-873203-27-6

Kaladan Mortars

by Michael Clarke


Experiences of an officer with a mortar battery in Burma during WW2
WW2 memoirs 
ISBN 1-903953-94-4

Malta Remembered

edited by Frank Rixon
A collection of stories about the George Cross Island of Malta contributed by military personnel who served there during World War 2
World War II poetry 
ISBN 1-903953-75-8

No Poppies in the Jungle

by Kenneth Child
War Poems & Drawings depicting the Burma Campaign during World War 2
Naval history 
ISBN 1-873203-99-3

On a Sailor's Grave (No Roses Grow)

by Mike Kemble
A personal investigation into some of the greatest Maritime Disasters of the Second World War
World War I memoir 
ISBN 1-873203-83-7

Once a Cameron Highlander

by Robert Burns


Remarkable story of a WW1 Battle of the Somme veteran, who lived to be 105 years old
Military memoir 
ISBN 1-903953-17-0

Parachutes, Princes & Predicaments

by Edward Cartner


The trials and tribulations of the most difficult challenge of the author's career - teaching Prince Charles and Prince Andrew to parachute jump
Korean War memoir 
ISBN 1-903953-08-1

Pluck Under Fire

by John Pluck


A former regular soldier with the Middlesex Regiment looks back on his experiences during the Korean War
Military biography 
ISBN 1-873203-20-9

The Tall Man Who Never Slept

by James Bradley


The remarkable story of Cyril Wild, a Japanese-speaking British officer who played a prominent role as an interpreter after the fall of Singapore in 1941
Naval memoir 
ISBN 1-903953-70-7

This is My Story, This is My Song

by Ray Oram


Experiences of a WW2 Landing Craft (Tank) Skipper in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and on D-Day...
WW1 history 
ISBN 1-84683-026-5

Tommy

by Thomas A Crawford
The First World War experiences of a soldier in the Durham Light Infantry
Bomb disposal 
ISBN 1-873203-80-2

Tread Lightly into Danger

by Anthony Charlwood


Former Royal Navy diver and freelance bomb disposal expert recalls his many escapades in the world's trouble-spots