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Tango01 | 03 Jan 2023 4:35 p.m. PST |
" This new book covers the edited wartime diaries of Stanley Christopherson, DSO MC TD, by James Holland. I hadn't been rushing to read this as I thought it was about the North West Europe campaign, which is not my main WW2 interest. However, I was pleasantly surprised when I tackled this on the flight home from Kos, that he served in the Middle East. Stanley Christopherson was a relatively typical early WW2 British officer. He came from a comfortable middle-class family, privately educated, although he had seen a bit of the world, having lived in South Africa. He fought with the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, whose officers would traditionally be the social home of what would be called 'the county set'. As the author puts it, 'They began as little more than amateurs – horse- and sport-loving country folk with little understanding of what was about to unfold. Six years later, they finished the war as the single unit of the British Army with more battle honours than any other, having fought in the Middle East and North Africa, landed on D-Day, then led the British charge through the Low Countries and into Belgium.' Almost no member of the Rangers got through the war unscathed. Although Christopherson was wounded several times, he was one of the few to survive…"
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BattlerBritain | 04 Jan 2023 9:11 a.m. PST |
Probably derived from his book "Brothers in Arms" on the Sherwood Yeomanry, which is an excellent account of their time from D-Day to the end of the war, ending near Bremen. Some excellent accounts in there if you're interested in NW Europe 44-45. |
deadhead | 04 Jan 2023 9:33 a.m. PST |
and before either we had; Tank Action: An Armoured Troop Commander's War 1944 to 45 by David Render. Same unit! |
Tango01 | 04 Jan 2023 2:51 p.m. PST |
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forrester | 08 Jan 2023 8:13 a.m. PST |
I read an earlier edition from the local library a few years ago, so this will be one of the sources for "Brothers in Arms" David Render's book is a must have and includes some interesting insights on how to take on German armour that I suspect don't feature in most rules. Before that we had "By Tank into Normandy" by Stuart Hills There's also a book by Arthur Reddish, one of Hills' crew, though I haven't read that. Brothers in Arms pulls all these stories together. The SRY are well served from the point of view of personal accounts. Also how can I forget "From Alamein to Zem Zem" by Keith Douglas, killed in Normandy. |
Tango01 | 08 Jan 2023 3:22 p.m. PST |
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