TO WAR WITH THE BAYS

Author: Jack Merewood

Publisher: Russell Publishing

Year published: 1996

Pagination: 209pp, 10 ills, 3 maps, index

Condition: Very good in d/w

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The experiences of a tank gunner with the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards in WWII. A brief "trip to France in May 1940", was followed by transfer to the Middle East in 1941, fighting in the Western Desert and the battles of El Alamein and the Mareth Line where the writer was awarded the Military Medal. His Regiment moved to Italy and campaigned there until the end of the war. A graphic account of service in a front-line armoured regiment.