Once a Hussar : a memoir of battle, capture and escape in the Second World War
Ellis, Ray, 1920-2013
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'Once a Hussar' is a vivid account of the wartime experiences of Ray Ellis, a gunner who in later life recorded the conflict he knew as a young man. As an impressionable teenager, fired with national pride, he was eager to join the army and fight for his country. He enlisted in the South Notts Hussars at the beginning of the Second World War and started a journey that would take him through fierce fighting in the Western Desert, the deprivation suffered in an Italian prisoner-of-war camp and a daring escape to join the partisan forces in the Appenines.
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Author:
Ellis, Ray, 1920-, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.
Collation:
240 pages
ISBN:
9781781593905 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.548141940.5481
Language:
English
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BRN:
1058605