The life that Jack lived
Troup, Jack2010
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Abstract: "Our lives consisted of drill, band practice morning and afternoons, equipment cleaning and P.T. It wasn't a bad life and I soon fell into the swing of it."Jack Troup was educated in a Catholic orphanage, though he was not an orphan; he joined the army as a band boy, though he could not then play an instrument. He served in the regular army right through the war years and spent his last 26 working years as a Norfolk policeman. "Trouble is half my name," he says, and he got into a number of scrapes, including once bringing the Queen off her horse. Nevertheless he came through his army years with an exemplary record and, as a policeman, received no less than twelve commendations and awards.
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Edition:
Large print ed.
Imprint:
Oxford : Isis, 2010.
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288p ; 23cm.
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ISBN:
07531952329780753195239 (pbk)
Dewey class:
355.0092 TRO
Language:
English
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BRN:
460956