Book of Naval Obituaries

by David Twiston Davies

Book Overview

This book contains one hundred biographies which were published in The Daily Telegraph during the past eighteen years, but have never before appeared in book form. Within these pages appear men of the Navy, Marines and Fleet Air Arm, as well as the merchant fleet. They include such heroes as the Atlantic convoy commander Peter Gretton and the submariner Godfrey Place, VC; the yachtsman and U-boat hunter Stan Darling as well as the corvette commander...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904943691
• ISBN13: 9781904943693
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Grub Street Publishing
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.1" x 8.1"